Letterpress Wedding Invitation

Don't you just love the look of letterpress!?! I think it is my favorite printing style. This spring I was able to create this invitation for a lovely young bride.

The mother of the bride wanted a little flourish to adorn the return address. I got a little carried away but she loved it.

To create the flourish, I drew half of the design with a pointed nib and sumi ink on white paper. I scanned this into Adobe Illustrator, cleaned up the image, and then mirrored it.

Pointed pen sketch

Finished flourish

The names on the invitation were also scanned and imported into Adobe Photoshop, where the remaining wording of the invitation had been arranged.

Detail of names.

Monograms

I love to create monograms! They are such fun and a challenge, especially a three letter monogram. Here are two commissions from earlier this year.

RK

RCJ

Each of these were created for wedding invitations and is something the happy couple can use for their entire married life. Now that's getting some bang for your buck. 

Pointed Pen Calligraphy

I have recently finished up a wedding envelope project. This script is based on the Young Baroque script font. It was written in sumi ink with a Leonardt Principal nib. 

Monogram

Monogram from one of the weddings I had the pleasure of working on last year.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

Wedding Projects

I have recently finished up a couple of wedding projects. One was a complete wedding package, the other an envelope project. Both were a lot of fun and the clients were great. Here are a few pics. . .