Mint

This is a peek of some paper goods I just finished for a Hindu/Christian wedding! You can see more photos from this project on Oh So Beautiful Paper right now.

Thanks for featuring my work, Nole!

I’m thrilled to have my Mint business cards included in the new book Nice to Meet You Too: Visual Greetings from Business Cards and Self Promotion, published by Victionary. And I’m especially thrilled to be in there with my husband’s identity work for OK Great (both in the same book, can you believe it?)!

I definitely recommend picking up a copy of the book; it’s filled with beautiful business cards and we’re flattered to have our work among them. Really flattered. And excited. Did I say thrilled?

Available for purchase here and here.

of a little project I just finished

This invitation was designed with the 1920s or 30s in mind, for a bride having a reception at an art deco themed restaurant in Chicago. The illustration is the Chicago skyline (which could be customized with any city skyline or other silhouette) and I printed these on Lemon Drop Pop-Tone paper from French Paper.

It’s my first time doing an invitation on a brightly colored paper, and I’m hooked! It’s a great way to add color to a one-ink invitation.

Is it pigeon-holing to pair these invitations with inspiration boards? This board was fun to make, but of course I think this invitation could go a few different routes and would look very classy on an ivory paper, too. Once I started looking for images, I realized there were about 3 different weddings I wanted to create for this invitation! For this set I picked vintage-inspired, “old Hollywood glam” images and a black, white, and yellow theme.

Photo credits:

pronovias radiante gown / bridesmaid styled by darcy, via ruffled / shoes photographed by docuvitae via ruffled / invitation from hello tenfold / ginny photographed by josh goleman / reception photographed by our labor of love via smp / ring photographed by jose villa via smp

This wedding invitation was designed with a classic, simple wedding in mind, and I’m happy to say it’s now available in the shop! Of course, it’s fully customizable, but I chose warm grey and golden yellows for this one, and printed it on a beautiful recycled paper with flecks in it. It’s paired with a kraft paper envelope.

When I’m designing invitations, I always form images in my head of what the event will be like, so I thought this time I’d share with you an example of how this invitation could be used in a real wedding.

If you’d like me to customize the Elisabeth invitation for you, please get in touch! A few more photos on flickr.

Inspiration board images {via Once Wed unless stated otherwise}:

Nathan and Anna by Bethalee Photography / back of dress by Union Photo / bridesmaid photo by Benjamin Dell / church photo by Millie Holloman / ring photo by Ashley Garmon / table photographed by Andreas Avdoulos via Style Me Pretty /chestnut favors photographed by Karen Mordechai via 100 Layer Cake

As I mentioned on Friday, my photos were on display last weekend in Heather Garrett’s shop for the Durham Art Walk. While I was hanging out, I took a few photos of the shop and thought you guys might like to see! The jewelry is from Good Girls Studio, who was having a trunk sale at the same time.

Heather is an interior designer in Durham, and her store was originally intended to be a showroom for her clients and only open to the public when she was working from her office in the back. But, as downtown traffic increased over the past year or so, she decided to open up the shop for regular retail hours starting December 1. She has all kinds of unique stuff at a range of prices, and carries work by local designers and artists too.

Heather joined twitter & flickr last week, so if you’re on those networks you should follow her ; )

And here is my little corner with the holga photos you’ve seen before. More photos from the shop on Mint’s flickr.

Last weekend Brendan and I hosted a little Halloween get-together for some friends at our house. Nothing fancy, and invitations were sort of unnecessary… but like I’d give up the chance to make an invitation! I used Fuse Green paper from French (left over from a previous project) and made these postcards on a xerox machine. (Read: cheap, easy, fun).

A few more photos on flickr, and invitations available for sale on Hello Tenfold.