Laura Engstrom Photography

My dear friend and next door neighbor has started a photography business in which she specializes in outdoor photography with natural light, which, honestly, makes for the best and most beautiful photography. I find Laura Engstrom to be extremely talented and gifted and has an eye for good photos of children and family portraits.

Check out her website and contact her if you are interested in having her work for you.


Blog: www.lauraengstrom.blogspot.com

Website:
www.lauraengstrom.com

My TOP 3 Best Selling Photo Card Designs

These are my BEST SELLERS!
1. Happy Honu Baby Shower Invitation
2. Baby Panda Hugs Baby Shower Invitation
3. Modern Hawaiian Hibiscus Baby's 1st Birthday

Visit hapagirldesigns.etsy.com to learn more!

NEW! ORCA TRIO Baby Shower Invitation Photo Card

Hapa Girl Designs Photo Card Collection

NEW Surfing Happy Honu Baby Shower Invitation

Here's my latest... I'm super excited about this design. I will be designing more photo card designs with my surfboard series and also appliqueing this design on t-shirts, outfits, blankets and quilts. I'm really looking forward to expanding this design series.

Here are my Printing Services Price Cards for Hapa Girl Designs

Modern Plumerias Birth Announcement

Here's the listing on my Etsy Site.

Happy Honu Birth Announcement - Blue with Three Sea Turtles and Three Photos

Three "Happy Honu" (sea turtles) on this modern design birth announcement. This card can easily be modified for a baby shower invitation.

THIS LISTING IS FOR THE DIGITAL DESIGN FILE ONLY (You print on your own). I will send you the digital file and you may choose to print it any photo retailer you choose. You control the amount and the cost. The following explains this option better.

The photo has a feathered and overlayed filter and can be applied to any high resolution photo.

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STANDARD MODIFICATIONS:
Colors, fonts and verbiage can be easily modified at no extra charge.

Major modifications are considered a customized card design and would have significant changes to the layout. Please consult with me prior to purchase if you have more than just the standard modifications. I will be happy to give you a quote. ANY CARD CAN BE MODIFIED TO MATCH YOUR EVENT NEEDS.

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I have several different options for printing so you can choose the right one for you!

Here's how the Digital Design File Option works:

1. Choose and purchase your favorite design, or contact me to request a custom design.

2. One payment is sent, attach your photos to an e-mail and send them to hapagirl [!at] jennifergdesigns.com along with any special requests or changes you'd like made to your design. You can have your design as a 4x6 or 5x7, so let me know which you would like. Anything can be customized on these cards...colors, fonts, sayings... so you get to be as picky as you want and it will be uniquely your design.

3. In less than 24 hours, you will receive a proof. Once it's approved you'll receive a high resolution file to have printed anywhere you'd like! You can print them from home, send them to your favorite online photo retailer (snapfish.com, target.com, walmart.com) With this option, you can have prints made for as little as $.12 a piece! That's 100 cards for as little as $12.00!

Please submit your photos as a .jpg (best if the reslotuion is 300dpi or higher) and let me know if you want any editing or cropping and if you want your photo in black and white, sepia or color.

OPTIONAL PRINTING: (additional charges and fees apply)

You can choose to print through me. I will obtain the printing cost and shipping for you and send you the quote. My fee for print set-up for is $10.00. When emailing me please tell me your quantity, if you want return address on envelope, if you want matte, glossy, or linen card stock, if this is a RUSH job, and the address to send it to. I will then collect the price from my print vendor and give you the exact price breakdown. Email me any questions regarding this print option to hapagirl [!at] jennifergdesigns.com. PLEASE INFORM ME PRIOR TO PURCHASING THIS CARD IF YOU WANT THIS PRINTING OPTION BECAUSE PRICE WILL BE MODIFIED FOR PRINTING CHARGES AND FEES.


I will fully uphold the legal rights of photographers. It is illegal for me to use images that are copyrighted without the permission of the photography or company that holds the copyright. By submitting me photos, you agree that you are the photographer or have permission in the form of a copyright license from the copyright holder.

