Mail Art

Here is a wee little piece of mail art that's on its way to London! I started with the 6"x6" piece of paper supplied for this project and added collage.

Then it sat for a while...quite a while actually.

Then I added the boarder, individual little words and glitter embedded with encaustic. Finally I added the hummingbird image transfer. Bon Voyage little bird!

Fun Fonts and Hand Calligraphy!

Our newest fonts, just for you: Vermandois, Dasha, Thirsty, Recorda and Appleton. Which one's your favorite?

Another swanky new offering: hand calligraphy!!

Oooooh...gold foil and edge painting!

Photo Credit: Maegan Hay Imaging

Well hello again! I'm excited to share some of our latest and greatest with you. The first is an Art Nouveau inspired wedding invitation that was letterpress printed and foil stamped. Fancy;)

Photo Credit: Maegan Hay Imaging

From this angle you can really get a sense of the lovely paper texture, letterpress impression and gold shimmer.

 

These are my new business cards...complete with peacock blue edge painting.

Photo Credit: Maegan Hay Imaging
 
And these are the business cards I made for Maegan of Maegan Hay Imaging. The rich texture of the paisley motif really pops!

Long Time, No See!

Wow, time flies when you're having fun...clearly I've been having a ball since it's been about a year and a half since I've posted anything here. Yikes! So, I guess I'll catch you up to speed. The most exciting announcement is that I'm now a mama and my little boy is actually turning 1 next month. Yeah, time flies!

In other news...Geoff and I bought a cute little farm house (with a nice big shop!) out in the country.

 

And somehow I've actually managed to get some work done in all of this excitement. Here is a 1940's styled shoot that I worked on:

Here is a Rustic Equestrian styled shoot:

All Photos (except the picture of the house) by Maegan Hay Imaging

Phew! Now we're more or less up to speed and I'm going to turn over a new leaf and post on a regular basis:)

End of Summer Sale

I hope you all are having a wonderful summer!  Between now and September 1st, Odd Duck Press is offering 20% off on all orders including: letterpress wedding invitations, DIY wedding invitations and business stationery.  Stop on by before you miss the boat!

Ladies of Letterpress + Mohawk Paper

Ladies of Letterpress and Mohawk Paper have teamed up for their first ever collaborative project.  As soon as I caught wind of it, I happily jumped on board.  The project is called "What will you make today?" and all Ladies of Letterpress members were invited to join.  Participants were given a choice of Mohawk papers and envelopes. Everyone involved received 10 blank sets.  We were asked to send in 2 sets to Mohawk that would then travel to the LOL conference and the remaining sets we get to keep. Here's what I made:

linoleum block with image inked in

mixing ink

color matching

ready to print

linoleum block locked up

I couldn't stop at just 10!

Wedding Planning Made Easy

The lovely ladies (Tracy, Marit and Julia) behind the Wedding Lovely blog and vendor directories have just launched their latest project: a complete online wedding planner.  Every major task is broken down and explained.  The truly genius part is that the whole thing is completely custom tailored to the couples specifications!  Whether you are planning a DIY wedding in the woods or a destination wedding in the Yucatan, the timeline and recommendations offered will be specific to your wedding.  There are a slew of features included, even your own wedding website.  A variety of plans are available.  As one of their featured vendors, I've been given the introductory coupon code: VENDORFRIEND33.  Use this code and receive 33% off!