Hot new Graphic Design Firm on the Rise!

posted on Monday, September 10th, 2008 under General Info |

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If you are in need of a full service graphic design company try checking out The Grafix House. The Grafix House is a Columbus, Ohio based design art studio offering professional, customized print and web graphics for customers in the US and across the world. Stop by The Grafix House Website to see an online portfolio or email them at chris@thegrafixhouse.com to get a free quote today.
The Grafix House

SERVICES THEY OFFER

    Corporate Identity Materials:
    Corporate Identity is defined as any marketing or promotional material that enables your business to present a clear and professional image to your clients. The Grafix House offers Brochure Design, Logo Creation, Sign Design, Desktop publishing for books, catalogs and identity packages, Product design and other business products such as business cards, envelope design, flyers, etc. Make your company stand out with a professional design from The Grafix House!

    Restore and Clean Up Bad Art:
    Need a low resolution JPEG recreated into vector art? No problem, let their expert staff recreate your art so that it is print ready!

    Typesetting:
    No job is to small…They will help you with 1 word or jobs requiring full blown copywritting.

    Apparel Design:
    The Grafix House specializes in Apparel design for schools, businesses and clothing stores nationwide. Give them your idea and they will create you a one of a kind Tee/Apparel design!

    Direct Mailing:
    The Grafix House will design you a flyer, a brochure or a mailer to help promote your business.

    Media Packaging:
    DVD cover design, CD-ROM cover designs.

    Web Design:
    Let the Grafix house help you build or update your website. Services include but are not limited to: Banner ads, create graphics, alter graphics and design website templates.

    Illustrations:
    Portraits, Carricatures, paintings, ink drawings, etc.

    Photo Editing:
    Have a photo that needs retouching? Want a piece of the image removed? or an image superimposed? Maybe you want some type added to the photo? They can do that for you…

    If you have a special request not listed please email them at chris@thegrafixhouse.com for more info and a free quote.

Plan your dream wedding…YES! it’s in VEGAS!

posted on Monday, August 20th, 2008 under Vegas Weddings |

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For all you Brides out there trying to plan your wedding, I have the PERFECT place to go. LAS VEGAS. Now I know what your thinking. Tacky right. NO WAY. A year ago I got married in Vegas and had the time of my life. I researched a ton. Went on blogs, asked around. I stumbled upon a place called “Little Chapel of the Flowers” and knew right away that was what I wanted. OK thats not exactly true. What I wanted was to get married at the Venetian because I thought that would be the best… but let’s face it- It’s insanely expensive. When I turned to my Little Chapel of the Flowers brochure I started to realize…. the Venetian doesn’t hold a candle to this place and booked my wedding right away!

You can pick from a variety of packages. From a small intimate wedding to a large affair. You can choose destination wedding packages or packages that will blow your mind…like getting married on the Grand Canyon floor, or on a yacht! Prices range from $200 to $10,000 so everyone can get married here no matter what budget your on.

Chapel of the Flowers is truly the most beautiful, elegant, and picturesque wedding chapel in Las Vegas.
Their three lovely chapels overlook fantastic grounds. The grounds feature a gorgeous waterfall,
cascading into clear waters surrounded by lush greenery and fragrant flowers.
In addition, there is a lovely Desert Falls and Garden area, and a gazebo. great for picture taking.

Need photos, Limos, cakes or flowers? no problem. They have it all. We even had TWO limos so that we didnt see eachother before the ceremony. It was great. As far as photos, we personally got the best photo album imaginable, they look great! Our photographer was spectacular. We also bought our photo CDS so we could get reprints or enlargements in town AND we bought a huge canvas painting of our favorite photo. Oh and I almost forgot…our wedding was live broadcast so that any friends and family not in attendance could be with us and watch from their computer!