My Newest Card Design - Modern Hawaiian Hibiscus Birth Announcement or Baby Shower Invitation

I was feeling a bit homesick and decided to create a series of Hawaiian themed cards. My first, Modern Hawaiian Hibiscus. The current design on my Etsy site is for a Birth Announcement, but can me modified for a baby shower invitation or anything else. The card can also be modified for color or simply choice my color options. Shown here is the orange Hibiscus on light green background.

I truly miss Hawaii when I see hibiscus here in Austin. So, pretty, elegant and colorful!

Boy, Girl, Unknown? I Design a Wide Range of Baby Shower Invitations

When I was pregnant with both my son's I knew from the beginning of both pregnancies that I wanted to know if they were going to be a boy or girl. From the moment I found out I started planning the nurseries, buying clothes and thinking of names. BUT, there are those that don't want to know. Let's just face it, some people like the element of surprise. I can totally respect that and whatever works for you that should be the way it should be. Therefore, I like to design and offer a wide range of baby shower invitations for those that know and for those that don't know. My standard designs are simple and the color schemes vary from blues, pinks, greens, purple, yellow or whatever color scheme YOU want. Yes, I can modify any of my standard designs to fit YOUR color scheme.

All of my card design listings are for a digital file which you will receive from me to take and have printed at any photo finisher such as Costco.com, Snapfish.com, or Walmart. However, if you want me to print for that can certainly be done and I can quote pricing. Anything is possible!

Visit Hapa Girl Designs to view more of my designs!

Cards for many occasions

What have I been doing lately? Designing cards for all occasions. It's been really fun getting back to something I really enjoy doing. I have already had quite a big success with my Baby Sea Turtles baby shower invitations and birth announcements so I decided to take it a step further and apply my other animal designs to cards. I also have quite a bit of experience designing cards when I worked in corporate America. My last company utilized my talents quite a bit having me design all sorts of invites for their events. But, I am not just doing baby shower invites and birth announcements. I am tapping into wedding, birthday, business cards and stationery. It will take some time to build up inventory (or should I say digital inventory). I offer my cards digitally for anyone to take to any photo finisher or printer of their choice. But, customers can also choose printing their cards through me. All in all, it has been fun and exciting starting something new and I am feeling very hopeful that this will be a fun little side business.




Visit www.hapagirldesigns.etsy.com to see all my listings.

Sakura Cherry Blossom Birth Announcement

A NEW ADDITION to my baby birth announcements section on Etsy.

I've taken my Cherry Blossom (sakura) design and designed a modern yet elegant birth announcement. Appropriate for a sweet new baby girl.

Symbolism of the Sakura:
"In China, the cherry blossom is a symbol of feminine beauty. It also represents the feminine principle and love in the language of herbs. In Japan, cherry blossoms symbolize the transience of life because of their short blooming times. They have also come to represent clouds of their nature of blooming en masse. Falling blossoms are metaphors for fallen warriors who died bravely in battle. This connotation links them with the samurai."
~Wikipedia

Modern Birth Baby Announcement

Here's a NEW addition to my birth announcement collection. I created this announcement for my new baby's birth. I am now offering this as part of my standard design on my Etsy website.

Any of my designs can of course be modified or I can create a totally custom design for anyone! Email me directly for pricing on custom designs at jennifer@jennifergdesigns.com

Visit www.jgdesigns.etsy.com for more product info.

NEW PRODUCTS - Birth Announcements & Baby Shower Invitations

I am now offering birth announcements and baby shower invitations on my Etsy site. There are many designs in the works and COMING SOON will be a new store just for cards and prints. But, for now anyone can purchase the designs I offer at www.jgdesigns.etsy.com.

The current designs I offer are my very popular Mod Baby Sea Turtles. These are standard designs, but anything on it can be changed, modified or a custom design can be requested at an additional cost.

The standard designs for birth announcements are $15 and a digital hi-resolution image is emailed directly to you so you can have them printed anywhere like Walmart, Target, Snapfish, Costco, Flickr, etc.

The standard price for Baby Shower Invitations are $45 for a set of 20 matte printed cards and that includes envelopes. These are shipped directly from the print company that I use.

Email me at service@jennifergdesigns for more info or just visit www.jennifergdesigns.com or www.jgdesigns.etsy.com.