Bridal Shower Invite

I'm happy to see that the work I did for Petit Alma, Manhattan-based stationary line, is now available online. I worked on the illustrated part and hand-drawn type for this bridal shower invite. This design can be purchased and personalized on Wedding Paper Divas. This is the online design that has been formatted with customizable type for personalization.

This is the final artwork I sent to Petit Alma. I'm really happy with how it turned out! I have one design in Petit Alma's Holiday assortment, so I will be sure to share when it is up on their site! Thanks to the great ladies at Petit Alma for this great project!

Branding: Todd H Carlson Weddings

This February through March, I worked on a branding project for Todd H Carlson Weddings.I met Todd when he was my sister's wedding photographer in September. Let me say, Todd did a great job rolling with the punches of the inclemate weather that occurred on my sister's wedding day.

But, back to the project. We worked through a few rounds of sketches and in the end, we decided on a logo with a serif, hand-done font, with watery elements of gouache. For the images used on the main pages of his website, Todd wanted me to incorporate some organic, painted elements that were reminiscent of platinum printing. I added some brushed details to his bio photo (just below) and his testimonial photo (4th image below). All in all, I think it's a really nice touch.

I adapted his logo into a horizontal format and added gouache elements for his blog header.

 

In addition to developing the logo for his portfolio, blog, Facebook and Twitter, I had the logo made into a stamp at Casey's Rubber Stamps on E. 11th street in the city. Todd will be stamping these guys directly onto the CD packaging for his clients.

 

I wrapped up the stamps and sent them off to Todd for his keeping.

These are the final promotional pieces that Todd sent to me. Including a business card with a full bleed on the back side, the CD packaging, and his promotional postcard.

 

Todd is great photographer in Cleveland and would be a great for shooting your wedding, engagement or new baby pictures. Check out his work here. And, again, thanks Todd for collaborating on this project with me!

If anyone is looking for a rebrand of their business, I would be happy to talk!

Kate + Bret wedding invites

As I noted before, I designed my sister and her fiance's wedding invitation suite.

We wanted to keep the colors simple so that she could print them out herself to cut down on costs. Her fiance is a major fisherman, so Kate approached me to take the idea of 'kissing fish' and run with it.



Her full suite included the actual invite, reception info, lodging (accomodations), navigation (directions) as well as the response card. My mom also requested an invite for the brunch the following day. Both the invitation suite + brunch had an accompanying map with corresponding info-graphics.











This project was so fun to work on with my sister!

Congratulations Kate + Bret!

Mr. Takigayama

[photo by Tom Takigayama]

Speaking of pretty stuff...the special man in my life has his new portfolio website + blog live.

You should go check it out; you may even see some pics of yours truly.

'From Jupiter' illustrated CD packaging

A year ago, I submitted a CD design for a band called, From Jupiter. My design won and I then had to design/illustrate the interior part of the album as well as the actual CD. Well, I kinda forgot about it for a few months and then followed up w/ the label's president. And, what do you know, I got this awesome present in the mail.

I tell ya, it feels good to see an actual product that is actually sold, to have your illustration work on it. It even is shrink-wrapped! Thanks Monica @ Third Eye Records and the guys of From Jupiter!