Once again, NOLA proved itself as one of the best cities around: the weather was beautiful, the parades were awesome (if not exhausting) and, as always, the food was amazing. I more or less plan my trip around food whenever we go down there, so if you ever need some tips, I’m your girl.
Anyway, last [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 28, 2009
Jamie Hayes
February 18, 2009
Mardi gras in T-minus . . .
24 hours! The boyfriend and I planned a last minute trip to one of my very favorite cities: New Orleans! My very good friend has lived there since we graduated from high school and has been asking me to come down for just as long, so we’re finally going to do it — I can’t [...]
February 18, 2009
Wave wedding invites
I printed these lovely invitations for Jen & Bernadette’s summer wedding last weekend. They wanted a modern look with a nautical reference, so we created an abstract wave motif to carry throughout the wedding stationery. Along with the enclosures (pictures of which to come in a few weeks), they’ll be paired with silver envelopes — [...]
February 16, 2009
Djenya
Ceramicist Jack Kalish has spent several years perfecting these adorable bookends. I love how realistic and soft they look, and the clever name he gave them — Bukushuns — or “Book Cushions.” Below he shares his inspiration, process and how they came about.
I originally fell in love with ceramics during my senior year of college [...]
February 13, 2009
Fabrication
As I was cutting up paper for some wedding invitations I’m going to print tomorrow, it occured to me many of you may not know about some of my favorite tools. For small orders I cut my own paper (for large quantities, I take it to a commercial printer who cuts it with a guillotine [...]
