#FavoredFriday Celebrate the Holidays With Ethiopian Inspired Holiday Cards by Designer Maro Haile

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This holiday season get creative & cultured with your greeting cards and gifts with Deseta!

Deseta, a new collection of multicultral cards, tote bags, and more is spreading the love this holiday season.     Deseta [deh-seh-ta]: a noun meaning happiness; how you feel when something puts a smile on your face. from Amharic, one of the many languages spoken in Ethiopia. also spelled/pronounced desta.

As an event planner and "go to girl" for entertaining, Im always looking for new vendors to utilize for my clients and myself so when I came across Designer, Mariam-Sena (Maro) Haile, a Brooklyn-based artist and owner of the e-commerce website Deseta.net, I knew I had to share her amazing work with others.

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Ethiopian girl singing a christmas carol, tis almost the season!

In an interview with TADIAS, Mariam tells us a little bit of her background being born in Addis Ababa and growing up in Minnesota before settling in New York City in 2000. “I was born in Ethiopia, raised in a tiny town in the Midwest, and now have Brooklyn planted deep in my heart,” she said. “My target market ranges from shoppers who appreciate the unique, non-traditional aesthetic found in gift shops and boutiques to young families and friends of young families looking for printed accessories for their children.” Maro’s aim is to reach as diverse an audience as her background.

Check out some more of her designs below:

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Pink afro angel wearing lipstick and mascara logo.

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Melkam Addis Amet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the other holiday cards are this "Cupid's Arrow" for Valentines Day and "Melkam Addis Amet" for Ethiopian New Years!

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This modern Adam & Eve card is hilarious and riske for Ethiopian cultural! Love it!

Like what you see? You can learn more and purchase Deseta products at www.deseta.net, or on Etsy at www.etsy.com/shop/deseta and follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/desetaArtAndDesign.

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#FavoredFriday Vendor Spotlight: Captured Journeys Photography

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Photographers are one of the most important vendors you can hire for your big events. The right photographer will capture the essence of your day and leave you with timeless photos that you can treasure forever. This week we would like to spotlight a local company that prides themsleves on " providing CERTIFIED professional level quality at prices far below even less capable studios." Meet Kalina and Kelly at Captured Journeys Photography after the break.

The Captured Journey's Photography page says, "Our style is modern and timeless and combines unique artistic approach, knowledge of lighting techniques and photojournalistic skills. Our goal is to capture the love and emotions of your special day thru fresh and effortless images. We believe in attention to detail, highest quality of images and happy clients. Shooting always with two photographers as a husband and wife team, gives us the luxury of looking at the same moment from different perspectives."

Captured Journey's Photography is offering a wedding special for 2014! If you book a wedding package by December 31st, 2013 you will recieved 10% off. They also offer a discount for Active Duty Military personnel. Check out some pictures of their work below.

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#FavoredFriday | Spotlight Vendor: Couture Cakes by Sabrina

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Attention cake lovers! We have yet another incredible Vendor for you to check out for your next event. Gone are the days that you have a plain sheet cake at your wedding, birthday party, bridal shower, or anniversary! Make sure you get a cake that will not only serve as dessert, but also WOW your guests. This week we spotlight Couture Cakes by Sabrina.
Bio: As a child in Saginaw, Michigan, Sabrina Hare was always around the cooks in her family. She developed a passion for baking watching her grandmother turn out delectable pies and cakes for the family. Sabrina’s love for mixing decadent combinations of butter, sugar, and fruits led to a summer job in her aunt’s commercial kitchen, where she helped prep for wedding receptions.
 
In 2013, she officially launched Couture Cakes by Sabrina. With fashion as her inspiration,  she loves making each order special for any occasion. With her unique touch in cake decoration and sugar craft, her goal is to bring the clients vision to life. If you can think of it, it can be done!
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Prices vary depending on size and complexity of the design. Their custom cakes have a starting price of $250 for a minimum of 30 people. A 3D Sculpted/Carved Cake has a starting price of $350 for a minimum of 30 people.

Website: http://www.cakesbysabrina.com/

 

#FavoredFr​iday | Spotlight Vendor: Fabipops Cake Pop Boutique in NY

2012-11-19 15.37.22 Fabipops is a new luxury cake pop boutique in Park Slope, New York. Unlike other cake pop shops, every cake pop is handmade and custom designed for thier clients liking - take a look at some of the images below and check out some of their celebrity work, its fantastic!

Fabipops caters to any occasion, whether its birthdays, kids parties, adult parties, weddings, communions and ect, their cake pops can be customized to match any event. Fabipops is a custom, gourmet dessert company that bakes in a Kosher kitchen which has catered to corporate, private and celebrity events, and because of consumer demand, Fabiola will now open her first store.
Fabiola, the owner of Fabipops, is a Haitian-born, and also pregnant with her second child. She started this business from scratch after the death of her newborn child - where she took a complete gamble and left her career in the financial industry to start her company.
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#FavoredFriday Spotlight Vendor: Tanamachi Studio, Design & Lettering Boutique

cover Recently, Favored came across a interesting Vendor: Tanamachi Studio, Design & Lettering Boutique. This studio specializes in "hand-lettering & custom typography for editorial, lifestyle, food, and fashion brands." You may have seen Dana Tanamachi's work on several publications and not even realized it. Recently, her chalk work has been featured on well known magazine covers such as Time and O Magazine. Learn more about this #FavoredFriday vendor after the break.

Dana Tanamachi is a Texas-bred, Brooklyn-based graphic designer and letterer who enjoys living a quiet life and working with her hands. After designing Broadway show posters at SpotCo and working under Louise Fili, Dana opened her own design & lettering boutique, Tanamachi Studio. She has been commissioned by clients such as Google, Yahoo!, Rugby Ralph Lauren, The Ace Hotel, Tommy Hilfiger, West Elm, and Bloomingdale’s. In 2011, she was named a Young Gun (YG9) by the Art Directors Club and a Young Creative to Watch by HOW Magazine. In 2012, Dana had the unique honor of creating custom cover art for O, HOW, and TIME Magazines.

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Final cover for Time Magazine's October 29, 2012 issue

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Tote Bags created for the O YOU! Conference, hosted by Oprah Winfrey

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Wine Bottles created with Brandever

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Inside of the employee enterance at Andaz Hotel on 5th Avenue in New York City. Totaling over 350 square feet and approximately 100 words.

Unfortunately, Tanamachi Studio is not taking personal or wedding-related inquries at this time.

Source: http://tanamachistudio.com