Cavallo wedding #2

Finished these Save-the-dates for another Cavallo wedding this time in August. Vintage/Americana themed paper goodness with a folded map and custom pattern inside. Lovely calligraphy in gold by Neither Snow with an assortment of vintage stamps collected by the bride.

Envelopes were hand-made, just folded text weight navy paper, glued the seam in the middle and ran one side through a sewing machine. We closed by folding the other end and sealed with custom letterpressed address labels.

We came across this envelope addressed to the White House while assembling. Apparently if you send the president an invite you will receive an official congratulatory letter. How fun, right? The bride and groom have a great sense of humor. I love this notion :)

Will be walking these up the street to the post office tomorrow. After spending so much time designing and crafting a set like this, letting them go is always so bitter-sweet. But the idea that people will be receiving these lovelies in the mail always makes me smile. So all the hard work is always worth it.

Pray for Japan

These letterpressed prints I made a couple of years ago in collaboration with artist Jane Kim will be exhibited in Japan at the at Books Kubrik Gallery and Paper Inn Gallery in Fukuoka this fall, hosed by Bluemoon Press. 100% of the proceeds from this exhibition will go directly to earthquake child support group in Iwate prefecture. 

They will host another exhibition of letterpress work in the winter at the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum and I will be submitting new artist print collaborations for it which are currently in the works. Will keep you updated. 

More info regarding these exhibitions can be found on Bluemoon Press's FB page here.

These prints entitled The Elements are currently featured on my Etsy shop.

Wedding Day: SF Map

Almost exactly a year ago, I made this custom map for SF couple Marina and Wayne. I'm happy to report that they are still in wedded bliss and will be expecting a baby in the spring! So very exciting :)

Here are some shots of the map on display courtesy of their photog Mark Kuroda.

Design + Print: Shelter Island Invites

The temperature dropped a lot today, it was a brisk morning and now a chilly evening (at least by my standards--I get cold pretty easily!). So thought I'd warm things up a bit by posting this summer wedding invite for clients Jackie & Mike. They got married this past September in Shelter Island-- a town at the eastern end of Long Island in NY.

They were inspired by Moriya & Jon's invite design and wanted to use similar elements (map, stitching, monogram...) and infuse their colors and east coast-beachy vibe into it as opposed to the original country-farm look. They have the same initials as Moriya & Jon so I was able to reuse the existing monogram for the most part and only ended up tweaking the letters with the new font they chose.

Flat-printed map on the pocket and stitching by Mira Aster.

Design + Print: Jill & Todd invite

Summery, Cape Cod wedding I finished last month :)
















Here's the inspiration board:

Off the Press: Eileen & Nick invite

While we're at it, might as well post about another architecture related project! Similar to Adele, my client Eileen is also an architect but instead of getting married in Italy, she and Nick will wed in his hometown in Ithaca, Greece this summer :)

SF Wedding Map

I designed this custom map poster for SF couple, Wayne and Marina, who wed a couple of weekends ago on Feb 6th. They already had wedding invites sent out and came to me specifically to design some wedding-day paper goods.

Off the Press: Save the Date

Ithaca, Greece wedding coming up this summer. I love the color combo and I'm glad the couple liked the wave border, inspired by patterns found on antique Greek vases...