i love bunnies

I don’t do business cards very often, but these were too fun to pass up!  Bunnies!

One of my former wedding clients, Kathleen McGivney, approached me last October about creating a ton of business cards for a new venture of hers: Hanne Apparel — a line of organic and recycled clothing.

One of the partners, artist Lola Ramona, had already created the bunny illustration, and the group had a basic idea of what they wanted.  I simply helped fine tune their design and then we were off, were printing 3000 dark charcoal-colored bunnies (they really do multiply).

I love the jewel toned teal color they chose for all the wording, and that cute little “Love Thyself” tag line.

In keeping with Hanne’s organic, recycled company vision, I recommended some of Porridge Papers’ handmade recycled paper for the cards.  The color we used is called “Bad Taste,” and it is literally junk mail recycled into very cool letterpress paper.  As in: I called to order the paper, and they said they’d have their employees start bringing in all their junk mail for a few weeks.  It’s amazing… Every card was different, smattered with mulitcolored specks and bits, and even the occasional piece of embedded plastic (I assume from those pesky commercial window envelopes).

Porridge makes a ton of great recycled colors — even custom, vivid, deep-colored papers, and seeded papers your guests can plant after your wedding.  If you have something special in mind, or are committed to having an extra-green wedding, they are a great option.  Just let us know what you’re looking for, and we can price it out for you!

Thank you, Kathleen, Lola and Elizabeth — I wish you much success with your venture!

–Tara

ps. Don’t you wish your name was Lola Ramona?  I always wanted a rhyming name.  You can check out more of her illustrations and artwork here.