a summer break

Mr H. and I are terribly excited that its January - this means that its time for our summer break! This year we are packing Miss Ruby Tuesday in the car and heading on a road trip. We are headed down to the family farm just outside of Mudgee, NSW. My parents have recently bought a very old property and we can't wait for our first visit!

As its a 13 hour trip we will be headed down via Armidale and back via the Southern Highlands and Bellingen. The trusty laptop is headed away with us, so we will still be working, but will be leaving the presses behind with our trusty house & studio sitters (thank goodness, as I don't know how they would fit in the car).

I will make sure that I blog about our adventures, which hopefully will include gum boots, cucumber sandwiches, visits to the chook shed and random adventures out in the paddocks.

Talk to you again soon!

sandra & sinclair :: wedding stationery

Fresh off the press this week is wedding invitations and envelopes for Sandra & Sinclair who are based in country New South Wales where Sinclair is a farmer (and golly gosh, don't we all love farmers!).

They are holding their reception at Sinclair's old family estate. It looks simply amazing with beautiful heritage buildings (restored by Sinclair's father), and the hall in which they will hold their reception has been built by hand by Sinclair's Dad. Talk about a super clever chap!!

With a very traditional and elegant theme with the use of a beautiful smokey blue colour for their styling we were super inspired by photos of the estate provided by this gorgeous couple. Anna one of our talented designers who helps us out every now and then, illustrated the gorgeous arbour and love seat for two to add a beautiful rustic, yet romantic touch to launch the start of Sandra & Sinclair's wedding journey.

Have an amazing time getting married you two - I hope that you will share some photos with us all of the amazing day you have planned!

introducing violet

Today I am so pickled pink to introduce Violet Eve. Born to Louise - our gorgeous, beautiful and most delightful production assistant last October. This wee little girl is just the most perfect little creature ever and I have been hanging for this moment to be able to introduce you all to her!

Brett & Louise have become very dear friends to both myself and Mr H. and we were so delighted when they told us the news that they were expecting. We knew they would make exceptional parents and from all accounts life with little Miss Violet sounds just perfect.

Last week I had the joy of printing birth announcement cards for Louise. Being our production assistant she has seen, touched, felt and worked on most of our stationery suites. So I wanted to do something a little special and create something that she hadn't seen before!

A very simple design with a monogram was printed on 600gsm ivory stock (in Violet ink of course). This was then adhered to a 300gsm kraft board resulting in a whopping 900gsm card! This was then combined with printed kraft envelopes and a delicate vintage floral lining. A beautiful little way to introduce such a beautiful little girl.

Louise will be headed back to the studio during this year and we can't wait to have little Violet come visit the studio as well. So if we don't get any work done - you know why - we are all too busy cuddling this magical little girl!

elvin & leanne :: wedding stationery

We recently completed this gorgeous invitation suite for Elvin & Leanne. Featuring elegant and cursive script typography we combined this with a classic serif and a very light ivory floral background. Printed on our extra large square invites on our ivory cotton stock we love its elegance, its traditionalism and most of all the beautiful impression that all those flourishes created!

anna & andrew :: wedding stationery

One of our recent wedding set we have created was for the ever gorgeous Anna & Andrew based in Melbourne. With their favourite flower being the Magnolia (its one of ours too, so we were tickled pink!) we designed their invitation stationery to feature a very light ivory hand drawn illustration of this divine flower. With an invitation, reply card, lined envelopes and order of service cover this was a gorgeous and very exciting wedding to print on the press. We are still working on their menus and placesettings, but we already can't until March to see pictures of Anna & Andrews amazing day!

saying hello

We welcomed in the new year playing with our beloved Herbie. Hope you too found a beautiful way to say hello to the new year!

christmas love

One minute I blinked and the next I realised it was Christmas! My goodness, how on earth did it manage to sneak up on us so quickly??

Our Christmas season will be spent with family and the loveliest of loved ones. Hopefully you too can enjoy a beautifully decorated table (bless my mother, she truly is the table decorating queen) surrounded by those most special to your heart, with far too much food, the cheeriest of laughter and the sweetest of joys, which can only really be found at Christmas.

I thank you you for all your support, encouragement and lovely blog messages you have left in this wonderful year that was 2010. We look forward to 2011 with lots of big plans, new ideas and more letterpress then we can possibly imagine. Until then, we will rest for a few days, catch our breaths, enjoy some summer air and count our blessings as to how truly blessed we all are.

Wishing you much love, joy and sweet merriment.
xox

featured wedding :: megan & kristian

Totally we have a very wonderful treat for you. The stunning Megan married her beau Kristian in a dashing 1950's era inspired South Australian wedding in November this year and we are tickled pink to get to share some of the images of their day.

(You might remember their stunning invitations that Megan designed and we printed in coral and a blind impression earlier this year.)

Megan's gorgeous gown was custom designed by POP bridal couture using bone silk and detailed beading. She wore her Grandmothers wedding necklace, worn by her grandmother in 1955, and complimented with a beaded and fine feather fascinator designed by Hats by Jayne.

The couple were married at Rostrevor Chapel, with reception followed at John Difede Reception Centre. The stunning post ceremony shots were taken at the BoHo Hotel, followed by a stroll along the River Torrens in Adelaide.

We adore that Megan's Mum, Auntie and Grandmother all chipped in to make the families traditional lemon and almond tart which has been passed down from one generation to the next, and as wedding favours the grooms father's gifted his 2005 Merlot produced in the Adelaide Hills.

Their photographer was Angie Doughty-Garside from Mink Studio and you can see more images from this amazing wedding here.

We wish Megan and Kristian a beautifully happy, lovely and joy filled marriage together. It was such a pleasure to work with you both and we thank you for sharing your wedding day with us!

We thank Mink Studios for the use of their images on our blog and respectfully ask that if you wish to reblog this gorgeous wedding that you seek permission.