The Dingbat’s Agenda

  • February8th

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    San Juan Letterpress Invitation

    Posted in: Custom, posted by ADRIENNE, Wedding, Wedding Week

    You may remember the proofs for Jessica’s knockout wedding invitations. Well I’m excited to blog about the finished piece – again a new favorite! View the eye candy – I really don’t have much to say about them except that this was an amazing wedding suite to work on.

    This was a 4 piece wedding suite for Jessica. We wanted to create variation between pieces but still have them tie together. Pool and black are her wedding colors, and she wanted an old-world feel to the invites.

    Edge painted with a matching saturated pool, to set off her 1/8″ black border from the front of the invite. These were also packed in pool envelopes for the outer envelope, and black rsvp envelopes.

    The invitation was printed on Lettra 220# with a full bleed damask pattern overlaid with registration black ink. The typography used was a pairing of Adobe Garamond as well as P22′s Zaner Pro.

    The reception card was sized 4×6″, 1 color (black obviously) and printed on 110# lettra. We pulled out the damask pattern and changed the layout a little to create variety. I feel like I’m looking at some awesome black velvet when I see these stunning cards!

    The RSVP card was a 3.5×5″ card printed on 110# lettra. The black border and simple dotted line were repeated in this card, but ultimately it was left with more negative space so as not to crowd the important information of making a meal selection.

    If you are interested in a stunning wedding suite of your own, we do custom designs for all our suites. You can contact us to request an estimate for letterpress invitations and if you place your order by Feb 15th we’ll knock off 10% of your final invitation invoice as a Valentine’s Treat!

  • October7th

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    Pink – Off the Cuff

    Posted in: Takem, Wedding Week

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    I’ve been digging this tailored seersucker pink wedding dress ever since it appeared in MS Weddings 2005. If I were to do it all over again I would go for something definitely like this! Here’s a board for you off the cuff brides, enjoy!
    Seersucker Pink Tailored Dress: Martha Stewart
    Dance Bridal Shoes: Franco Sarto $85
    Maids: Wool Pea Coat, Delia’s $79.50
    H81 Lily Stripe Skirt, Forever21 $24.50
    Sneakers, Converse: $45
    Food: Amy Atlas Dessert Buffets, seen on HWTM Blog
    Ring: Titanium with Asian Pink Coral Inlay, BooneRings.etsy.com $295
    Clutch: Silk Paisley Clutch, SassiDesigns.etsy.com $68
    Maternity: For those in your wedding party that will be ungrateful you planned our wedding in the middle of their pregnancy! IsabellaOliver $122
    Flowers: Orchid

  • October5th

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    Handbag Planet

    Posted in: Takem, Wedding Week

    For those of you out there that are in the market for a new handbag, visit HandbagPlanet.com. In honor of their launch on October 15th, they will be giving out 1 handbag on the hour for 24 hours! There are some great bags so go check it out.

    HandbagPlanet

  • October5th

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    Oh Zara, How I doth Love thee!

    Posted in: Home, Wedding Week

    My amazing mom was a caterer when I was young and instilled early in me a LOVE for all things dishes. Instead of paying taxes she purchased (legally, mind you) dishes for her business. Among her collection are original Fiesta ware, Villeroy and Boch, Waterford Crystal, Spode, Mikasa, Dansk, and more. I have to say my favorite memories as a child were scouting antique stores for Fiesta ware or the unique little tea cup or tea pot. I remember for one of my birthdays as a young girl wanting an english tea party. I think I was turning 5. We set out round tables in the backyard and everyone wore their fancy garb. One of the gifts my mom gave me was my first teapot, a china blue squarish pot perfect for a small child’s fingers. I haven’t collected much myself since I’ve been married as money is tight, however someday maybe I’ll have a collection as amazing as my mother’s! 

