Natural Curiosities

I love the encyclopedic collections "Cabinets of Curiosities"....All these creatures from sea, land, air, flora, etc...were cataloged and now it's an illustrated book form too. However, during the Renaissance time, it was a room filled with all these goodies...Anyhow, going through my emails, I discovered this:

A box set of illustrations based on and inspired by the cabinets...how lovely would it be to have these wonderful illustrations hanging in my home. 14 illustrations for 59$....originally 168$. There's other sets available too...but I love the sealife series. One Kings Lane is the best site for high end home furnishings at sale prices....sometimes up to 70% off retail. It's like Gilt Groupe and HauteLook for the home...The bargain shopper in me is revealed.

(photo: via One Kings Lane site)

Roseann & Mike: invitation

I've briefly knew Roseann & Mike as my younger sister's friends when we were younger (circa 10 - 12 years ago!!). It wasn't until recently that I found out they were dating, and then soon after that, they were engaged!! It was even more exciting when Roseann contacted me and wanted to book me as their stationer! I was working with Roseann and found out what style she wanted, romantic and elegant. So I thought letterpress would perfectly suit her needs. I immediately started on the design and she loved it. I kept going with it and made different patterns, different little details for their names, different type/font, and again, she loved it! So here are the details below and the photos:

Colors: pinks, purples

Theme: Elegant & Romatic

Printing: Letterpress & Flat

Paper: Italian Fabriano Blush paper & Paper Source Luxe Blush envelopes

Ink: Pantone 269, plum color

Size: Invite A6, Reply 4bar, Ceremony insert A2, Reception insert 4bar

Full suite includes:

Letterpress Invite + Letterpress return address on envelope flap

Letterpress Reply + Letterpress address on envelope

Letterpress Belly Band

Flat printed Ceremony & Reception inserts

Flat printed Programs (not pictured)

Flat printed Escort cards (not pictured)

Calligraphy on all envelopes + escort cards + table numbers

Corner Rounded

Full suite assembled & detail of belly band

details of calligraphy

Matryoshka Icons

Hello!

I've been busy working on my new website and branding and pretty much all that fun stuff! In the meantime, here's a little snippet of the next order that I've been working on....

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These are so cute! I downloaded these babies and now they sit on my desktop and make me smile when I open my computer!

these bad boys...er...girls...are also available for iphone wallpapers or prints through etsy)

(photo: above, studio benben)

Robot friend

I've been loving robots and motorized things since forever.

Therefore, If I had a robot friend, this is how he would look:

Youmee & Scott

I've known Youmee for about 15 years!! Crazy how time flies. When I sat down with her and her fiance, Scott, we discussed different ideas. I had suggested going with a school theme because Youmee and Scott are both teachers. But this idea was a no-go because they thought that it would become too childlike. (I'm still looking for a couple who are teachers that want to go with a sophisticated and fun school house theme!) So I designed a suite that would reflect the both of them and their wedding day. Youmee is feminine and soft. Scott, on the outside seems rough, but is very nice and gentile also. I thought that it would be nice to bring the summertime, mountainy, greenery, flowery design together and make it elegant. This whole suite was really fun for me to design. It was by far the LARGEST order that I've had to date. This girl is having close to 600 people at her wedding and 2 separate receptions on the same day!! That's a Korean wedding for you! Making 400 invitations was definitely a sight to see! I should've taken pictures of the behemoth of invitations sitting in my house.

Enjoy!

Colors: Amber, Olive green

Theme: Gardens & Flowers

Style: Elegant

Full suite all pulled together

Invitation

Extra inserts (maps to ceremony & reception + rsvp)

Belly band

Close up of calligraphy on envelope