August 29, 2009

As many of you know, I started a fundraiser to help raise awareness of Chiari Malformation, the rare neurological disorder my son Mason has. It is called Mason's Mission. All of the money raised goes to the American Syringomyelia & Chiari Alliance Project, Inc. (ASAP,Inc), an organization that is dedicated to providing research, education & support for Chiari Malformation patients.

Well, this month (September) is Chiari Awareness Month and in honor of it, I have designed 3 Note Cards in the colors of Mason's Mission. I think I designed something for everyone,

1. This design is very posh and stylish. But includes the fundraiser colors to show your support!

2. This design uses the burst that is in the logo, it is layered making this design fun and exciting!

3. Our third design actually uses a piece of Mason's Artwork. He loves to draw & color. It only seemed fitting to use a drawing from the inspiration behind the fundraiser.

August 4th, 2009

Well, I have MIA once again from my blog. This summer has been a blur and I cant believe that it is almost over.

The events over the summer are slowing down but the Mason's Mission Family Fun Day is quickly approaching so I am sure that will be claiming most of my attention over the upcoming weeks.

I did want to pop onto the blog to write about one of the many orders we have received, I recently (a couple of weeks ago) finished up wedding invitations for a great couple! She, with a doubt, is the most laid back and calm Bride I have ever had the pleasure of working with. it rubs off on me, she is a lot of fun to be around, her mom is the same way. By the end of the initial wedding consult we were laughing and drinking wine! Great business meeting!

Here are some of the photos I took of the finished product, its hard to see but the dark color is a beautiful dark metallic green! Great color choices for this wedding!!!!

Leave a comment and tell me what you think!

I have really absent from my blog...I am back. I have been very busy with my little boy, trying to enjoy every moment!

But this blog entry is about the wonderful event this weekend. The 17th Annual Haddonfield Fine Arts and Craft Festival, its the largest outdoor event in Haddonfield. Kings Highway & Tanner Streets are shut down to traffic and replaced with rows of tent containing beautiful handmade goods. Every corner has live music and the local restaurants come out and have food and cafes along the sidewalks. It is a great time to enjoy this beautiful, historic town.

We are lucky enough to have been invited to this event after we were accepted to attend the Fall Festival last year! Please make sure come out and visit us and enjoy the beautiful summer day while shopping, eating and relaxing....

Some details;

Saturday, July 11th - 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Sunday, July 12th - 12 noon - 5:00 pm

Tanj-je-reen Design -Kings Court, Booth 271

Hope to see all of our friends there!

5% off all of our sales this weekend at the festival will be donated to Mason's Mission - a fundraiser to help raise awareness and fund research for Chiari Malformation - a neurological disorder that is a congenital anomaly in which two parts of the brain, the brainstem and the cerebellum, protrude through the opening at the base of the skull.

We will also being selling tickets to the Family Fun Day fundraising event being held Sunday, September, 20th at Kid Junction in Mt. Laurel, NJ.

See you there!

The wonderful blog Sage and Savvy wrote about our ever so popular "Naughty Kid Note Cards". She is also giving away a set, make sure to head on over and enter in the drawing.

You can also find some discount codes for the great sale we are having! Make sure to head over to our site and check out whats new!

Pick up a set of the "Naughty" Kid Note Cards....they make a great gift, or a funny way to say sorry....

June 3, 2009

Jessica over at www.funkyfinds.us was gracious enough to post a feature about us on their way cool blog! Check out what she had to say over at the Funky Finds blog.

May 19, 2009

We had a bride that loved 2 of our Save the Date designs and couldn't pick between the 2, so what did we do? Combined them to make a unique Save the Date!

This Save the Date has so many details that were customized for the bride & groom! The magnet is removable so it serves as a friendly reminder to your guests, but while the magnet is attached, it gives the look of a flat card.

My favorite part of this Save the Date is the tree trunk; in the trunk of the tree you will see their initials carved, it's such a cute addition.

We are so excited for this couple and wish them nothing but the best!

Click here to see the original "Fall in Love" save the date

or click here if you are interested in a custom order

May 19, 2009

Shari over at Spearmint Baby has an awesome blog. She finds and writes reviews on some of the most fabulous & unique things on the web. And I am happy to say, we made that list! Click here to read the post.

Our "Not so Naughty" cards have been a huge hit and am happy that we aren't the only ones that love them!!!

She also mentioned our "Warhol Inspired" invites, a personal favorite of mine! Check out her blog, at www.spearmintbaby.com, I promise you'll get hooked!

