.. up to lately

Well hi! Its been quite a while, I know. I'm sorry for all of you guys who faithfully look forward to my post.

So what have I been doing? Transitioning. I've been working as a full time graphic designer with my side stationery/photography business. Its fun and full of lovely art. I wouldn't have it any other way.

So, here's 2 of my past projects.

First off, all the blue. The bride wanted a pretty light blue flower worked into all of her designs. We had so much fun with the paper stock. Its hard to tell, but its a stark white metallic paper. Such fun. It was backed with a cardstock and then assembled with the embossed "M" stickers on the back. Such a cute and creative finish to their custom wedding stationery. I was also given the priviledge to create their save the dates (previous to their invitations) and their wedding books as well.

Secondly, the beach wedding. What a gorgeous wedding this was. Sunrise, mimosas and all. The theme was the sand dollars and rich browns. Turned out great. The bride gave me the honor of creating wedding invitations, thank you cards, and tags for the gifts. Such fun.








To leave you with two bands/songs I'm crushing on right now...
Phil Wickham's music.
Sanctus Real : Lead Me http://www.sanctusreal.com/

Catch up from the past few months!

Hey guys! Just wanted to fill you in with what I've been doing the past few months as regards to photography. Take some time to view some of the photos below. Since I'm a wedding and portrait photographer as well as a designer, I have to present these to you in this way :)

Thanks for taking the time to view my photos, and I'd love to hear from some of you guys!

Exciting things coming this week!

Whoah. Has it been a while since I've last posted or has it been a while?

Things have been a little crazy around here. Trying to work on a few things and getting our new house together really just takes up all your time. Anyways, I just wanted to post a few things that you can look forward to seeing this week. And promise me, I'm going to need you to tell at least 3 friends about my blog. I'd love for my work to get out there, people are just missing so much! Seriously! Get ready, here it comes!

New Etsy items:
-Wedding invitations by style
By this I mean: I'll have a few new samples provided for you to choose from. I've found that most brides have an idea in mind, but just can't quite put their hand on it. This way, this will eliminate a lot of the "I just don't know what I want." They will be unique and generic designs, and even samples can be purchased if you're interested in just seeing if you like it. The purchased sample will serve as a credit towards your order.


-Wedding programs by style
Same thing goes here. Why not just go with one designer if you know she's got all the supplies to make your wedding pieces match blissfully? By have the expertise of weddings, planning my own, and loving the industry, I can help you find exactly what you need and create something you can only imagine.


-Wedding thank you cards
Same as before. Thank you cards are so special, especially in the south. And since I'm a true southerner, I know how much a simple note in the mail means to someone buying you a gift or even just because. So, why not make them special and have them match your wedding? Who wants a wedding just thrown together piece by piece?


-Wedding stationery packages
In this I will offer many solutions to help your wedding planning go just as smoothly as possible. In this I will provide options such as invites, response cards, accommodation cards, direction cards, all envelopes, printing options, thank you cards, programs, save the dates, and even name place cards.


-More photography (by myself of course)
Look forward to more baby photos, portraits, and even fun stuff I do from time to time!


-More inspiration
I know some of my favorite blogs I read [daily] have lots of photos. And, I'm not going to lie to you... I'm a designer and photographer... I love photos. I love examples and that's how I enjoy to spend my time... not reading, but looking. Inspiration is what feeds us designers... so to add to my new [Martha Stewart Living and Real Simple] subscriptions for my recent birthday gift ideas, I'm posting many new things on this blog.


-More about my life.
I know most designer and photographers web blogs I read, they let you in. But just a little bit. I'm sure some of you guys want to know just a little bit about me, so I'm interested in telling. But just a little. :)


-A DAILY BLOG POST.
Yes. I said it. And I mean it. And, I'm being serious this time. :)

So, to leave you with a photo because I have to after I made such a fuss about the photos, here you go.



Great blog. Photo credit belongs here. http://clothedmuch.blogspot.com/2009/08/ive-been-flower-ed.html

The lovely GOCCO!

Well, I finally put my awesome gocco to work. And boy, does it take some practice and patience. Anyways, I'm going to attempt to explain how this thing works as best I can. So, here's the machine:



Its a small Japanese printer that you ink yourself after your burn the image onto a silkscreen. This is a photo of the gocco opened up. It requires 2 flash bulbs and a new screen each time you burn an image onto the screen, which is inserted into the small light blue area.



After you burn the image to the screen by exposing it with flash bulbs, you ink your image. After inking the image, your screen looks like this:


A mess. Its pretty much magic I'd say... how this thing works. For my first project I think I was pretty successful. However, this is actually a dual post... announcing our ENGAGEMENT!!! Since I am a designer, of course everything in our wedding will be designed by me (and the help and input of my wonderful fiance). Let me know what you think of them! Here's the final project, in its mass :) and also the hand-made envelopes that I made to complete the unique design for our party!

Please feel free to contact me for a special and unique project!

Wedding Invitations

So I've recently gotten into designing wedding invites, one of my favorite things to do.  I guess, its probably because I'm SOOO ready to design my own. I think i've officially been waiting for 8 years to do so.  But anyways, I'm working on getting a website up of all of the freelance I'm available for.  One day, I'd like to have my own stationary/card shop that I design wedding invites and basically the whole package - save the dates, response cards, etc.  AND, hopefully soon I'll be purchasing (or either a Christmas present, maybe) a Letterpress Machine.  I don't really know that I have the room for it in this small apartment, but luckily my little man has a room in his house just for me... for art :) So, if you know of anybody selling a reasonably priced letterpress machine, I'd love to talk to them.