{behind the pig} a portfolio of unique invitations

I've been wanting to share this post for a while now. Since I am relatively new to the party blogosphere, I'm often mistaken for a newbie. The truth is I've been designing and handcrafting custom invitations for almost 11 years now. I started just like everyone else...one invitation order turned into two, two turned into three until I had more work than I could handle alone. That's when J joined the team and we've been partners in this crazy business ever since.

Piggy Bank Parties is a squiggly little division of our custom, handcrafted invitation company, Autumn Writings. {If you want to learn more about us and how we got started click here and here.} Our custom clientele come to us for unique and out-of-the-box designs. If we're a bit quiet on Oink!, Facebook or Twitter, it's probably because we're hand assembling 100 to 200 invitation sets. {Our local clients order big quantities!}

Today I'm opening our portfolio and sharing 10 of my favorites!

A number of these are from our personal parties

which I'll share with you in the future.

First up, an anniversary...

...a baby shower...

...a graduation...

...an adventurous bridal shower...

...a bridal tea...

...an artist's 60th birthday...

...a superhero's birthday adventure...

...a birthday bar-be-que...

...a mini milestone...

...and an all-American birthday celebration!

Psst! Want to know our secret to creating unique invitations?

All of our artwork is 100% original and hand illustrated by J.

{See the blue ribbon and pie above? J painted those! LOVE!}

I hope you enjoyed a peek inside our custom portfolio.
We'll be adding printable versions of these invitations
to The Market in the near future.

Stay tuned to Oink! for more inspiration...