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Printed on 236# SAVOY 

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I recently had the pleasure to print these menus for the Alt Summit Blogging Conference held here in Salt Lake City. The menus are printed in three runs on beautiful 184# SAVOY generously provided by Reich Paper.

Nominated for a Louie Award in the General Invitation category!

Louie Awards 2013

The challenge in designing this invitation was figuring out a way to negotiate all the people involved in this joint baptism for the Lyhnakis Family. Two sets of parents, three charming babes (including twin brother and sister) and three sets of godparents! 

Printed in 4 runs on beautiful 236# Savoy by Reich Paper.

It seemed that strawberries were the perfect sweet, summer thing to inspire Thalia's baptism. I painted each of the individual parts in black gauache, filling pages in my sketch book with funny little shapes and leaves, then scanned them to create plates for each color. The invitations were printed on Crane's 220# Lettra, and the rsvp postcard on vellum, in three runs.

This summer we welcomed another baby boy to the block, born to the awesome Foley family. I had a lot of fun designing for Carley & Casey because they knew a few specific elements they wanted to incorporate, but then let me have at it in developing this birth announcement for their first born babe. Carley has created a beautiful nursery for baby Julian in gray and yellow, so his current 'team colors' have influenced the announcement as well. They also have a fondness for elephants, so I drew this illustration to celebrate their adorable new family. I used a detail from a photo of an elephant to create the skin texture and it came out perfect on the press. The announcement is printed in two runs on 110# Lettra and delivered in a gray envelope. Photographer Brooke F. Scott took the adorable photo of Julian as a sleepy newborn, but now he's all grown up and wide awake cheering on the Red Sox with Daddy!

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The most interesting man in the world needs stationery too, right? Even at 20 months, this gentleman charms the ladies by putting pen, er... crayon, to paper. Blind impression + FP Muscletone Starch White = a quick afternoon project giving Mr. Tsoutsounakis the perfect note to express his thoughtfulness! I'll admit I wasn't entirely creative with the use of the 'Geli' typeface, but I fell in love with this quirky type. It does after all share a nickname with my quirky muse... :) 

Named as one of Babble Blogger's Favorite Baby Shower Invitations of 2012

When our friend Nicolette was pregnant with twins, a boy and girl, we didn’t want to throw a baby shower that was too “baby-ish”. The inspiration for the shower was Noah’s Arc & the animals “two by two”. The shower was held at The Rose Establishment, a coffee and tea shop in downtown Salt Lake City. Letterpress stationery included invitations complete with washi tape detail and favor tags (guests filled their own tea bags with assorted loose teas). The girls started a tradition of giving the babies our favorite books when I was pregnant with my first son two years ago. I printed personalized bookplates for the twin’s library as a keepsake from the event. We decorated the table with newspaper boats, air plants and succulents, and place cards were flagged on blue velvet jar cakes for each guest. (The blue velvet turned out darker than we expected, but Nicolette’s favorite color is black anyway and they were delicious.) We used inexpensive quilting fabric for table runners in alternating pink and green patterns and my next project is to make them into lap quilts for the babies. Hopefully by time they are born! Erica and Caleb from the The Rose Establishment made a variety of delicious tea sandwiches and salads; refreshments included Hibiscus Mint iced tea and tea service.

I'm so pleased to honor another birth with these announcements for baby Mila. Since the timing was right Chris & Amy wanted to combine their news with a little holiday cheer. As usual, for birth announcements, I like to start with the photo and Amy knew she wanted olive green and pink as well as Lilly of the Valley incorporated somehow. The fact that these were custom designed and printed within the first month of adorable little Mila's life is very telling of how great Amy was to work with! Photo by

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For her daughter's baptism, my sister-in-law Rania wanted to celebrate with the brightest and pinkest of pinks, but also wanted something appropriately Autumn-ish. I guess you could say I was insprired by water in creating this illustration as a way to express the occaision. The invite is printed in 5(!) runs on super 220# Lettra. I used the thicker stock so the top kraft piece would tie nicely around the invite without tearing the edges. The kraft peice features a Mandinatha (traditional Cretan couplet) about Margo's upcoming event and Godparents and discretely hides hotel info for out of town guests on the reverse. I found the bright pink twine at The Twinery who has bakers twine in a variety of amazing colors.

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I had the pleasure of working with this adorable bride from Colorado who wanted to bring in rustic elements from her Barn venue in combination with her 'shades of blue' color palette. Rachel was able to tell me a few main specifics about what she liked and didn't like and then gave me a lot of freedom with the design, which was a great way for us to collaborate on this custom piece. Printed in 3 colors on Crane's 110# Lettra and Kraft. 

Staci and Jason welcomed sweet Thalia just the day before Christmas Eve. Despite the frigid winter air outside, she brightened the room as if spring had suddenly appeared. (How appropriate she was to be named Efthalia, which means ‘to blossom’)  When it came time to think about a design for Thalia’s announcement, Staci knew she wanted a way to send multiple photos to family and friends. A fabric pocket, lovingly sewn by Yiayia (Grandma), was the perfect way to package these photos along with a sweet note. The announcement was printed in 3 colors on 220# Lettra.

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