Illustrated Napa Valley Wedding

Napa Valley could quite possibly be one of the most beautiful places for a wedding. With it’s Tuscan style landscape, it makes any wedding feel romantic and at the risk of sounding completely corny, kind of magical. Our amazing clients, Becca and Jon, got married there in St. Helena, California last June. We were lucky enough to work closely with their planner Rosemary Hattenbach, of Rosemary Events, to come up with an inspired suite that captured the clients personalities {and their pup!}  as well as their amazing venue. The couple was married in a renovated barn called “Barbara’s Barn” complete with amazing landscapes and views as well as an epic skull wall {I know, sounds weird but it’s kind of amazing}. On the back of their main invitations, I created an illustration of the barn with their pup, Taz, sitting in front ready to welcome everyone. Rosemary’s vision for the big day included lots of pops of red which we introduced in the invitation suite. The RSVP card includes Taz again running along the bottom of the card with the quintessential wedding cans behind him. One of my favorite details is how the cans wrap around to the back of the RSVP card. The wedding itself was full of games since Becca and Jon love to play all kinds of sports, board games, etc. On the bottom of the schedule card, I drew a picture of Becca and Jon playing croquet to play off the game theme. My favorite detail is the envelope liner, I drew two horseshoes together and below we have one of the best lines that has ever graced a wedding invitation: “coming to our wedding is the best idea… ever.” Genius. The pieces in this suite play off one another very nicely creating a light, welcoming invitation to get the guests ready for their weekend in Napa.

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SCD in BRIDES (June/ July issue)

BRIDES magazine is always so full clever and cute ideas for brides, designers, etc. I love getting the latest issue; I kick back and enjoy the pages and pages of colorful inspiration. This month was no exception as it was their color issue and lucky for us, we were able to be a part of it! The design that made the cut were our fun popsicle programs that actually double as fans {which is good for me as the heat and I have a bit of a tumultuous relationship!} It was definitely one of my personal favorites and perfect for a summer celebration. A HUGE thank you to the amazing team at BRIDES for including us in this issue; all of the ladies are top notch over there! Keep the great ideas coming!

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Inspiration Station: NSS

I had so much fun walking the National Stationery Show this year! It’s awesome having the opportunity to meet so many ridiculously talented designers. Everyone’s work is so inspiring, my creative wheels are spinning. And a huge thanks to Nole + Team for putting on an amazing Paper Party, feeling pretty lucky to work in such a great industry!

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Mini Trip: Palm Springs

There is no two ways around it- this Spring has been pretty crumby. Although I am the most pale person I know, I’m still craving some warm sun so I’m in luck as I get to sneak off to Palm Springs this weekend for a little girls trip! I’ve had several clients get married in the area so I’m excited to check it out and get inspired. Now I just need to find my SPF 70… wah wah.

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Kraft + Coral: A Florida Wedding

I know we’ve all seen a lot of kraft paper these days but, man, I still kind of just love it. Julie was one of our clients from last year who came to me with a very distinct vision. She knew she wanted to screen print white ink on kraft paper and to pair that with hand lettering and illustrations. With that as our inspiration, I set out to create a fun suite that incorporated her whimsical vision. Julie collaborated with the amazing Megan of Makewells for the calligraphy on her envelopes. I absolutely love how it turned out! It was so inspired and complimented the suite. Julie sourced some amazing vintage stamps to pull the entire suite together. My favorite part is the coral envleope with the arrow and heart liner. It reminds me of my notebook doodles from seventh grade {add in some “JTT” references and we’d be all set}. Overall, I love how fun this suite is while still evoking the feel of a Florida wedding.

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NY {HEART} BOSTON

Yesterday was a weird one. Having grown up in the Boston area, it was hard to digest all the craziness that happened. Sending lots of love and support to the people Boston- stay strong!

pictures via Gothamist

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Classic Martha’s Vineyard Wedding

Sometimes a client tells you about their wedding and you kind of just want to scheme a way to get invited…  that was pretty much the case with Sarah and Todd. They had an amazing wedding on Martha’s Vineyard over Labor Day weekend last year. The weekend started with a welcome party at the Bride’s family’s home followed by a Lobster Bake on Friday evening {with custom bibs- amazing} and a lovely wedding ceremony at the Allen Farm in Chilmark on Saturday night. For Sarah’s invites, she wanted them to feel nautical and reminiscent of the Vineyard without having them feel over the top in any one direction. For her invites we created a clean, letterpress invitation with lots of negative space. My favorite element are the blind impressed seagulls in the top right hand corner- so charming. Sarah wanted everything to feel contained so we put all the pieces in a cream invitation folder that matched back to then main and RSVP envelope. When it came to her envelope liner, we had used a vintage MV map on their save the dates and decided to repurpose that here for a sense of continuity, which I loved. Overall, I love how clean and open this suite feels while still evoking the warm, special feeling of a Vineyard wedding.

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Lauren + Jay: Day of Elements

There is nothing better than working with a couple from their save the dates all the way to their day of elements. I love seeing everything come together at the wedding, I always feel like a proud Mama. Lauren and Jay sent over pics from their big wedding at The Green Building. All the amazing photos below were taken by their very talented photographer, Trent Bailey.

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