Family Monogram on the Mirror

I love using our family monogram. Sometimes I run out of ideas on places to use it. We have a large mirror in our living room that I thought would be the perfect place to place our family monogram.

I matched the color of the "The Atwaters Family" piece to coordinate with the living room furniture. It gives the once plain wall a personalized, warm touch.


This monogram set is also available in my etsy shop for only $18.

Sharing My Passion

Having a passion is always a great thing. Being able to take your passion & making a living from it is an even better thing... but sharing your passion with your love ones is the very best thing.

My son turned 11 at the end of January. Days before his birthday he came to me & told me that he has been doing a lot of thinking about his future & he has thought of something he enjoys that may generate some income to help pay for college. To my surprise, it was graphic design.

His first project was for his own room.

He knew he wanted his name & he wanted it to be "cool." He spent a few days coming up with a design to put on his wall in his room. His final design did not only spell his name, it spoke it.

He did have my assistance cutting the design from vinyl, although he is learning how to cut vinyl designs on his own.

{Real Wedding} Cathy & Jose

When Cathy came to me last year requesting a custom decal for her wedding, I could tell from our very first conversation that she was so in love with her fiance, Jose.

She came up with a beautiful idea to write her future husband a love letter & to have me turn it into a decal for her. She posted the decal in the entry of her venue as a surprise to Jose when he walked in...


Not only was he able to see her love note to him as he came in, but she shared it with her guests... it was a reminder to all of the reason they were brought together on this special day.


Cathy also requested a custom font to one of my monogram scroll designs to personalize the front door of the venue. She truly made the venue her own for the day!


Cheers to the happy couple!

Introducing: Hand Crafted Creations by Victoria Joanne

Don't you just love it when vendors come together to give you want you want? I know I do & that is one reason I always search for the greatest vendors to collaborate with. In the past, I have featured custom garters by Victoria Joanne... but today I would like to introduce you to her Handcrafted Creations line.

Handcrafted Creations was created by Victoria Joanne to bring you custom embroidered ring bearer pillows, dress tags, flower girl baskets and more. She has many years of experience in embroidery and has the ability to create a special design made just for her clients or to recreate a design the client brings with them. This talent takes many hours to accomplish but to Victoria, it is worth every minute because customer satisfaction is her goal.

So what can the two of us do for you? If you follow Ten23 Designs, you are already aware that I create custom monograms for dance floor decals and other decor needs. Now, that same monogram I create for your decal, can be embroidered into a custom ring bearer pillow (& much more) by Handcrafted Creations.

Check her out...

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hand.crafted.creations
Twitter: http://twitter.com/handcrafted_hcc
Blog: http://blog.hand-craftedcreations.com/
Website: http://www.hand-craftedcreations.com/Gallery
Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/victoriajoanne
Wedding-Luv: http://club.wedding-luv.com/profile/wedding_garters

{Real Wedding} Marie & Jared

Once again I had the pleasure to work with Tanya Hendricks of Southern Charm Events located in Jacksonville, Florida (where I live). Tanya is known in the industry for having an amazing eye for detail. She knows that some of the smallest things, can have a very big impact.

The monogram glass blocks with the lights inside of them were a big hit once again. They add such a charming personalization to any area of the room.

If your wedding has a theme other than your monogram, a decal of your theme image would also make for an awesome focal point.

One area that can sometimes be tricky to decorate is the sign-in table and place card table. Tanya added the couples monogram decal to a frame and wha-laa, personalized decor that doesn't take up too much space on the table.

*Great home decor idea* Take photos from the wedding and create a collage under the glass so the monogram sits above it. It's all about creating memories.

The venue had a large dance floor. To bring the open space together, Tanya added the dance floor decal and then spaced 6' snow flake decals I made for her sporadically throughout the dance floor. She created the perfect winter wonderland for the happy couple.

For the ceremony, Tanya even added a monogram decal to an aisle runner, for a quick, affordable personalized touch! (Photo coming soon).

Congratulations Marie & Jared!

{Real Wedding} Ashleigh & Andrew

I recently had the pleasure of working with Tanya Hendricks, owner of Southern Charm Events on a couple of weddings... each equally fantastic. Tanya does an amazing job putting a wedding together and makes any size budget look like a high end affair.

The first project I worked on with Tanya was for a beautiful couple, Ashleigh & Andrew. Their colors were dark pink & black infused into a damask theme.

For the lovely couple, I created a dance floor monogram decal, several monograms for glass blocks which Tanya lit up (beautiful), a monogram frame to greet guests, an aisle runner and a monogram vase for the sign in table.

The monogram vase was used to hold wine corks that the guests signed as they entered the affair. What a neat concept!

Congratulations to the happy couple!