Thanks to everyone who came out to fair this Saturday! It was lovely to meet you all and see what other people are passionate about in paper, printing, and stationery. I handmade envelopes at my booth that went with a piece of stationery and a label. More photos to come at the end of the week... but this one is my favorite.
Phtos by the talented Jenn Cress who also shot one of my bride's weddings... can't wait to share the images from the wedding!
Kelly from the darling Hello Robertson hair accessory company and I traded goods across the US (her in NYC and I in LA) and I recently returned my half of the trade. I made these two-sided tags for the lovely ladies at Hello Robertson when they ship off packages to clients... one of which includes Gossip Girl! Headband mania! I also created mini thank you cards the size of business cards that slip into a pretty purple envelope. So fun! Let me know if you want to trade goods :) Check out the headband she made me (which was featured on The Today Show and Daily Candy) here.
Today's desk as I work on my MaeMae Wedding Suite Guide 2009 Catalog!!
Row One:
- Pencil/tools pouch. Belonged to my Gong Gong (Chinese for maternal grandpa)
- Black tea & milk.... my lifeblood today.
- Rad vintage sunglasses.
- Old Altoids can with pencil shavings inside.
Row Two:
- Photo editorial from Bazaar with one of my idols: Vera.
- JCrew catalog page. Want it all.
- Mail stickers.
- Packaging tag.
- The Sartorialist book!! Just got it in the mail today :)
Row Three:
- Security envelope turned inside out to make a new envelope.
- Blue striped note from Mindy at Cotton Idea Studio.
- Interior from Vogue.
- Tim O'Brien book. Favorite. Used quote about story telling for my catalog.
- Super super old Anthro catalogs.
Meet Shannon, my faithful Wednesday Meetings partner. Sometimes our meetings on Saturdays, sometimes on Tuesdays, but they are still called the Wednesday Meeting. I couldn't be any luckier to know her. I look forward to the brainstorming sessions and idea sharing that occurs as she sits in her cute pink house and I sit in my studio in my bathing suit, sweating out this steamy summer.
Basically Shannon is a creative genius, exploding with talent and great ideas. Her work is unlike any other out there. It shows you the moments that you forget are there until you view her work. Every image bursts with life. If you are looking for some portraits or have a wedding coming up and you want the photos to be really boring and stereotypical... don't call her. If you want them to rock... call her.
I could barely narrow down my selections, but here is some of her work. And check out her sweet new blog. Do it. Beautiful identity work on the blog by Miss Ruthi Auda.
Colors are a huge part of why I love design... but after taking a stab at a black and white suite I think I have a new love. Photos of the printed Monroe Suite to come.
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MaeMae is going to be a the Los Angeles Printers Fair this Saturday in ! Come out to see my new signature wedding stationery line, a fun fall/folksy themed social stationery set with patterned envelopes (that will be for sale at the fair), and visit The International Printing Museum along with many other amazing printers and designers. Some people that I am excited to meet there are Elum, Archytype Press from Art Center, AIGA of OC, and Rachelle Chuang, who is putting the whole together and a fellow alum from Biola Art Department. You can see a full list of the vendors here.
I will be outside next to the Book Arts Institute Gallery.
Small sample of my six piece fall themed stationery set. Collect them all!Anna Bond from Rifle has my undying devotion and admiration. Check out this DIY from Once Wed she created. So bril.
Happy weekend!
Lauren and Ty were married in beautiful Sedona, Arizona this June and I had the privilege of creating a seating chart that was a world map and table "cities" for the reception. The different tables were named after cities they have been to together. World travelers! It was such a great personalized touch to the wedding. Loved the project and Lauren was such a joy to work with.
The gorgeous photos are by David Blakeman of Blakeman Photography. His blog is pretty sweeeeet. Check it out here.
Michelle is one of my dearest friends and she is marrying Rob in October! Seems hard to believe... We grew up across the street from one another in Bloomington, Minnesota singing to Pocahontas, making up our own rules to Monopoly, and taking swim lessons together with our brothers.
The idea behind this suite was this email from Michelle, "Rob and I thought it might be nice to have graphics that are fairly marriage oriented, almost like a "sermon in pictures." I think we would both like for the invites to carry a message about the meaning/significance of marriage in a subtle way. " One of my favorite details from the piece is the ballerina and tuba. Michelle is a dancer for the Arizona Ballet company and Rob is a tuba player and music teacher at a local Phoenix school. I love love love how crazy and busy the map is. It's an explosion of all of the illustrations used to create the main heart motif. The suite was digitally printed on 110 lb cream paper.
