this bride knows best

{photo by Recherche}
Remember my bindery beauty post? and several before that with all of the brightly beautiful orange poppies and green berries? Well, Heather of Calluna Events did indeed get married! And I was lucky enough to do all of her stationery. She had some really great ideas to make her wedding unique and of course it turned out beautifully – because she planned it that way .... See for yourself.

Here is a list of all of the vendors that this well-informed bride chose, I think it says a lot about them:
Venue :: The Canyon House
Catering :: Catering By Design
Flowers :: European Flower Shop
Photography :: Recherche Photography
Cake :: Haute Cakes
DJ :: Pure Sounds Productions
Rentals :: All Events Party & Tent Rentals
Decor :: Denver Design Works
Stationery :: Bird Dog Press
Hair :: Andy Mendoza
Make up :: The Face Lab
Rehearsal Dinner Site :: Trattoria on Pearl
Rehearsal Dinner Photographer :: Foto di Vita

love, luv, <3

After a weekend of love {attended an amazing wedding} >>>

and a few days doing what I love {spending time outside with my family}, >>>

I came home to even more love today! Love from new old friends on facebook, >>>

love from a wonderful friend and amazing metalsmith, {so much more about her to come} >>>

and love from a fabulous photographer {intertwined with some of the other love mentioned above} >>>

after all, all you need is LOVE!


ps. if you click on the photos, you'll notice that both were taken by the fabulous Jenna Walker, which i should have mentioned more clearly above, and certainly deserves all the credit and major props!

work hard play hard

Despite the fact that it is summer and there have been all kinds of fun family adventures happening around here. The BirdDog Press has been running full speed as well. It seems there is a lot of designer interest in letterpress right now and I find myself printing a lot of other designers' work. I like the perspective as I definitely look at it in a different light. This is a clean, simple design by stacey b creative inspired by a branding iron as the wedding is to take place on the brides' parents' cattle ranch here in Colorado.

four belles + two aspens

Our first collaborative effort with Four Belles Ink is a success. What fun it was to help find a paper to compliment their beautiful design and overcome the challenges of printing a tri-fold totaling almost 15 inches on our smaller 8x12 inch press bed. The chosen paper, steeped in German papermaking tradition since 1584, was duplexed with a texture rich mocha colored paper from the same mill, introducing the natural setting for the event to come. The double aspen leaf illustration allowed the impression of letterpress printing to really shine through. We truly enjoyed this project and look forward to teaming up with Four Belles Ink again.