I have long admired Stephannie Barba’s work at Couture Maps, and have been meaning to blog about it for some time.  She uses hand lettering, letterpress, hand painting and tons of other techniques to create these gorgeous, one-of-a-kind maps for her clients.  They are so perfect for destination weddings in particular, but it’s easy to see that anyone would want their wedding maps to be this adorable:

Pretty impressive, right?  Well, what if I told you she is also incredibly organized?  Last year I received this paper delight in the mail:

That’s right.  It’s one of her maps, but it features her vacation destination that year — the Seychelles.  She must have brought all those cards and envelopes on vacation with her, and then bought the stamps and sent out a custom postcard of her very own!  How rad is that?  I’d like to think that someday I will be that together, but it is really unlikely .

Thanks, Stephannie, for letting us spotlight your work. I hope you’ll keep me on your mailing list!

–Tara