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• Enchanted Rock Letterpress Wedding Invitation

  When our dear friends Lara and Michael called to let us know they are getting married this October in the Texas Hill Country, I insisted on designing their invitation.
  Lara is a photographer and Michael is a picture editor and both have successful careers in publishing so after several emails and phone conversations about colors; the [...]

  Posted on Aug 27.08 to design, invitations, letterpress   

• Four Bridal Shower Invite Designs Minted

  Looking for unique bridal shower invitation designs?
  Four of my designs for Minted’s “Ultimate Bridal Shower Invitation Design Challenge” were selected and will soon be available for sale on Minted.com!
  “Deco Lights” placed as a runner-up and the rest were “Editor’s Picks”. It’s extremely flattering.

  “Opera”

  “Sweet Blossom”

  “Lovely Bubbly”

  Thank you to everyone who voted and for the great feedback [...]

  Posted on Jul 31.08 to design, invitations, wedding   

• Branching Leaves Letterpress Wedding Invitation

  Here is another letterpress wedding invitation I designed for a bride and groom getting married in Nebraska City, Nebraska.
  Nebraska City is the Home of Arbor Day so the bride wanted a reference to trees.
  I’m not in Nebraska often and when I am, I love the big open skies so for Jo Ella and Brian, I [...]

  Posted on Jul 07.08 to design, invitations, letterpress, wedding   

• I’ve Been Minted

  Back in April I entered a photo save-the-date card contest at Minted.
  A couple of weeks ago, I learned that while I didn’t place in the top spots, Minted wanted to sell my design through their site as a runner-up!
  Here is the design as it was entered in the contest:

  The design had to be tweaked to [...]

  Posted on Jun 10.08 to design, invitations, photography, wedding   

• Miami Garden Letterpress Wedding Invitation

  Ahhh… Just thinking about a Miami wedding in January warms things up.
  Since the wedding will take place in a garden and the bride and groom wanted “something Miami without being cliché” I decided to go with metaphors rather than use images of flowers or the obvious palm trees and art deco buildings.
  The gates of the [...]

  Posted on Dec 13.07 to design, invitations, letterpress, wedding   

• Another Letterpress Invitation

  I can’t show the entire invitation yet since the couple has not announced their wedding but here’s a detail of my latest design.

  Inge Bruggeman of Textura Printing did another incredible printing run. I love working with her.
  I’m working on putting the finishing touches of ribbon and paper together before shipping them out next week!

  Book Mark [...]

  Posted on Aug 16.07 to design, invitations, letterpress, wedding   

• Marika and Ben’s Wedding Invitation

  As a gift, I offered to design a dear friend’s wedding invitations and here it is:

  Two details:

  Marika’s choice of colors — eggplant ink and chartreuse envelopes — complemented each other nicely. I was excited because I was finally able to use one of my favorite typefaces: Centaur. I just love the swash capitals.
  I’m looking forward [...]

  Posted on Aug 01.07 to design, freelance, friends, invitations, letterpress, wedding