We cant say enough about this place and we encourage you to visit. They make things so easy. And in addition to your ceremony and reception they make planning easy with your own personal consultant, online access to your wedding 24 hours a day. We also purchased something called the Mr. White service. It was a limo ride to and from the License Bureau. They also took care of all of the paperwork. It was so simple.

and thats not all that was great about a Vegas wedding…as it turned out we had a small reception for our family at ..you guessed it…the Venetian. Wolfgang Puck has a spectacular restaraunt there and we had a good meal and took a Gondola ride throughout the hotel. It was just what we wanted. PERFECT! so the next time you are trying to figure out what to do with your wedding. Look no further. Visit Vegas and the “Chapel of Flowers” for the time of your life!

Dream Wedding

SALE! Lowest price of the season: Adirondack Chairs $2.50 Each

posted on Monday, August 5th, 2008 under Sales and Specials |

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SaleThese favors are HUGE! A wonderful touch to any beach or coastal event! These miniature adirondack chair tealight holders also serve as place card or photo holders and provide a decorative touch as well as romantic lighting to your reception. These high quality white Adirondack chairs include a standard 1 ½” tealight and each high quality chair measures 2 ½” x 3″ with a slit at the top of the chair to insert a card or photo. Placecards not included.

Prices good while supplies last!

More new favors added…

posted on Monday, August 5th, 2008 under General Info |

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Hello. We just unveiled our first wave of fall favors…and although we have a ton of new FALL THEMED favors…thats not all we added. Our first new favor is a beautiful crystal butterfly keychain which is perfect for sweet 16 and anything girlie!
Butterfly Keychain
We have a few Irish themed favors, including a gift boxed book mark and a gift boxed keychain. These go perfect with our current inventory of Irish gifts from last season- Celtic candles and placecard holders and coasters. This “luck of the Irish” favor line is adorable and the trinity knot celtic design is utilized throughout the line.
Irish Gifts
If it’s a fall favor you need….we have got it. Last year we added a ton of favors and this year is no different. The “Fall’s here” line is a cute new line of giftboxed fall favors, painted with brilliant fall colors. Check out our keychain favors, candles, Bookmark favors and more, all with the fall theme!
Fall favors
Last but not least is a new addition to our “Welcome to Las Vegas”line-placecard holders in the shape of the Las Vegas Welcome sign in Nevada. This favor is perfect for displaying placecards, namecards or favorite pics of your wonderful wedding in LV. Also great for casino themed parties and events!
Vegas Favors
get your favors now!

Baby Shower Favors: Personalized “Baby Time” Jar

posted on Monday, July 28th, 2008 under Baby Showers |

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When your looking for a unique baby shower favor or shower gift for your girlfriends, Original Favors has a ton to choose from. To see our entire selection of Baby Shower favors click here

Today we have a great new item that we’d like to showcase…it’s the perfect shower favor AND it’s quite an inexpensive favor for all it’s good qualities. It’s our Vintage “Baby Time” Jar w/ Themed Personalized Label. Not only is this favor versatile, it has over 30 different color combinations for your personalized labels. Simply pick the color scheme to compliment your party decorations and your good to go. If that isn’t enough, you also get your choice of clip art icon for the label AND 2 lines of personalization…FREE. Clip art images include, baby onsies, Shower Umbrellas, Storks, baby faces, ducks and baby carriages.

This favor is great because you can fill it up your favorite goodies…its made of real glass so it’s sturdy AND looks very high class, as opposed to cheap favors seen on other sites. PLUS, after the baby shower guests can use them for so many different things long after your event has passed – storing candy, nuts, chocolate, spices, loose tea, etc.

be sure to check out our Vintage “Baby Time” Jar w/ Themed Personalized Label party favor now!
and wow your guests with a baby shower favor hat is unique AND adorable.
Baby Shower Favors

Price reduction – bookmarks

posted on Monday, July 25th, 2008 under General Info |

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Hello everyone. Great news we just reduced the prices on 6 of our bookmark items. These are our personalized and color customized bookmarks. We have a fall themed bookmark, a Beach themed bookmark, a heart themed, an Asian themed, A baby shower themed, and a winter themed bookmark favor.
Each of these favors are offered with your choice of personalized or unpersonalized labels. You can also pick from over 28 colors. These make great gifts because they are totally useable! order today and remember… personalization can take up to 3-5 days…

