Posted in Graphic Design, on 12.28.10
I know, I know… It has been absolutely forever since I have last posted. I have been designing, and have plenty to post up here in the near future. In the past 6 months a lot has changed. I now work with the Queensberry Photojunction team helping out with Photojunction support. (I did say I was a nerd…). We moved! We are now homeowners. And with that comes many trips to Lowe’s, Best Buy, etc. A broken dishwasher meant my blogging and internet time was taken up by hand washing dishes. Before we moved, we were in the throws of finding a place to move to and all the fun that goes along with that.
The main thing keeping me busy, however, has been a personal project. If you follow me on Twitter, you already know. In about two months, I expect my internet presence to slow down even more for a little while… Of course, being as controlling as I am, my mom knew I would want to be involved in my shower invitation :) Since we couldn’t find exactly what we wanted, I had to make it :) ProDPI did a fantastic job with the printing!
I absolutely LOVE argyle! Unfortunately, the people who design things for babies, don’t think argyle is cute unless it is in pastels (not a huge fan). So the baby shower ended up being the end of the road for my argyle decor (for now). But it was only the beginning for the love of monkeys!
Of course I needed perfectly coordinated thank you cards. This time around there was a request for an elephant…
A bit more argyle, and possibly one of our favorite pictures of Bean so far on the back :)
The best part of all of this for me was the Christmas present I received from ProDPI. They requested the thank you card as a sample. Yay!
We are sticking with jungle animals and since I couldn’t find the argyle that I wanted, I switched to the next best pattern… polka dots. More to come, I am sure…
Posted in For Photographers, on 05.28.10
I don’t think I make it much of a secret that I love Queensberry albums. They are gorgeous. They can be both modern and timeless and can be customized to completely match your wedding day and style. Some day I will have my own. I have been saving my nickels and pennies and designing and redesigning a million times. I originally designed my own album already. Almost five years ago. But that album had 100 pages. And it is huge. It sits on a shelf that’s hard to get to, because, well, that’s the best spot for it. Sometimes I think I need a wedding album that fits our life better. I think my dream book is a 10×7 horizontal Queensberry Duo. Somewhere between 30-40 sides. I know. I am quite specific. But then…I love the little duplicates they make. And sometimes I think I need a 10×14 just so I can have a mini. Silly? Maybe. The fact that I want the mini still after being married for 5 years already. Hey, we’re happy and I still LOVE my pictures. There isn’t anything wrong with that.
Anyway…I am getting off topic. There are still plenty of people left in our lives to get married. Not as many as there used to be. But plenty. And thankfully, some of them are wise enough to come to us for advice about the photography. I recently helped my brother find a photographer in San Diego. They did not want an album at all and were fairly adamant about that, so while I included it in my search, it wasn’t the prime factor. But let me tell you. Finding a photographer cross country is surprisingly difficult. A close friend moved back home to Seattle. We’re *hoping* she is engaged soon. And while there are a TON of well known people in Seattle, there are even more incredible people who aren’t “famous”. This friend works in fashion, so I know she will want an incredibly stylish, beautiful, timeless album that she can make “her”. Now, I have a great way to point her in the direction of some photographers that I at least know use amazing albums.
Queensberry just did a “soft launch” of a directory to find photographers that use their albums worldwide. If you are a bride who happened to find this, give it a go. If you are a photographer, check it out and send Queensberry some feedback. And if you don’t carry their albums but you are looking for something to make you stand out, definitely check them out!
Posted in Graphic Design, on 05.17.10
One of my favorite things on the fridge right now is the save the date that just came from Laura & Steve. I saw one of my favorite things, because I can’t deny… We have a lot of cute stuff on there. I might also be biased because I helped Laura put these together. We wanted to tie it to their invites, but also make it fun! People need to know that they are to prepare for a PAR-TAY.
Other awesome-ness about the save the date… Adios & Ciao Ciao are their cake toppers. And I took the photo 
Also – I know, I know, I haven’t posted in FOREVER! I am sorry! New things are in the works and I am keeping busy, busy, busy! But I’ll be trying to get back into the swing of things slowly, but surely.
Posted in Inspiration, on 03.22.10
It was definitely a few weeks of silliness. Seriously? Grade B Maple Syrup? Follow our adventures on the 365 blog!
Posted in Inspiration, on 03.08.10
Sorry for missing last week…. 
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