Floral Pattern Creation: Behind The Scenes

I collected these tiny flower specimens on a walk around my neighborhood. So many pretty things are blooming its hard to to be inspired every time I go outside. After I returned home, I spread the flowers out on paper and started sketching from life. I find drawing from life is quite challenging but enjoyable. It takes an extreme amount of concentration to draw exactly what you see and not what you would expect to see.

I'm hoping to get some small floral prints created from these drawings. So far I haven't come up with any promising, but you have to start somewhere.

Screen Printed Wedding Invite Design

One of my goals for the new year, is work on more projects that excite me, like this invite. I love getting custom work. It fun to be a part of someone's special day. Anyhoo, I wanted to share some of the details of this invite I did earlier this summer. The wedding invitation needed to communicate environment of the wedding. The huge tree on the main invite sets the tone for the suite, and little natural details come up in other places. For instance, the very subtle tree rings on the save the date. Also, the natural woven texture of the slate envelope and the rsvp add a lot to the overall feel of the invites. I incorporated the wedding colors of coral and sophisticated grays with ink and paper selection. These little details really make a huge difference in an announcement. I'm very happy with the way it all came together. The invite was screen printed at The Pull Press, locally in Portland.

Test Print Business Cards

I'm excited to start using my latest batch of test print business cards. I love the random layering of different projects on the back. Its kind of like a timeline of what I was working on at the time and a sneak peak at things that I haven't launched yet. The front is hand stamped with a custom rubber stamp I had made from here.