With the warm weather right around the corner here in Upstate NY, I find myself daydreaming about all the things that come along with nice weather. Spring and summer feel like they come and go with the blink of an eye. Here are some pretties to look at for a bit of inspiration.
When the plants start turning green and poking up through the brown grass…
Hot air balloon rides…(i have always wanted to do this)
Hikes to the falls in the Catskill Mountains…
Summertime at the beach
Imagine a warm breeze, sea glass, sand pipers and the ocean waves… Then add in a fantastically fabulous bride and her family and you’ve got yourself a really fun, shore wedding.
When Meredith (the bride) and I first spoke, we clicked right away! I knew she was going to be a pleasure to work with. She is an interior designer who appreciate color, texture, and extraordinary design elements. It was also very important to Meredith to use recycled papers and conserve where possible. We talked about everything her wedding weekend would entail. On my end I brainstormed and researched appropriate imagery, colors and textures. We both had the same vision for her invites.
This is the inspiration board she sent to me:
The final result was a custom pocket-fold that is textured like sand with speckles of color. Letterpressed sandpipers adorn the outside and is tied shut with twine. To avoid using an inner envelope, a small hang tag was used with the less formal names in calligraphy by Laura Hooper. On the inside, the invite is mounted and all of the other elements are tucked into the pocket. A double sided, folded response card to save paper was a nice way to have guests respond to each of the weekend’s upcoming activities and to keep things organized when the responses start rolling in!
Enjoy the photos!
New card designs
Good morning!
I wanted to share with you two new card designs. Part of “The Yearly’s” collection, I designed these anniversary cards. One was inspired by one of my favorite brides, Alexis. You might remember her and her bird motif from this real wedding feature. Well I just loved the blue birds so much, I carried the idea over for an anniversary card!
Enjoy…
pretty things by Angela Adams
From paper goods and rugs, to wall coverings and tumblers, Angela Adams has designed some of the most unique products that are just filled with color, shape and texture.
the small stakes
Check out some of these posters by Jason Munn. I just love how minimalist they are. Makes me want to have a music room in my house one day. Only problem is, i only own a clarinet that I haven’t played in years!
the crane Chandelier
The Wedding Co. is creating a huge chandelier of cranes from engaged couples from throughout the world! The goal is to collect 10,000 of these peaceful tokens of love by January 2011 when The Wedding Co. will celebrate its 10th anniversary. The final creation will be a visual representation of a worldwide community of engaged and newly married couples – a community that already shares so many invisible ties. Each crane will represent one couple’s leap of love, commitment and patience. I also love that for each crane received, $.50 will be donated to cancer research.
For more information, click here.
{ photos via: 100 Layer Cake }
invitation concepts
Just a quick peek at some concept boards that I presented to a bride on Saturday. Whenever I present to a client or clients, I love to give options. I sometimes even get carried away. I love to see the reaction when reviewing designs and where the concepts came from. This suite is going to be for a gorgeous summer wedding in July at the father of the bride’s house. I can’t wait for these to be printed!
Keep your eyes out for the final suite printed!
march desktop
Happy March 1st! I really can’t believe we have reached March already. For those of us living in the northeast, it is always a nice way to start looking forward to Spring. However, with a bit more snow in the forecast this week, i’m not so sure it will be that easy.
I tried yesterday to look forward to spring with some shopping. Lots of florals, stripes, and plaids around. Christopher has to travel to San Franciso this week for work, so we went shopping for him. (well me too). So in trying to help mother nature along with bringing spring in that much quicker, here is a cheery plaid for your desktop!
Download a 1280 x 1024 or a 1024 x 768 version here.
Have a great week everyone! I have so many fun things to share with you all it is going to be a great week.
sneak peak
Do you remember me posting about these save the dates and invitation mock-ups? Well, the invitations are assembled, the envelopes addressed and one last thing to do is add some twine and put them in the mail! Here is a teaser photo though of the finished product. They are so beautiful, I can’t wait to share!
business card reveals
I have been working on two different business card designs simultaneously. The best part about it? They are so different it goes to show the extreme opposites of projects i work on, which i love!
The first is Deborah’s cards. I had her cards printed on double thick, smooth white stock. They are letterpressed on both sides and i just love how the pink pops off of the white paper! We agreed on a square card and to have the right hand corners rounded to compliment the ‘D’ in her logo. The back is a beautiful flourish repeated. We are going to use that in other aspects of her collateral and website, which I’m excited about.
The second cards shown are for Ketan Vakil, an online marketing strategist based in NYC. Designing for social media, web analytics and information architecture was so different then for Deborah- but that is where the fun of research and brainstorming along the way comes in! Ketan’s are also letterpressed front and back. The fun difference is that the back of his have a full coat of color, which in turn makes the text feels embossed because the blue is pressed into the paper. I love that effect!
