I went paper shopping today for supplies for the Bachelorette party invitations, which is my favorite part of the process. Stocked up on the red textured paper I use for my gnome hats as well as some paper to re-do an old “Indoor Garden Party” Invitation I worked up for a school project that I would like to revamp. I’m hoping on getting a chance to knock out a prototype before the weekend, and I will post pictures as soon as I can.

There was no specific theme to the party and my sister came at me with an idea of what she wanted already. It’s a typical Bachelorette hurrah. An invitation to a night on the town to celebrate the tying of the knot, with an emphasis on the lingerie shower preceding said hurrah. My sister wanted a card in the shape of a woman’s torso, which opens to contain a pull out card listing the bride-to-be’s bra and panty size.  She had seen a similar design online and wants me to recreate it with my own spin. I always feel weird about designing something when the client (sister) has already picks exactly what they want, and just wants you to recreate it. It’s a little like design plagiarism.  So I’m going to use the opening idea and pull out card concept but try to push the design in a slightly different direction. What do you think? Is it plagiarism to use the concept?