As I stated in the first post from this new blog, we are talking shop! We will be discussing more wedding photography planning ideas, vendors, tips, and as always brilliant imagery! To start us off I asked Christa of Anista Designs to answer a few questions for us. Christa designs and creates uber lovely cards, wedding invitations, tags and other sweet paper projects. I’ve worked with Christa on a couple shoots and I’ve been so impressed, not only with her beautiful pieces but with her friendly, generous attitude.

-What inspired you to start Anista Designs?

I was an Art teacher on maternity and was looking for ways to maintain my creativeness and connect with people. I started with a few holiday items around Christmas and then I had requests from brides to take a few of my creations and turn them into wedding invitations. I continued to take special requests, all while growing. As I stated in the first blog from this new blog, we are talking shop!

-Your favorite things to create?

My favourite thing to create would have to be wedding invitations. Wedding invitations excite me - I love coming up with new ideas and receiving positive feedback from wedding clients and their guests. It makes me giddy to know that my designs have been chosen for the most important occasion of their life - and they chose anista designs to be their "first impression" to their special day.

-What options for customization do you offer?

I do offer a range of customization - from designing a dream invitation for someone from essentially a clean slate to taking existing designs and tweaking them to suit their interests. (priced accordingly) I love creating customized paper goods for people!

-What is something that most people don’t know about you?

Hmmm....what most people don't know about me? That is a tough question! I like to think I am an open book and I feel am quite transparent! Maybe people already know some/all of the miscellaneous facts about me but: I am addicted to Oreos and eat them often, I am obsessed with Wonder Woman, I have a 1 year old son who keeps me hopping (and my reason for breathing) during the day, leaving me to design throughout the night, I am expecting our second child in March which makes staying up at night so tough and love discord colour combinations.

-If you had to choose one word to describe yourself/your business what would it be?

If I had to choose one word to describe me it would definitely be passionate. I love being crafty and am so passionate about the artistic experience. Ultimately I am passionate about sharing in moments that are important to people and am humbled that people choose me. I think of every client as though they were a close friend and I work on every project as though I would be sending the invitations myself. (because I guess they are indirectly from me!) :D

Thanks for sharing with us, Christa! You can view Anista Designs on Etsy at www.etsy.com/shop/AnistaDesigns. Or view her new website at www.anistadesigns.com.

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