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 [...]

May 11, 2010

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 [...]

May 8, 2010

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 [...]

May 4, 2010

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 [...]

May 1, 2010

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 [...]

April 29, 2010

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 [...]

April 27, 2010

Unveiling the New Design Charette for Illustrated Friday!

Hello everyone! Those of you who have been following my Illustrated Friday Wedding Charette will have a little surprise today, I am unveiling a spin-off charette that I am launching especially for small, creative, artisan or handmade businesses! This is great news for those of you who have been wanting to brand, remake or redesign [...]

April 17, 2010

Atelier Tuesday: The Journey of Our Love

Recently, I had the pleasure to get to know a wonderful bride, who told me a most romantic story of how her fiancee and her would travel every weekend to see each other across different cities.  It was a story unique to them and she wanted me to create a wedding invitation suite that reflected [...]

April 13, 2010

Illustrated Friday: Unusual Invitations for a Vintage Wedding Carnival

This entry comes from Jason, who needed some brainstorming help for an invitation suite for their vintage-carnival themed wedding.  From their submission they seemed like such an interesting couple-they met at gastric bypass support group, dubbed themselves The Incredible Shrinking Couple and are considering having sideshow banners of it made for the wedding!  The challenge [...]

April 10, 2010

Atelier Tuesday: Sabaki Go Club

You might remember an Illustrated Friday feature sometime back about a Go Club logo, if not see the sketch idea here. I was requested to take the design further for an official club logo to be used for official events, branding items and stationery. Here is how it has progressed. I wanted to keep the [...]

April 6, 2010

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