Twin Ravens Press

Hello all! It's been a busy summer - seriously the busiest I have ever had - and I have tons of pictures of recent work to post. Before I have a chance to do that though, I'd like to spread the word about a great little printing press in Oregon - http://twinravenspress.com/. I've had a number of clients who have worked with them before, and most recently for Cynthia who had me write out some pieces for her which Kristin of Twin Ravens was able to press onto the envelopes for her (pictured above). They were beautiful! She has been kind enough to link to my blog here from her site, and it is only fair that I do the same for her - and not just for payback! She is lovely to communicate with and the GORGEOUS pictures of her work that you can view on her site speak volumes for themselves. If you're in the market for some letterpress work, or you (like me) simply love to drool over pictures of fabulous wedding stationery head on over and check it out. You won't be disappointed!! :0)

New pictures - part 2!

The colorwork this spring has truly been amazing. I've never seen such a wide array of colors all in one season - it's been so much fun to work with! The first photo was really a blast. Lindsey wanted a style similar to the mashup - we used wispy lettering for the name instead of flourish and since she had long envelopes we were able to put the address all on one line below. The white ink on the red paper really popped, and bonus - see those gorgeous invitations? She handpainted each one herself!! The second photo was for Flavia. She had two diferent colored envelopes (greay and blue) for the outers - we used navy ink in wispy to do all the writing and added an apple green flourish to the inners to tie it all into the invitations. Gorgeous! Next was Stephanie in different shades of lavender. The writing is actually a very pale lavender in flourish and coordinates with the invitations nicely. And the last set is autumn lettering in silver ink on navy envelopes - I just love light colors on dark paper! Finally, in a July 1 post on www.beantownbride.com you'll see some stunning pictures of Lauren's wedding. Scroll down the pictures along the right side of the post and you'll see some nice shots of table and chair signs we worked on. A really beautiful wedding! Next week available is currently September 5-11, so if you're interested, let me know. Also, depending on how busy my fall schedule looks, I was thinking of running a Christmas card promotion - last year it seemed to be a big hit! Thanks for looking, and happy planning!

New pictures - finally!

I feel like I haven't posted new pictures in ages - here is just a taste of what I've been working on. The first shot is a birthday invitation for a three year old. The envelopes (smoke & track included) were all done by me, and they were so cute all lined up on my table that I had a very hard time packing them up to send them away! So cute Lindsey!! Second picture was a custom design for Laura, who wanted lots of swirls. Third set also a custom style for Katie - I like this one so much I may play around with it and offer it as a regular style. Fourth picture is part of the butterfly phase. The butterflies themselves were placed in champage glasses, and Melissa actually sent me some really great pictures of them all set up as well. Butterflies were very big this spring - I had another set of white cards with butterlies stamped out along the top that I used coral ink on - very light and fun! (Don't have a picture though - boxed them up before I remembered...) The last shot was a custom designed monogram for Michelle's placecards and menus that she had printed. Really like how the monogram came out! Blogger limits me to 5 photos per post, so onto the next one I go...

Placecard season in full swing!

Now that spring is finally here I have had a rush of placecards to complete along with all of the envelope work. Here is just a quick sampling - though I forgot to photograph Desiree's that I sent out today with the adorable wildflower seed cutout attached! The first photo was for Amy on beautiful Vera Wang cards (done in flourish, black ink). The second set was for Courtney (swirl lettering, pink & brown ink, on brown and pink paper, respectively). We did the names on the outside of the escort envelopes and the saying 'Love always. Dance tonight.' on the front of the tented card insert (the table number went inside the tent). I did matching table numbers with the phrase as well, and I can't wait to see the professional shots! The last picture here was for Amy (flourish in magenta ink). Magenta has been a great color this season - love it!

Away for the weekend!

Taking the weekend away to go to a wedding as a guest! Should be back sometime early Monday (and because I couldn't resist, here's a shot of the wedding card...) Congratulations Jaci & Geoff!

So many fun colors this season!

It's really amazing to me to watch the trends that unfold season after season. Last fall it was all about navy blue, and then over the winter I used almost every drop of gold ink I had in the house (And there were plenty of gold envelopes as well!) This spring it is all about color - ANY color. Bright and bold, or soft and muted. And it's such a treat to work on them! The first photo here was done in all lowercase to match the rehearsal dinner invites for Rona. The second set comes from www.sarahdrakedesign.com for Lindsay. Love that pink! (Formerly fine script lettering - now called autumn!). In the third photo we used the mash up style in a baby pink to match the naming ceremony invitations for Paula. The last two photos were placecards and table name frames for Jenn. I LOVE the combo of the blue and green together. (It was night when I took the picture, and terrible lighting, but the colors were stunning together!) I can't wait to see the preofessional shots of those! Keep those colors coming!

Updated samples - finally!

Hello, and happy spring! So I have finally updated my samples. Some are old styles with new (hopefully simpler) names and some are new styles altogether. The next weeks currently available are May 16-22, July 11-17, July 25-31, or most weeks after that. Happy planning!