My obsession with opaque white ink has developed into a full-fledged addiction. Look for our calligraphy place cards in the shop oh-so-soon; our 2012 line-up will be unveiled in December!
WE HEART TEXAS
Sending some rehearsal dinner goodies to a delightful mama-of-the-bride planning a Texas wedding. Instead of numbers, each table will be named after a Lone Star state river. Neat, eh?
A MISTY LAKE QUINNAULT WEDDING
Just a sweet little shout-out to the adorable Alison and Ben, who celebrated their first anniversary as Mr. and Mrs. this August.
Hugs and salutations, Lovebirds.
Thanks to the oh-so-sweet (and ridiculously talented) Mhari Scott for sharing the photo-love. Pacific NW couples – go snag her for your date before someone else does!
THREE CHEERS FOR INGENUITY
We love how Steve & Amanda, one of our crafty couples, are turning their invitation packaging materials into wedding cuteness! Each stationery order we ship is wrapped in un-dyed cotton twine and nestled amongst recycled kraft paper krinkles – when these sweet lovebirds opened their package, they saw more than function – they saw opportunity!
Says Amanda: I’ve saved and reused as much as I possibly could – the mason jars will be used to hold flowers/hydrangeas on the bridal party table. We also used the kraft paper stuffing to put in the bottom of guest baskets and a bigger basket we’ll have to hold flip-flops for guests to wear (when their dogs start barking on the dance floor).
How thoughtful is that?! I’ve been sworn to secrecy when it comes to all of the other sparkling details but y’all, trust me – these two are super talented, crazy in love, and also throwing one terrific celebration.
It’s always a pleasure to see couples thinking out of the box (no pun intended) when it comes to decor. We’re tickled that our packaging is living on in such a delightful way. Many thanks to Steve and Amanda for lifting the curtain and letting us peek into their pre-wedding craftiness!
Steve & Amanda ordered our Faux Bois Invitations, custom save-the-date cards, and a stamping kit that included the cute heart & arrow monogram stamp you see above.
LETTERS, LETTERS AND MORE LETTERS
Tweaking some fun multi-language character support. It’s the final stretch, y’all! Getting sooooo close to release. I’ll be up for air soon, promise.
(And yup, I totally corrected the graphemes’ carons.)
2012 SNEAK PEEK
A preview of this summer’s big project…
All of these fonts and more will be available in our shop, alongside our invitations & goodies, at the start of the new year. Plan for hand drawn letters, scripts with soul, artfully messy splatters, borders and dingbats. Oh my!
If you’re a designer and would like a complete set for beta testing, please shoot me an email for more details. If you’re not a designer, don’t fret! I’ll be announcing periodic free beta samples on our Twitter feed, so hop on over & say hi.
This was a weird and wonderful project that sort of took on a life of its own. As we get closer to 2012, I’ll be sharing more about how and why I created the typefaces, including a post about the challenges of creating a connecting script letter set that doesn’t look like it was drawn by Cookie Monster. (Cliff’s Notes: only masochists need apply.) If you have a question or a topic about font-creation that you’d like me to cover, just let me know.
In the meantime, stay tuned next week for another sneak peek, this time into our upcoming 2012 invitation designs! Lots of found vintage materials, rustic vibes, and a punch of retro too…
HOORAY FOR LIBERTY, FRIENDS!
WE ADORE THE LAND DOWN UNDER!
Have we mentioned how much we love working with Aussie brides? Seriously, from Adelaide to Zanthus, you rock our world. So you can understand how excited we are to see our Printable Seed Favors featured in Wedding Style Guide’s Winter 2011 issue!
The Winter 2011 issue hits newstands today and is gor-or-or-or-geous. Australian couples, you know what I’m talking about! It’s chock-full of unique, fresh and hand-crafted inspiration for your wedding. (We’re all over the Garden Grown wedding starting on page 63 – herb boutonnieres? Fig tapenade favors?! We are in love with WSG.)
Go get thee some ideas from the land down under stat – and p.s. there are digital copies available instantly for those of us (ahem, me) who can’t sit on our hands waiting for the post.
p.p.s. Hello and welcome to WSG readers! We’re delighted to meet you!
RUSTIC BOHEMIAN RANCH WEDDING FUN!
Lovelies, it doesn’t get better than a Texan ranch full of poppies, folk art, and bohemian panache!
We are so excited to show off the results of our long-distance collaboration with the delightful ladies behind Austin-based Nouveau Romantics & The Nichols. Liz, mad-scientist and creative-genius of Nouveau Romantics, planned + assembled + orchestrated the amazing shoot. (!) Jennifer Nichols, photographer extraordinaire, captured the gorgeous day. We designed the Texas-bohemian inspired invitations + menus. More details (you know you want ’em!) below…but first, a little eye candy:
There are so many many many more beautiful photos over at Style Me Pretty and The Nichols blog.
A bit about our work: the invitations were hand-illustrated with an original folk-art drawing and printed on a rare paper made from recycled tobacco plant pulp. (It feels just like Texas soil – earthy and warm and slightly gritty.) We wrapped the invites in a creamy textured artist’s paper, which was hand-painted with watercolors in a dappled longhorn motif. Hand-spun nettle twine and a guinea feather wrapped up the rustic package. Can you tell we’re just a wee bit obsessed with making things by hand?!
We had so much fun crafting these lovelies that we designed a couple of ready-to-order variations in our shop.
The menus were set with hand-drawn type and printed on a thick French Paper stock, then rounded to fit each dinner plate. Each menu was personalized with a guest’s name for an extra bit of sweetness and set at their respective place settings. Hooray for a menu & place card in one!
We were so happy to be a part of this shoot and can’t send enough thanks + hugs to everyone involved, especially to Liz and Jennifer. Not only are they fantastic to work with, they’re pretty wonderful people to boot. If you’re looking for an event designer and/or photographer for your wedding, we highly encourage you to say hello to ’em!
My friends, meet the ridiculously talented team behind this inspired affair:
Event Design & Florals – Nouveau Romantics | Photography – The Nichols | Desserts – Bake Sale | Styling – Antiquaria | Decor Rentals – Loot Vintage Rentals and Marquee Events | Venue – Wild Onion Ranch | Dress – Odylyne | Tea Towels – Leah Duncan
ASHLEY & JOHN’S SAN FRANCISCO WEDDING
You may remember these custom wine labels that we designed for Ashley & John last summer. Well it seems we weren’t the only folks swooning over their beautiful art deco wedding! Photographed by the uber-talented Jonathan Canlas and featured on Snippet & Ink…this is one gorgeous San Francisco affair.
Thank you, Ashley & John, for including us in your wedding day. It was an honor to work with you!
To see more (and you know you want to) make sure to visit Snippet & Ink and Jonathan Canlas’s blog.
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