Buzz: Death by Kerning

Check out some recent buzz about Modern Press by one of my favorite bloggers/designers...Shikha over at Death by Kerning.  Great designer and truly inspiring blog.  Thanks a million, Shikha!

Inspiration . All-year Rings

Paper sculpture is so fascinating to me.   I can't even remember how I found this artist but love what she does with a simple sheet of paper.  These are All-year Rings by Tithi Kutchamuch.  All rings are cut-out from a single sheet and represent each month's flower.  Check out her other work too...very clever. 

Recent work . Lillian + Chris

I think we all have that friend...no matter when, how, where, she always looks perfect.  Impeccably dressed, hair always in place.  Maybe she works really hard at it, maybe she just wakes up that way, maybe it's just breeding (Sharon, you know i am talking about you!).  Regardless, she has the gift.  We all have that friend!

I can say this because one of my recent invitations was for a dear family friend, Lillian.  Classic, clean and perfect! 

Buzz: Kiss the Groom

How exciting!  One of my favorite products is featured on one of my favorite photographer's blogs...Elizabeth Messina's Kiss the Groom.  I love seeing my work in print and in context!  This post made my day!  And if you don't know Elizabeth's work, you should...amazing, inspiring, romantic, touching...I could go on and on...and to top it off, she is a reeeeally nice person!

Also check out her section called "Kiss and Tell" where people share their kissing stories.  Keep a lookout for mine!

Thanks, Elizabeth, for giving me goosebumps every time I look at your work!

xoxo

MP finds : Cool Vintage

I stumbled across Three Potato Four at my local Brooklyn Flea in Dumbo last spring and then again just tonight online.  I guess I never made it to their site until now and definitely did not realize the wonderfully inspiring array of salvaged items that they have.  Sooo much mouth watering vintage stuff! Fun just to browse through and look for an excuse to buy.  In most cases, one-of-a-kind or limited availability items.  I particularly love all the different types of containers and letters/numbers.  

Where were these guys 9 years ago?  

For our wedding, my husband and I decided to forego the standard floral centerpiece and instead did a candlescape, if you will, of a dozen or more column candles, each enclosed in a variety of flea market find glassware. We scoured every flea market and garage sale searching for this enormous collection...from mason jars to crystal, every shape and size. There was only a simple scattering of petals and again flea market find vintage house numbers as our table numbers. Half the joy was searching high and low for it all and really feeling that every detail was thought out and unlike any wedding we'd been to to date.  I can't believe I still have the numbers.

photos: threepotatoefour, scott clark photography, modern press

Buzz: 100 Layer Cake

Last week, I had a wonderfully inspiring studio visit with Jillian Clark of 100 Layer Cake.  

Naturally,  I showed her all of my many invitations, programs, accessories, etc...fun of course... but I think the best part came when we really started talking about the joy of making things out of nothing and the inspiration we can find in a single piece of paper, much less what a stack of gorgeous scrap can do for us both!!  I suddenly noticed us both talking fast and furiously!  So funny...kindred spirits..I knew right then that I found a new friend!

Today, my studio was profiled on 100 Layer Cake...check it out!

Thank you, Jillian, for showing the world that being a pack-rat can be a good thing and showcasing all the little pieces of my world that make me me.

xo

ps... photo courtesy of 100 Layer Cake and Jillian's amazing hubby photographer Scott Clark 

Recent Work . Water-filled Invitation

Ellen Futterman, one of my favorite retail clients over at Proper Notice, recently called me and said "I've got a first birthday, nautical theme... what have you got?"  For years now I've owned this amazing bag sealing contraption that I purchased for these very cool real sand and shell save the dates I used to do.  I always knew I wanted to try a water filled one but have patiently been waiting for an excuse to actually create it!  This was my chance.  These fun invitations were designed, produced and mailed in 5 business days.  I'm still amazed that i did it!