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I’ve been meaning to pass on these lovely shots from Linnea and Jesse’s Death Valley engagement photo session by Peter Holcombe Photography. I especially love the colors of the landscape in the bottom photo. It makes me want to camp in the desert. (Well, almost… I have a heat aversion. And also a camping aversion.)
Even though this was a rushed invitation project, we still had time to do a quick custom illustration of a hummingbird silhouette for it. I love the muted, unique colors of this one. Linnea even had cool names for them like Smoked Celadon and Pacific Blue. Ahhh…
Thanks Linnea, Jesse, and Peter Holcombe Photography (Colorado)!
–Tara
As you may remember, Aly at La Luz Photography did all the product photos on the Ephemera web site, and even gave me some pointers for taking my own pictures day-to-day for this blog. (Things are improving, no?) After she took our photos, we got to work with her again on some letterpress stuff! First we did note cards featuring her existing logo and signature damask pattern in chocolate and slate-colored inks. The slate color is divine! I love how they came out:
Then, after Aly had her son in March, we got to do some adorable baby announcements for her and her husband, Ben. You might recognize the pattern from this bright and fun wedding invitation in 2007. It totally works as a birth announcement as well — just change the colors to whatever you like. Here we used pool and chartreuse inks:
How cute is he?! I want to squish him (nicely, of course).
Welcome to the world, Henry!
–Tara
When I was 10 years old, my three favorite colors were purple, blue and pink (in that order). I remember actually telling my mother this on several occasions, as if she should care. (Thanks mom!) Anyway, when Lu Lu linked me to the photos from her June wedding, my jaw just dropped! How did she do that?! She took my childhood favorites and created the most beautiful and vibrant color palette I have ever seen for a wedding:
Lu Lu and Charles’ palette was inspired by Monet’s Waterlilies, and that gave me a pretty cool idea for their invitations. With my newer Vandercook press, I can blend two colors together. If you look closely at the main flourish on the invitation card, and at the “Lu Lu and Charles” from the thank you card, you can see that the ink blends from blue to purple. It was so fun to experiment with this technique, and I can’t wait to do it again.
Sadly, I don’t have a photo of the calligraphy 
. Brigitte did another amazing job — a gorgeous deep lilac colored gouache that looked stunning against the shimmery aquamarine envelopes. I really did not want to send those puppies off, but what was I going to do with all those envelopes? (Hoard.)
This blending technique even gave way to the cake design, which you can see above — it morphs from deep purple on the bottom tier to just the palest hint of lavender at the top.
Thank you so much, Lu Lu and Charles, for your business, and for sharing your spectacular day with us! It’s always so lovely to see how it all came together, especially in this case. A very special thanks also to the way-talented Leigh Miller of Leigh Miller Photography for sharing these photos with us.
All the best!
–Tara
