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Book Covers Reimagined

02/23/2009

Something must have been in the air last week, since a bunch of my favorite blogs were all about book cover designs! Design is Mine and Unruly Things both highlighted a few of their favorite designs – I particularly liked this silhouette cover that Alyson featured:

But my absolute favorites were these re-imagined Harry Potter book covers by M.S. Corley featured on Black*Eiffel:

I also really like the re-imagined covers for the Spiderwick Chronicles and Lemony Snicket – all designed to look like classic Penguin Books covers:

{images via unruly things and m.s. corley}

posted by Nole / filed under paper artwork / 3 Comments

Sneak Peek — Satsuma Press Wedding Line

02/23/2009

Lynn from Satsuma Press finally posted a sneak peek to her upcoming wedding line, and I think I’m just as excited as Lynn to see the line taking shape!

1x1.trans Sneak Peek — Satsuma Press Wedding Line

Check out the Satsuma Press blog for the full sneak peek – and make sure you bookmark the Satsuma Press Wedding Line website, the full collection will be available in the next few weeks!

{images via Satsuma Press}

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100 Layer Cake

02/23/2009

Congratulations to Kristina and her merry band of designer friends for launching their new blog – 100 Layer Cake! Not only is the blog itself just absolutely gorgeous, but it promises to be full of fabulous wedding ideas and inspiration.

I’ve already added it to my list of daily reads, and I hope you’ll go check it out for yourself!

posted by Nole / filed under wedding details / 2 Comments

New Tape from Rob Ryan

02/22/2009

These two new tapes from Rob Ryan are pretty neat:

{Charm Bracelet}

{my favorite – And I Walked}

Both available right here.

{images via Rob Ryan's etsy shop}

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Rachel + Ryan’s Nature-Inspired Wedding Invitations

02/20/2009

Rachel of Design Lovely recently sent me pictures of her lovely invitations for her upcoming wedding in Hawaii (lucky girl!). Rachel appears to have been inspired by her natural surroundings, choosing a green color palette and using natural materials throughout the invitations. First up, let’s get the background from Rachel about the design inspiration for her invitations.

1x1.trans Rachel + Ryans Nature Inspired Wedding Invitations

{Rachel’s invitation inspiration board}

From Rachel: The whole idea for the wedding design is that it’s natural yet somewhat vintage and traditional with a hint of tropical. My colors are hunter green and sage green and I wanted to be environmental with my purchasing. I went through a company that does thermography printing on recycled paper and I chose a natural old world leaf design for the motif and used alternating hunter and sage green text.

The green crinkly paper (wrap) is from Thailand and it is double sided which worked beautifully for the type of fold that I wanted. I received the paper in large sheets so I cut and folded each one by hand. I created a small pocket for the RSVP card which is actually a postcard so there is no envelope. This saves paper and keeps it really clean looking.

I wrapped the invitation with hemp cord and stuck them in the custom envelopes which was done in calligraphy by my mother. I wanted to put some handmade love into these and I am really happy with the result.

Thanks so much, Rachel, for sharing your beautiful invitations with us! All of your handcrafted love really shows through in your invitations! For more on Rachel’s wedding invitations, check out her blog right here.

{all photos by Rachel}

posted by Nole / filed under real invitations / 3 Comments

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