    As I look around late at night, it always seems I find the perfect replacement set to the current dishes in the dish rack. These are no exception! I have loved ZARA since I discovered them in San Francisco in 2005. I pine for their store with modest prices and unbelievable fashion! But I was struck this evening as I found out that ZARA now has a home line. HOME, but not in the U.S.? Can I bribe any blog friends over the pond to purchase some for me and ship them home to my rural plat of land in Idaho? I’ll trade letterpress goods, a whole deal of letterpress goods, like wedding invitations or baby announcements or something…
    Signed,
    Desperate in Driggs
    Zara
    From the ZARA home collection: Left to right, Jenny Crockery, Chantal Teapot, Wallpaper Crockery, Piste Cutlery, Black Wine Glass with Turned Stem.

  • October2nd

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    More Maids Stuff!

    Posted in: Wedding Week

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    surcie.etsy.com
    tuttifruttidesign.etsy.com
    twiststyle.etsy.com

  • September30th

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    Inspiration Board, Christmas/Valentines Wedding

    Posted in: Wedding Week

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    Maggite Sottero
    I’m not a huge fan of the mermaid, but I love how Maggie has a few red dresses in the collection every year. Wouldn’t that sweetheart bust would be fabulous for a Valentine’s wedding as well. Check out the back of the dress in the bottom right.

    Hand it over to WhichGoose again for this rocking headpiece.

    Eliarenas
    Great for a brooch or boutteneire! These are so cool, they are hand painted and assembled on a pin, I love it.

    Ring from Suzanne Felson yet again, I LOVE Suzanne!

    I used to wear Laura Ashley as a little girl and their clothing just always continues to be so classic! This is from their fall/winter collection, wouldn’t it be great as a luncheon outfit or maybe a going away outfit after leaving the reception?

    Karen over at French Kiss Pastries made these lovely apple cakes, aren’t they wonderful? You should check out her flickr feed as well, quite the wmoan!

    I am really in love with this tiered dress from J.Crew, despite the steep price tag, it would be super cool for maids, or as a rehearsal dinner dress.

    Invitation: from your favorite letterpress stationer ;)

    Not to get all Matching Molly on you, but how cool is this comb from WhichGoose for your maids, then you can all be whimsical together?!

    I loved this cake from Edible Art’s flickr stream, nice work!

    Both of these bouquets are from DragonFlyFlowers flickr stream as well. I LOVE the Reds and greens with the orchids, amazing.

  • September29th

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    Budget Bride Advice, Your Wording

    Posted in: Wedding Week

    We’re on for another wedding week. To start off I want to talk about the most important thing that can actually save money with your stationer. 

    Your wording. 
    You think, oh that’s easy to take care of. However, if you haven’t knocked it out yet you are fooling yourself in thinking you can do it in one evening. There are mothers and fathers to please, future in-laws to please, fiances and grandparents (yes they always have their advice as well). Not to mention all the wording etiquette involved in mentioning deceased parents, divorced parents, the wedding host, and the ideas of the bride and groom. Gathering details such as directions, addresses, finalized times and program details. It can be a lot for something so seemingly trivial.
    With that out of the way, I’ve started working on Cesai’s wedding invitations (our winner of the wedding suite) and she has been fabulous! I’m really excited about what I’m brainstorming and she’s agreed to let me share her design process with you.
    The first thing a stationer always needs is the wording. Why you ask? Because although illustrations are accompanying invitations more often these days, they are built around the wording for custom designs. 
    Many times I’ve had a client want to see proofs. As I’ve learned that presenting proofs first can be fun, adding in the wording later can be a lot of headache and a lot of money in changes in the end. 
    I’ve had many an invitation completely change in design due to unforeseen requirements from the bridal or groom’s party in regards to wording.
    Not to say that simple name changes and address changes can’t be added or changes later as well as time details, but you really want it as final as you can before giving it to your stationer.  It will give you a better idea as to how the invitation will look with every last detail an won’t require rounds and rounds of proofs!
    Needless to say, Cesai, thanks for getting your wording to me first, I am already working on designs!
    For the rest of you, don’t spend more than you need to! Get your wording as sharp as you can before giving it to your stationer!
    Lola Wedding_Valentines
    Above: From the Link & Hitch line, Lola for valentines.
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