I want a monogram too!!!!!

[Mandarine]

I keep going back to Harleigh''s thread and you guys are SO creative!!! I love all of your ideas. I''m somewhat creative but I''m having a hard time making a monogram I love...so I thought you would help me too

My initials are AS and his are AB. I don''t want to do ABA because I want to use te monogram for the invitation, OOT guest tags, etc...

As you know, we have a "Spanish" theme wedding so I would like something that looks sort of european..

Any ideas??

Harleigh - Now that you''re an expert you can chime in too! lol.

M~

 

[april diamonds]

Mandarine, so you''re saying you want to do ABSA or ASBA?

I''ll try to think about it a bit. I''m still trying to figure out how to upload the word document for Harleigh...does anyone know how?!?! PS admin hasn''t gotten back to me yet.

 

[Mandarine]

Just give the Admin some time, or send thema reminder. That''s how I was able to send the fan template to Harleigh before.

I think I want to do AS & AB...since both of our first names start with an A I find it hard to make anything that I like. So ASAB or AS & AB ro maybe play around with the As and have the S and the B somewhere. LOL, I don''t make any sense do I? hehe

M~

 

[happy in love]

Mandarine, you have me stumped with the 4 initials and the Spanish theme...
here is a QUICK idea... I can play around some more a little later.
Do you have anything in mind???

 

[Mandarine]

I like the S and B in there!!!!....not sure about the a's but nice job!!!!. Better than anything I have come up with in the last 2 months...lol

By Spanish I mean maybe something decorative in the background...not sure what those things are called that are kind of in the bak of the monogram, or sometimes the monogram is inside some sort of shape?.

M~

ETA: Like maybe some vintage looking flowerly design in the back?

 

[happy in love]

Hey mandarine,

Here is one more... I like the idea of having something in the background... that will take me a bit to figure out, but I can try later.
ETA: I know there are people out there with much more knowledge than me... hopefully they will have some ideas for you too.

 

[april diamonds]

Hey Mandarine!

So after reading your new comments I dug around the clipart file and just used whatever I could find. The colors and the fonts I kinda just guessed at, and was limited because I don''t have my big selection of fonts like I do at home. This was a fun work lunch project. I hope you like them, but was this kinda the idea you were looking for? A flourish in the background?

This first one was inspired by your beautiful avatar pic. haha it''s not quite spanish old worldy but i thought it was fun.

 

[april diamonds]

this one is more square could probably fit on more tags and things.

 

[april diamonds]

and this one is the same thing but I figured with all the space at the bottom maybe I could sneak in the wedding date.

 

[Mandarine]

You guys are so creative!!!!

Thank you!.

I like the first one you posted, better than the other two. I do like the florals in the second, but don''t like how they sort of form a heart shape...lol, silly, I know. We don''t really have a color theme...we''re have sort of stuck to neutrals (browns, ivory, gold, white, etc)...but that was just kind of by default, I don''t mind mixing it up though.

I love the fonts you guys are using. I love how the S & B look together in the one happy posted, it looks kind of like they belong together.

I like the first one you posted April, it kind of made me think of a bull...haha, which I guess is as Spanish as it gets!. LOL

Definitely got my wheels turning...thank you!!!!!

M~

 

[april diamonds]

gosh...I guess I am not being so productive at work today. good thing it''s a "slow" day.

Mandarine, I just had to go back and try again, you''ve got my ''creative'' juice flowing. I looked for some other flourish backgrounds. what do you think about these? I won''t be offended if you don''t like them!

 

[april diamonds]

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[april diamonds]

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[Harleigh]

WOW! You gals are all so creative! Thank goodness for all of you here...Mandarine and I would be lost without all your help!

 

[TravelingGal]

I''m just playing today too, although I am not that great at this...

Roses always seem spanish to me!

 

[Mandarine]

wow!!!!

You guys are so talented!!!!!

April, I like those backgrounds better!!! I have been browsing the internet and couldn''t really find an example of what I mean.

TG - I love using one A and then the two letters!!! And the rose seems to fit nicely there too!!!

What program are you guys using??

M~

 

[Mandarine]

Date: 9/24/2007 2:21:08 PM
Author: April Diamonds
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I love this one!!!!


ETA: That didn't work! lol, the one with the green!

 

[TravelingGal]

I''m using PhotoImpact...PhotoShop is way too pro for me!

 

[Mandarine]

I found this sample on a site...I like the idea too

 

[Mandarine]

another sample I liked..

 

[Mandarine]

TG - Is that free?

Or could I get a trial period or something?

I have tried doing stuff in powerpoint but as soon as I convert it to .jpg, it loses the quality...

This girl has a lot of floral designs I like:

http://gnyc.net/bio/b-monograms.htm

I can''t save her pictures though. Where are you guys getting your backgrounds from?

M~

 

[Mandarine]

Look at this link: http://www.houseoflime.com/dings/curlyart.htm

All kinds of borders and backgrounds!!!! You guys got my creative brain cells moving!!!!

M~

 

[TravelingGal]

Was able to kind of copy it a bit...

 

[april diamonds]

I''ve been using WORD. Photoshop is tooo advance for me. haha.

OH TG I like that one too! That is such a clever idea.

And Mandarine, I love those two you just posted. I think I am going to make one like the second one for my wedding! haha. I REALLY love the the first one with the two "E" but FI and I don''t share any letters! Maybe I can do one with S (him) and I (me).

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 9/24/2007 3:27:46 PM
Author: Mandarine
TG - Is that free?

M~

Alas, the Corel bought the company (it was a Ulead product) and discontinued it. I love it...it''s so easy, but I was trained on it.

 

[Mandarine]

wow!!!!!! You are GOOD!!

No idea how you did that, but I love it!!!
I think I want to keep with the browns though because I want to use it for the invites too.
I am playing around with the invite design, but I don''t know what fonts to use.
Do you guys recommend any (free...hehe)?

TG, I love, love that last one!. Is it possible to change the colors?.

M~

 

[Harleigh]

Hi April Diamonds...can you tell how you used Word to make these...could you reply in my thread, as well? Thanks!

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 9/24/2007 4:22:26 PM
Author: Mandarine
wow!!!!!! You are GOOD!!

No idea how you did that, but I love it!!!
I think I want to keep with the browns though because I want to use it for the invites too.
I am playing around with the invite design, but I don''t know what fonts to use.
Do you guys recommend any (free...hehe)?

TG, I love, love that last one!. Is it possible to change the colors?.

M~

Yes, definitely possible to change the colors and quite easy. I can mess around a bit with the fonts too (I don''t like the date font right now as it stands).

What colors do you want?

 

[Mandarine]

Ok, feel free to tell me if this is horrible..

First try!

Since I am also doing the invites myself I want to carry the same background accross...

Sample invite

 

[Mandarine]

sample monogram..