With Thanksgiving out of the way and December just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about holiday cards! Everyone will be excited to get a holiday greeting from the newlyweds! Here are some of my all time favorites.
All great ideas start with a simple sketch. Then the possibilities are endless. We designed this compass artwork for a bride and then used it on everything from the invitation to favors. A cohesive brand makes an event look so much more pulled together. Quite often my job as a designer requires me to think quickly, problem solve and come up with a creative solution. For this particular bride, we ordered luggage tags embossed with the compass design. Unfortunately, they were being made in New Jersey when Sandy the Super Storm hit. We received the news only a few days before the wedding and had to quickly find a replacement. After searching high and low for a large quantity of finished luggage tags locally we decided to make them from scratch. So in just 48 hours I learned to dye leather, stitch and laser engrave – check out the process!
There’s no doubt I love letterpress, I work with it every day – but these beautiful designs by Bella Figura really make me swoon.
Everyone loves a nice monogram. (Except maybe me… my initials are CCCC. Lucky me.) It can make something generic seem very personal just by adding a few letters. From engraved invitations to acrylic cutouts, this classic concept will never go out of style.
As engraving becomes increasingly hard to find, thermography has grown in popularity. Printers have called it the “poor man’s engraving” because it does look strikingly similar to traditional engraving without the huge price tag. The ink is raised instead of depressed like letterpress. Thermography is a heat process and leaves a glossy finish on the ink (think most corporate business cards) but there’s also a lesser known process called dull thermography. It’s the same process but the result is a matte finish that looks even more like engraving. Some cons: it’s not as even as engraving. If you have large blocks of color it tends to bubble up. It also doesn’t have the bruising on the back of the piece that the engraving plate leaves behind. That said, it’s a great economical alternative to engraving.
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