wedding preparation

3 days. Only THREE DAYS. And then I'll be married :)

But, of course since I like to make everything much harder than it needs to be, I decided to make almost every element of the blessed event. I could not have done it alone - pictured is my crafting soulmate Emilie...and Corona- helping me work round the clock to make .... it's a SURPRISE! But just give me a few days and I'll have pictures. Actually Katie Day will have pictures. She's my totally rad photographer.

Kayaks

When my old boss, Ryan, from Chicago River Canoe & Kayak contacted me about making them some rack cards I was pretty stoked about the idea of getting some free kayaking in - research, of course :)

But, if you're ever in the Chicago area, look them up. The Skyscraper Canyon tour is well worth it.

Reception Invite + Lief Collaboration

arty in CoMo! After get'n hitched way up in Traverse City, MI, my friends, family and well hopefully some random people who just hear loud music and want have a good time, are going to celebrate the nuptials with UNA FIESTA!

I collaborated with Lief Design on that beeeeeeautiful calligraphy. Thanks, Emilie!

Wedding Invitations

am not dead! Just busy. After a move to Chicago, a huge change in my job and continuing to attempt to plan multiple wedding events, I have now finally made time to post. Here are pictures of my OWN wedding invitations.

John and I are having a small wedding in northern Michigan and then celebrating back in our respective hometowns with receptions. (those invitations will be posted once I'm assured people have received them in the mail). Because our actual wedding will be small, I was able to go all out on these invites...I even got to bust out my stamp collection....

logs...

n a sunny day (nothing like today) I stumbled upon two men sawing down a beautiful old tree. I jerked my bike to a halt and asked them what they were planning to do with all of the wood. They said they were going to "pitch it"! Well, I saw opportunity knocking and wasn't going to let it pass me by. I sped home, got my car and drove back to the scene. The two men had left by then, so I single-handedly filled my little coupe with as much wood as it could hold....I knew I would find something to do with it.

My handy cousin sawed the logs into 2" discs and after sanding and staining them, I think they could make wonderful platters, wall decorations, outside placemats....so many possibilities, right?

Proud Mary

Are you familiar with this little shop? It's just a couple girls in their mid-twenties doing something pretty amazing. I signed up for the Proud Mary e-newsletters back when their stock consisted of a few pillows and fabric by the bolt. Now, they have launched a new site, a new look and new merchandise.

yummy :)







*and feel free to buy me the Diamante Tote Bag...

Typography Class Finished

I had the wonderful opportunity this spring to teach a typography class at Stephens College. The entire experience was so enjoyable I may have a found a future career...but not for a while :)

The final project for the class was to design a gig poster. Here are few I thought turned out exceptionally well.