Bespoke stationery
We have just finished this gorgeous set of wedding stationery for a bride and groom getting married next year. The couple are getting married at Haughley Park Barn and wanted a hand painted picture of the venue as the centrepiece of their wedding and evening invitations. The hand painted motifs in the corners incorporate blue and pink flowers which is the colour scheme and musical notes as the couple have a shared loved of music.There are also matching reply cards and table names a table plan and placecards are also being produced in the run up to the big day.
Welsh cards are GO
The pallet load of Welsh sympathy cards and money wallets have finally left the building. There were so many we could not fit them all on the pallet and still have 5 more boxes to ship. Has been really satisfying finishing off such a huge order!
Cartoon invitations
We have done a number of invitations for parties and weddings featuring cartoons of the people in question! They are a really fun way of making stationery that bit more personal.
Bespoke A to Z cards
We have done a number of these fab cards recently. Each one is unique and they are all produced in coloured pencil and ink. They are ideal for birthdays and other celebrations. The one pictured here was done for the comedian Chris Martin. They look great framed too!
Sympathy designs
We are just waiting to receive a run of 18,000 sympathy cards produced for the Welsh market. There are 8 designs in all including photographic images and hand painted designs.
London restaurant logo
April saw us complete this logo design for Soho restaurant Antidote which recently rebranded. They wanted the logo to show that food and drink were of equal importance to their concept and the curly fork is an item of cutlery they use on their table settings which they have grown to be associated with over the years. Antidote is a fantastic place to go and if you are ever in the area do pay it a visit!
Driving lessons
February was busy with a number of bespoke Valentine projects but we also did this cute card for our Welsh distributor to give to people who have just passed their driving test.
Our cards in Blackwells flagship store
One cold January day we went to check out our cards in the flagship store of Blackwells the booksellers, which is based in Oxford. Blackwells has been stocking our Ephemeral Things and Bite Me ranges for a couple of years now, but it is always nice to see things in the actual shops.
Corporate Christmas cards
Early December saw us delivering the last of our corporate Christmas cards which included this design for a chain of mortgage brokers. It was gloss finished with a printed message inside printed signatures and the company logo and contact details to the back.
Love conquers all
In November we completed our 2011 Valentine designs for our Welsh distributor.
Corporate remortgaging card
I have just finished this card - again for a chain of mortgage brokers - to send to their clients when they remortgage through them. Company details on the back as before.
Corporate new home card
August also saw me working on a new home card for a chain of mortgage brokers to send to their clients when they moved in. Their company logo and website details are also on the back.
Bespoke birthday card
This design, for a 40th birthday card, was quite a challenge as the person who commissioned it wanted a portrait of them, their wife, child, two donkeys, two dogs and two cats. Phew! It was fun to do though!
New exam cards
July saw us complete work on a micro range of 4 exam cards for our Welsh distributor. The range included two A Level and two GCSE designs.
Stewed Screwed Tattooed
We are just adding the finishing touches to our new cards - based on vintage tattoo designs. They are all designed by James, a tattooed chappie himself, and will be unveiled at Tattoo Jam 2010, which we are exhibiting at from 6th to 8th August in Doncaster. We will also have limited ed prints on sale as well as other goodies. Plus James and I will be on hand to personalise cards and prints.
We herts vintage
At the start of June we took a stand at the Hertford Vintage Fair. It was an absolute scorcher of a day, but well worth staying inside for and fair organiser Holly went to huge efforts to ensure it was a success. We are not back at this fair until September. But will be showing at Hitchin Town Hall on 11 July.
The Graduate
May also saw us designing some graduation cards for the Welsh market. There were only two designs but they had to be done pretty quickly to get into the shops in time.
V is for Vintage
A sunny weekend in May saw me stalling out at the Vintage Fashion and Accessories Fair - just down the road from me in Harpenden. The fair was excellent and I met loads of lovely people there including Felicity Gower from fab boutique Now Voyager (www.now-voyager.co.uk). I was selling my cards as well as a selection of vintage photos and ephemera (cute books, cards, prints etc) which is what I spend some of my time doing when I am not behind a Mac or my sketchpad!
New designs for kids
In March we began designing a new range of greeting cards for children for our Welsh distributor. They started hitting the shops in May and we are all really happy and excited about how they are doing. The range includes 12 age cards (1-6 for boys and girls) and a new baby boy and new baby girl designs. I even managed to squeeze a portrait of my doggy Eddie into the 4 boy card, which one buyer very kindly described as one of the best cards they had seen! It goes without saying that my next favourite was 6 girl, which was covered in yummy cupcakes!
Love is in the air
We actually started working on these Valentine cards for our Welsh distributor back in November 2009 as he started selling them to his clients in December. We produced three designs, James designed the champagne card and I did the other two. It was really good fun designing them and they looked so lovely all packaged up in their rose red envelopes!
Festive frolics
We are always fairly busy over the Christmas period working on company Christmas cards. This last Christmas (2009) two of my favourites were those we did for JUBB UK Ltd, a manufacturing firm, and Renard Books, an antiquarian book and photograph dealer. The JUBB card was extra special as inside it had a further illustration of a paper chain made out of the new type of plastic bottle it had started to manufacture and wanted to tell its clients about. We like to start working on Christmas cards as early as poss so if you would like us to do yours this year do get in touch as soon as you can to avoid the end of year rush. But, if you do leave things a little too late, no problem, we will always do our best to squeeze you in!
Kiddywinks go Welsh
September saw me adapting our Kiddywinks designs for the Welsh market following a request from a Welsh distributor we met at a trade show earlier in the year.We adapted 29 designs in total and not too much rejigging was required for the longer length Welsh text
Autumn wedding stationery
August saw me deliver a run of bespoke invitations and order of service booklets for a lovely autumn wedding.