Invitation Inspiration: Unveiled

{images of new Unveiled invitations by Checkerboard}

When choosing wedding invitations, think about what your guest will feel like when they see it in their stack of mail. The envelope should stand out from all the others. Right? The addressing should be special, and when they open the envelope the design and the weight of the paper really makes a big difference. Even if you choose the simplest design, presentation and weight make all the difference. I love designing with our papers. Since I source most of them, because I am inspired by them, our designs begin with really wonderful papers that look and feel really good. When designing, I like to keep the potential couples in mind, thinking about what can make each invitation special and personal.

Keep your guests in mind when you choose your papers and envelopes, your invitation is a little gift to each guest actually. Inviting is a gift in itself. Expressing yourself with your invitation is easy when you start with a company that feels the same way! I am pretty lucky to work for a company that knows how important this is. It makes my job so much more fun.

Pushing the Envelope

Handlettering by Paul Shaw via typornography and eye blog. Ha! I am so consistent in what I love it scares me sometimes! I was searching for more of Paul's work and hit on myfonts to learn that he is the designer of Beata, Donatello, Cresci, which has the descending Q like Trajan that I adore, and Pontif, which may just be my new obsession. It's so New Yorker W /tombstone-ish Roman.

I realize I need to learn alot more about type and its origins. I use type all day. I should know who designed them and when.

Studio On Fire!!

"Iron beasts that toil and turn create these supreme pieces"...that pretty much says it all. This taken from the business card for Studio On Fire's blog called appropriately enough "Beast Pieces". These best pieces come from creative agencies and people around the United States, as well as printing their own design in their studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

I was pretty happy to discover Studio on Fire's work. It's fresh, edgy and so well crafted. Letterpress, I have seen the rise and it's surge from nearly a decade ago, as a revitalized art. It's no wonder its intensity has not slowed down. I find it one of the most beautiful presentations for type and color, or the pure absence of it. Studio on Fire nails it. Now I wish I could just touch it.