What style are you?

According to the Sproost style engine my style is 50% Rustic Revival, 50% French Eclectic.

"You can take kid out of the country but you can't take the country out of the kid... or is your theme "you can take the kid out of the city, but you can't take the city out of the kid?".

Either way you play it, you are one of the unique individuals who loves a mix of modern and country. The clean lines of the modern softened by rustic/vintage elements is the perfect mix in your mind. And can we blame you? You've taken the best aspects of two popular designs and mixed them in a manner that appeals to young and old alike. A subtle background of white or light colors provides a nice canvas for all the wonderful flea market, eBay, or garage sale finds as well as the classic modern pieces that you love."

Oh that is so me to a tee. Now I can tell my husband that all the old furniture I find and MUST buy off ebay isn't really abnormal... Its simply my style!

a little sneak peak

how is your week travelling? ours is super busy but I wanted to give you a little sneak peak of our new limited edition prints... more coming soon!

Kristie & Ken Save the Date Cards

How was your weekend my friends? We worked all weekend, but did manage to squeeze in a little beach walk with Ruby on Sunday. Such a great way to start the day! We also have almost finished painting the studio. Oh joy, its so beautiful and white!

We also printed quite a few projects over the weekend but did have the loveliest time printing save the date cards for the gorgeous Kristie and her hubbie to be Ken. I had illustrated these Phalaenopsis Orchids several weeks ago, and its such a beautiful moment to pull the first impression out of the press and to see just how lovely it looks once printed.

We also printed envelopes and got a little creative with how we applied the illustration. It sits on the back flap and then continues partially over the front of the envelope too. It looks quite lovely and it will be such a special envelope to receive in the mail!

the cat is out of the bag...

...and finally I can let you know about the wonderfully lovely project I have been working on of recent times.

Late last year I saw a feature on the gorgeous Kylie Johnson from Paper Boat Press in Real living magazine and I dropped her an email to let her know how simply beautiful her work was and to congratulate her on her gorgeous business. Up sparked a lovely friendship and together we have worked of late to produce limited edition prints of two of her poems and illustrations. A beautiful collaboration of pressing words into paper, as she pressed words into clay. Its been simply delightful.

Kylie's prints will soon be available through her online store and her stockists, and we promise to let you know when they are available.

in the almost white studio today

Its been a very much white sort of day today.

Our white undercoat went on our new studio walls - I could kiss it, its all so lovely and bright. Two more coats, and it will be a white printers paradise.

We also printed white on good old Charlie today - We are working on a gorgeously fabulous project with the most inspiring local Brisbane artist, its so very exciting, we cant wait to share it with you soon.

Meanwhile amongst all the white excitement, Ruby Tuesday found the gorgeously retro painters drop sheet, got herself splotched in white paint and then managed to spend a lazy day asleep in the bright white room. Its a tough life being a studio dog!

julia & angus wedding stationery

This week has been a very busy week for us cutting, lining and assembling a wedding order for the lovely Julia and Angus. We know that there are quick ways of doing things, but somehow we always seem to find the most challenging ways to go about things, to make the end result just that bit better.

We could use our guillotine to cut, but we instead choose to use our trusty scalpel and ruler and slice through each and every sheet - It makes the cut just that bit more perfect. We could buy lined envelopes but instead we prefer to lovingly hand line each and every one. And we could not line the back of the invitations and cards, but really that would only be half doing the job so we line these as well.

After a week in production, some serious worn away marks on our fingers from the scalpel and a huge mess in the studio, this gorgeous wedding set is all packaged and ready for delivery. We certainly don't do things the quick way - it must be obsessive perfectionists way of doing things!

Renae & Thomas Wedding Stationary

How was your weekend my lovelies? We had a little time out and headed up the sunshine coast for the day. It was so lovely to get away and be spoilt by my husbands super sweet grandparents. With both of our families living interstate its such a treat when they head up our tropical way for a holiday!

Today I thought I would share with you some more images from our recent photo shoot. This wedding set was printed in the most gorgeous green colour, and we teamed it up with a matching metallic envelope lined with a neutral cream geometric lining. We custom designed the gorgeous geometric pattern and matched it with some simple typography for a fresh, fun yet still formal wedding invitation!

its a sunny yellow kind of day

We have recently been setting up our studio and conducting photo shoots of all our recent wedding stationery packages as well as our exciting new range of products. This means trips to the florist and raiding their fridge of beautiful flowers. Oh how I love our florist, and how I especially love that after a photo shoot we have gorgeous bunches of flowers scattered around the studio and our office!

Today I thought I would share with you this sunny yellow and grey combination combined with a sunny yellow envelope lining. Such a beautiful surprise when you open up the invitation. Yellow is this years hit colour, and such a fabulous modern take on your traditional wedding colours. It makes me happy just looking at it!

Have a lovely weekend my friends, hope you find some sunny yellow to fill your days with too.

xox