Dana Osborne Design Blog
graphic designer life + design + inspiration
Light Gray and Gorgeous. Omaha Wedding at the Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel.
When I got an email from Amber about her wedding at the Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel in the Blackstone District in Omaha, I was excited. Omaha’s newest venue was on trend for looks as well as their boutique style. But the Cottonwood wasn’t the only thing that jumped out at me.
More Than Food! How to Use Wedding Menus at your Reception
When you think of wedding menus, you think of a list of food items that your guests will be served, right? I mean, that’s great and all. But wedding menus don’t have to list food.
GASP.
Baby Announcements, Bridal Shower Invitations and Other Invitations
A question I get a lot is, “Do you design other invitations?”
Answer: Of course I do!
I do focus a lot of my marketing towards weddings, but I do design invitations for baby and bridal showers, baby announcements, birthdays, bar mitzvahs and so much more.
Custom Stationery + Dubsado. How I Make it Work
Finding the right CRM for your business is challenging. When I was looking for a software to help me manage my clients, estimate, invoice and keep myself organized, it was a task.
Postponed Midwest Wedding Brings Light Pastel Colors to Autumn
Alli and James were a couple who postponed their early summer 2020 wedding. This couple had to give up their original wedding date, but they did not want to give up their amazing venue or beautiful pastel spring wedding colors.
Dark, Moody and Trendy Midwest Wedding
Kaitlin came to me with her dark, moody and on trend wedding style and I fell in love. I sent off her estimate after we met and almost begged her to pick me to do her invitations.
No begging needed. I was hired. And designing these invitations were a dream.
Best of 2021 - Wedding Invitations - Time to VOTE!
It’s that time again and I need your vote. Nebraska Wedding Day’s Best of Contest is on and I’d love to go back-to-back as Nebraska’s Best of Wedding Invitations!
It’s super easy to vote and there are no lines and hopefully no controversy
2021 Wedding Color Trends
This is one of my favorite blog posts to do every year – the wedding color trends for 2021! Last year I would say my color trends were right on of what I was seeing from a majority of my Midwest couples.
Classy, simple and elegant family wedding in Huron, South Dakota
I don’t think anyone can argue that a good ol’ fashioned family wedding is fun. You get to see relatives you haven’t seen forever. You get to see young cousins grown up. And you get to drink and dance and eat cake and who can complain about that?
Black and White Wedding at The Omar in Omaha
Life gets a bit overwhelming after you have a baby. And after baby #3, you think I would have that figured out. But a new baby at the start of wedding season had me frazzled and I had to make some decisions.
One was finding a nanny to care for my newborn while I could get a few hours of interrupted work.