Follow-up post to Part 1 here and mention here, slight change in thematic direction. Words cannot describe the beauty that is the North Carolina Core Banks and to be able to work on a special (treasure) map for a special couple on location was a tremendously wonderful experience. Giant oak trees, boat rides, beautiful shells (Inspired Monday post to come), …
Sometimes you just have to let life take over…
…we need a little seabreeze a little sunshine, a little big tree for the little muse that’s parched within us. Its been an exceedingly wonderful but busy few weeks, and I haven’t really had time to venture outside my studio. But here’s a little secret: we are planning a trip back East for a mini vacation and I am going …
A Manifesto Experiment
Feeling a little playful and thoughtful today so here’s a little note in my own hand-writing font!
Illustrated Friday: Theatrical Seeded Invitations with a Southern Flavor
When I first read Andi from Tennessee’s charette entry, I felt a pang of familiarity and melancholy for having moved away from the South! Andi, an actress and non profit organizer, and Drew, a public defender and musician are both steeped in the performance arts but have a steadfast fondness for the South, where Andi is from and where their …
Atelier Tuesday: Digital, Paperless but Touchable?
I wanted to design a wedding set for Janine (the Green Guru creating waves of change with her non-profit Green Wave , follow her on twitter here), that showed her steadfast commitment for a waste-less environmentally-conscious wedding without compromising on her taste for the tangibly rustic and earthy! I didn’t want Janine to miss out on the tactility of real …
Illustrated Friday: Invitations with Great Gatsby Glamor
This week’s charette comes from a very excitedly engaged Erin, whose fiance surprised her with a hilltop picnic and a beautiful ring that inspired her wedding theme-glamor and sparkle! Erin wanted invitations with a Great Gatsby sort of glamor (to go with her ring), in the colors Fuchsia, white, champagne gold and lots of crystals and sparkle. I wanted to …
Atelier Tuesday: A Little (Upcycled) Wrapped Package
“Brown paper packages tied up with string… These are a few of my favorite things…..” I save all the packing papers and wraps that comes with the supplies I order and have quite a surplus of these brown paper lying around. For today’s atelier feature, I would like to show you a package I just dropped off for an excited …
Illustrated Friday: A Wedding Storybooklet
“How do you draw sheer joy?” That wonderfully moving line came from Joseph, the obviously besotted groom of the wedding pair Joseph and Melanie from England. Their touching submission noted how they are halfway into their lives and about to begin a brand new chapter of it! Melanie, the bride-to-be was also most inspired by the idea of little booklet-type …
Design Charette: Sweet Pickin’s!
Back-to-back charettes today and tomorrow, a special treat to my followers to make up for a quiet last week! This first design charette challenge comes from Erin of Sweet Pickin’s, a brand-new line of cute hand-made and up-cycled goodies which include babywear, jewelry and other fun hand-sewn gifts. Erin lives on a farm and her brand name is a play …
Atelier Tuesday: Part 1: Prelude to a 1930’s Jazz Bayside Wedding
The Scene: Creamy laces, decadent silks, gorgeous dyed feathers, pin-curls and bobbed hair, lanterns, pearls, big band jazz, the virgin flush of big screen entertainment, rustic country-side, beautiful east coast bay location…. A little sneak preview today, some test print outs for an invitation set I’m making for a 1930’s Jazz-Meets-Country garden wedding by the bay. This is the first …