Our Christmas Card: A Peek

A little peek here of our Christmas card. Does this wreath look familiar? After seeing Amy Merrick's gorgeous wreath creations & signing up for her class, I decided to draw a wreath based on my favorite creation of hers: the Birds Nest Wreath, and use it on our Christmas card this year. It's letterpressed in neon orange ink, which I think offers a nice color surprise, while still feeling festive.

See more of Amy's beautiful work here.

From the Desk Fridays: Wedding in the Catskills

You may remember a From the Desk Fridays post back in July with a sneak peek at this invitation that we did for our dear friends who are getting married this weekend. I love the way this invitation turned out. Fall foliage invitations can be boring (and this couple is so not) but I feel like the sharp angles of the triangles spice it up a bit - and the heart shape, well I just love that, and it feels very them. I can't wait to celebrate this awesome couple this weekend and in such a great spot. I hear it's like Kellerman's from Dirty Dancing. Yessssss!

Have a great weekend.

(Katie's back from her honeymoon on Monday - double yes!)

Post-Wedding Blues. Back to Work.

I was 15 the last time I was both a sister & a bridesmaid - Maid of Honor actually. And at 15, my mom did all the work for me. Moms! I was just there to hang out with my three friends who were invited, eat & dance. This time around was the same - except I have to rally come Monday morning - for more than just my math & science classes. Welcome to the real world, Liz. It's taking me a little while to get adjusted over here. AND, I'm sad to say that I took a total of probably 5 pictures the entire weekend. How lame is that?! Good thing Stacey Kane (who shot our wedding) was there to get all the good shots. And the amazing Studio Booth team Dan & Tara - soooo fun! Above is the Rehearsal Dinner invitation I did for K&C. Amazing calligraphy again by Bryn from Paperfinger. They didn't go with too much beachy stuff for their wedding decor - so I was excited to add a little bit of fishy fun to the mix.

Congrats again, K&C! I love you guys.

And I miss you over here, Katie! Your empty chair makes me sad. :(

Ahh well - off to reply to a boat load of emails and... think about what's in store for holiday 2009!

Cut Outs

Working on ideas for wedding invitations. Above is an idea based on cut out shapes. I'm really liking the straight & a little off-kilter lines of the branches. I tend to gravitate towards the not-too-perfect much more than the pitch-perfect - especially for wedding invitations. Being able to see the hand in the design seems to make it so much more intimate, more unique, more personal - perfect for a wedding.

Our Thanks: New York Magazine Weddings

I've always loved the Weddings issue of New York Magazine. I think it's the best resource for brides in the New York area - whether you're getting married here or not. It's always got great tips from people in the know and their vendor list is well-curated. Lucky for us, we have a few paper pieces in the latest Spring/Summer issue. Our Bloom invitation, our lamp post response card and a custom Save the Date (which was hole punched for the shoot) were all featured. Thanks, NY Mag!

Recent Work: Una Fiesta

I thought I'd start the week off with some recent work: our fiesta party flag-inspired birthday invitations. I love paper garland! It's a sign of good times in my book. I see the garland, and I just know I'm going to have a good time. Garland=Fun. So, given my apparently strong feeling on garland, I jumped at the chance to create something like it for this fun Mexican-themed birthday party. The letterpress bumps it up to another level I think. Still fun though, of course!