May 12th, 2009

I couldn't wait to get started on these invitations, the colors this couple chose for their wedding are just stunning, so it was extremely fun to work with these great hues.

May 11th, 2009

Hey everyone!

Our blog was overdue for a much needed facelift!

Leave some comments and let us know what you think!

We are very excited to spread the word about a company based out of Wilmington, DE that contacted us to join them for a ladies night out.

Shopmamie is an awesome online boutique that has fabulous fashion finds, one of the best parts....everything is under $100. YES, you read that right. Nothing on their site has a price tag higher than $100. Check them out at www.shopmamie.com

These great girls are hosting an event called "Girls Night Fit for a Recessionista!" (love the name), with vendors from all over the area. The proceeds and profits from this event all go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a great cause!

Make sure to put this event in your calendars;

When:
June 10th
5pm - 9pm

Where:
1308 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, DE

For all of our New Jersey friends - come on down, it will be worth the drive!

We just got our acceptance letter in the mail!

Tan-je-reen Design will have a booth at the nationally ranked 16th Annual Haddonfield Craft & Fine Arts Festival. This is a juried event so we had to submit examples of our work along with an application to be accepted.

This will be our first year attending this festival, we were at the Fall Festival in Haddonfield but the size of this one is almost 10 times larger!

We are so excited and have already been preparing, sewing, designing and planning the booth layout!


Here are the details;

When:
Sat., July 11, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sun., July 12 noon - 5p.m.

Where:
Kings Highway
Haddonfield, NJ


I hope that everyone can make it out for the festival, there are so many activities for the family as well as great shopping! You can visit this link to learn more about the event as well as parking.

http://www.haddonfieldnj.org/eventscrafts.php

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www.tanjereendesign.com

This design came to me in one of those horribly embarrassing, mommy moments.

I was at a playdate with one of my closest friends, the kids were eerily quiet. All of a sudden an explosion of screaming & crying, we run as fast as we can to them. My son sitting looking guilty, hers, red in the face from pain. Mason had just bit him...and this was the 2nd time.

After ensuring her son was OK, I scolded Mason, then of course mortified, break down into my own tears. They were tears of embarrassment, apologies, feeling like a bad mom...all wrapped in to one sobbing woman.

I know my son isn't a bad kid, in fact, he usually isn't rough at all and is more likely to be the kid at the bottom of the pile instead of the top. But, that is no excuse and I was still angry that this was how he chose to act out.

Thankfully I am surrounded my understanding, nurturing woman, who ensured me that this was just one of those "spirited" things that kids do...

I wanted to say sorry, but also be able to hopefully giggle about it one day with my friend, I have to send her one of these cards!

Sorry Tina, and thanks for being so understanding!

15% of the profits from the sales of this card will go to "Mason's Mission", please learn more about this fundraiser here www.masons-mission.com

I am sure mothers and fathers of teenagers graduating High School just cannot believe this day has come, I am sure I will be in denial when my son gets to that stage in life...not to mention dealing with how old that will mean I am! But seriously, this moment is such a momentous occasion, it is a time to grow up, leave your old life and start taking the final steps into becoming a young adult and being more responsible for yourself. Some on to college and some to trades, whatever path they choose the memories that they have from these years will be with them forever.




It seems the Seniors today are much more mature and fashionable than I remember being, so I have started designing a line of "couture" graduation announcements & invitations. On most I am utilizing the backs of the cards as well, making the front all about the graduate & the back about the event details. I have shown 2 here that have a more feminine feel, and will post the more masculine designs shortly.


They will be available for purchase by this Sunday along with the rest of the line.

We will also have available Senior Calling Cards, its a fabulous way for seniors leaving for college to make sure that all their friends and family have the right contact info. Here is an example of one....

coming soon...stylish mommy cards, because we need business cards too....after all we do have the most important job in the world!

I was approached with a very unique challenge, a graduation invitation about airplanes for an adult. Well, when I think of airplane images, I automatically envision little boys 5 year old birthday party invitations. When I found out it was for a graduating commercial airline pilot, I was excited about getting to create something sophisticated but fun.

The graduating seniors mom, who is bursting with pride about her son finally attaining his dream, wanted to incorporate the colors of his college as well as an a image of a commercial airplane.

We came up with this design and her son helped us with getting the "pilot" lingo right under the airplane. I also designed some matching Thank You cards that tied the whole design together.

Joanne was a pleasure to work with, her excitement for her son was something that I felt pouring out right from her emails. I hope to work with her again in the future.

Congratulations Joanne & Jonathan!