February 3, 2010

Hot off the Press {vintage romance}

Here are a few of the invitations leaving the studio this week: This first invitation is the Vintage Romance collection from the Letterpress album. We worked with our one of our fabulous retailers Events Couture, to create this invite. The bride wanted to incorporate some sort of layer so we added a colored backer to add dimension. The final results were quite stunning! This Adam Scott invitation was created with one of our favorite local retailers,...READ MORE

January 25, 2010

Letterpress Valentines

Emily and I had a great time designing our new Valentines designs this year. Here is a peek into what we came up with. All of the cards are available for purchase on our etsy shop. From the top, is our dutch inspired Be Mine. I adore this new bright fuschia color in contrast with the vibrant celadon. Next is our Valentines Day Wishes featuring a vintage decorative "V". Finally "I'll follow you anywhere" bicycle card. The lucky in love card features...READ MORE

January 21, 2010

Hot off the Press : Marie Antoinette

This was a really fun job that ended up being a real exploration in papers and print methods. I worked with the brilliant Rebecca over at Duet Weddings, her bride chose the Marie Antoinette suite as her invitation. She was really wanting to use a dark paper and with her chosen color palette I suggested we use a beet paper and letterpress print on it. We used silver + black inks and the silver created a beautiful contrast against the dark beet colored...READ MORE

December 16, 2009

Holiday Card Inspired

Here are a few of the fabulous holiday cards leaving our studio right now... Here is a custom card we designed. It's hand letterpress printed in gold + red ink. I am loving the gold ink on the red envelopes, and the deer details! So fun. Here is an adorable card using our Barnes style card. The fabulous photo was taken by the very talented Gregg Shaw Photography. I adore the pine cone pattern on this...READ MORE

December 10, 2009

Custom Ranch Invitations

A while back I worked on this fabulous custom invite job with Arin at Zinke Design for the annual Z7 Bar Ranch Party. We went for a rustic chic vibe, hand letterpress chocolate jackets in champagne ink, and fabulous cattle details. We even did a hand drawn map to help guests find their way. Here are the fabulous...READ MORE