3 Jan 2012
Time for a New Year’s sale! Book a custom invitation or save-the-date order by 1/18 and get free envelope printing (ooh!) OR 50% off solid envelope liners (ahhh!). Note: booking requires a signed contract & 40% deposit, and is valid for print dates through June. Perfect for 2012 weddings! You can find current pricing here.
2 Jan 2012
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you rang in 2012 in style with your favorite people. To kick the year off at Little Miss Press, we’re working up a line of digital invitations. As much as we love the rich texture and crisp impressions that we achieve with letterpress printing, we know that sometimes the extra dosage of color that you can get with digital printing is just the right thing. Keep your eye out for some fresh new designs, and let us know if you’re dreaming in full color, too- we’ll put your designs to paper, digitally!
Here is a little preview for you. This design will be offered both in letterpress (on the left) and digital printing (both versions).
8 Dec 2011
Well, have you finished your holiday gift shopping? Neither have I. More specifically, I have not started. HOWEVER, I have designed some handy printable gift tags that will be all ready to go when I start wrapping those gifts that I have yet to buy (I foresee a lot of rush-shipping charges in my near future).
In the spirit of giving, I thought I would share the tags with you; there are four designs, all which have a dose of my calligraphy in a festive red. Print them on a white card stock and trim at the crop marks, or spruce them up with a shimmery stock and/or one of those fancy corner punches. Add a festive ribbon (I used bakers twine) and voilà! You’ve saved yourself a trip to Papyrus!
But first, download them here.
(And yes, I am still stuck on the red and aqua thing. It just works.)
23 Nov 2011
I am gearing up to print my Christmas cards and decided (finally!) to print them in red and aqua. I just love this color combination, and its versatile applications. It can be bold and playful, like my Christmas cards, just as easily as it can be romantic and whimsical. It got me thinking about the invitation, menu and calligraphy elements I designed for an Amelie inspired photo shoot planned by Yelena Johnson of The Stylish Soiree, and photographed by Meg Perotti. Have you seen Amelie? If not, you really should! I watched it a fourth time just to get inspired for this design. And here is what I came up with:
The phrase “voulez-vous me rencontrer,” meaning “do you want to meet me?” was printed at the top; Amelie writes this note to Nino in the movie after she finds his photo album. And, of course… he does want to meet her.
Au revoir!
18 Nov 2011
We are a mere six days away from the wonderful day of turkey, mashed potatoes, pie, and being thankful for all we have (I am especially thankful for my family, my health, my mother’s kitchen expertise, dishwashers, and treadmills). To help get you into the spirit of thanks and gluttony, here is a free wallpaper download for your Mac, PC or iPhone.
Download them here! MacBook size, iMac size, PC size, iPhone (right click and save linked file).
And yes, this means that it’s almost time for some snazzy Christmas and winter wallpapers too. Almost. Much like Nordstrom doesn’t decorate for Christmas until everybody’s done digesting their turkey, I promise not to upload anything Christmas related until the same time. Probably even later.
Cheers!
9 Nov 2011
It is not uncommon for me to receive requests for calligraphed or letterpress printed wedding vows, poems or excerpts for one year anniversary gifts, the traditional gift being paper. Last week I letterpress printed a couple’s vows, and just earlier today I finished this excerpt from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. I have to say, as much time as it takes to design the layout of the vows and then set up on the letterpress, it is certainly easier than lengthy calligraphed pieces such as this one. I confess, I did make an error and had to start all. over. again… but it comes with the territory. And it’s not like I made an error while chipping away at Michelangelo’s David or anything. I can’t imagine how he felt when he made a mistake (although I did read that he completely smashed a huge piece of marble out of rage once… error induced). Where was I?
Right… anyhow, I hope the couple enjoys it for years to come; that is what makes the effort so worthwhile. Tara, who hired me to complete this piece as a gift to her husband, wanted an antiqued look and opted for deckle edges. I couldn’t find a suitable sheet of paper with deckle edges, so I made them myself with a handy deckle edge ruler. Perfecto! Tara, I like your style.
Script style shown: Flourished Copperplate
1 Nov 2011
Purple seems to be the *it* color these days, again, but this time it’s shades of plum and lavender versus the deep aubergine that we saw during the last purple peak. The deeper shades works beautifully for winter weddings, with the lighter lavender shades brightening up a spring palette. Either way, I recommend adding a healthy dose of sparkle.
Clockwise, from top: macarons via Une-deux senses, hat and dress, via Zsa Zsa Bellagio, blouse via This is Glamorous, Valentino via A White Carousel
24 Oct 2011
One of my favorite brides to work with this year got married earlier this month. She chose a color palette of turquoise, gold and white, which I was very excited to design with. We brought in Arabic elements, including the couple’s initials and names, and even displayed their Arabic names on the gold wax seal over the belly band. The belly band and matching envelope liner are patterned with their initials, lending more personalization to a one-of-a-kind design.
13 Oct 2011
It’s been one {short} year and a couple weeks since my sister and her husband married in beautiful Sonoma, California. The ceremony took place in Kenwood, on a flagstone altar overlooking a vineyard- truly a perfect setting. They entrusted me to design and print their wedding stationery, and naturally I had to go a little crazy with the invitation suite (that’s what sisters are for). To give it an extra-special-something, I hand-drew their monogram, calligraphed their names and a few other elements, and then took it up a notch with silver foil stamping on the invite, reception card and belly band. The invitation card itself is letterpress printed with two shades of green in addition to the foil stamp.
From top to bottom: the invitation, my very lovely sister and her dapper husband, the altar, view of the vineyard behind the altar, the couple and groomsmen, tear drop vase with mini rose (had to post this one, since I hung these bad boys myself).
Happy anniversary, Marina and Jonathan. I love you!
[facebook] [/facebook]12 Oct 2011
Fun with pink ink! I just discovered I had fuchsia gouache and decided to play with it in different shades- very pale pink on grey (I just love a pale pink and grey combo) and bold fuchsia on white. We all need a little pink in our lives, don’t you think?
Calligraphy style shown: Sheila Script.