Fall Favors are here…Get them before they sell out.

posted on Monday, July 24th, 2008 under Fall Favors & Parties, General Info |

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I know it’s still summer and no one wants to think about the warm weather fading away into fall….however, Fall parties and weddings are extremely popular nowadays and the favors we get in every year sell out so fast it makes our heads spin =)

Thats why this year we are telling all of our customers ahead of time to plan early. Get your favor orders in now so that you are sure to have them in time for your event. Once they sell out it could be 6 months before we get another shipment in!

New this year is a cute leaf frame that can be used as a name card holder, picture holder or thank you note holder. A great bronze leaf theme bottle stopper in gift box, falling leaf keychain, Autumn theme Votive candles, fall leaf soaps and a falling leaves bookmark (not shown below) in a cute cover that can not only be personalized but color coordinated to your event as well.
Fall frameAutmun Bottle StopperFall SoapsFall favorsAutumn Favors
We also have 15 other fall theme favors to choose from! Be sure to check out our glass jarsand mint tins as well because there are fall theme labels available for these items.

New Favors coming….Personalized gum boxes.

posted on Monday, July 24th, 2008 under Cool New Items |

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This week we will unveil our newest line of personalized favors. Persoanlized gum boxes. They come in a ton of designs. We have graphics for all life events and party themes as well as a line of baby themed gum boxes. Labels will be offered in a wide variety of colors as well. Perfect for any event….kepp watch.

Choosing a Cake Baker

posted on Monday, July 22nd, 2008 under Food & Cakes |

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If your reception hall does not provide you with a cake, and your local grocery baker just won’t do, how can a bride go about finding a great baker when there are so many to choose from?

First and foremost, pick a baker that has a Board of Health approved, sanitary storefront. Pick a baker that has experience and a baker who has established a respectable client list. Ask for references and check up on the results- see how real brides like yourself felt with their finished cakes. Interview a few bakers personally and taste the product.

When do you book?
Definately 6 months ahead. Better to be safe then sorry, you’d hate to loose out on the perfect cake because of bad planning! Make sure you have important details like date of event, location (indoor vs. outdoor) number of people attending, food allergies etc.

Designing a cake…
You can generally choose from a standard catalog of cake designs but an excellent baker can come up with a unique on of a kind cake just for you! Take into account location when designing. Utilize seashells for beach weddings, and colors that compliment nature. If your reception hall is elegant and classy, pick a cake that compliments that decor. The possibilities are endless.

Budget…
The cake is a must have. It’s a wedding staple. It’s prominently displayed and a part of the wedding festivities. If your budget is low, consider loosing the 3 tired look for a smaller, high quality cake with less details in the design. Another alternative, do it yourself…A friend of mine recently got married and his mother baked a 3 tier cake herself. It looked beautiful and tasted great and no one thought anything of it being homemade. Trust us, your guests will be happy if it tastes delicious and won’t care where you got it.

Location:
If theres one thing I learned about the cake…make sure it stands up in the heat. I had a summer wedding in florida and by the time the reception rolled around it was tilting to the left and struggling not to melt! Take that into consideration…no one want to pay $600 for a cake that lands on the floor before anyone can enjoy it =)

Happy shopping!

Gas prices are effecting Shipping rates

posted on Monday, July 18th, 2008 under General Info |

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Good morning. We’ve been noticing an increase in our UPS/Fed Ex costs for a while now. As the price of gas increases so does our shipping costs…Unfortunatly we’ve held off as long as we can and it appears that we’ll need to increase our rates on shipping slightly.

We hate to do this but it’s been such a significant increase that we cant keep the rates how they are now. The change will take effect Friday, July 17 at approximately 6pm, after the close of business.

We hope you understand.
Original Favors