11/01/2008

Weekly Link Round-Up

Hi Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween!Â Here is this week’s link round-up:

Hello!Lucky designed invitations for a wedding in Mexico
Ali Loves Curtis features the world’s smallest postal service
Beautiful drawings of birds and animals by Hennie Haeworth at Dear Ada
Design Crush has an illustration crush on Marcela Restrepo
Inspired Goodness loves this woodblock wedding invitation poster:

{frolic!} loves the paper goods over at Present&Correct
A Good Idea on Paper features artist books from Etsy
Lena loves her new prints by Christopher David Ryan
Fun Halloween invitations over at Black*Eiffel

{freshly blended} features the illustration of Laura George
Check out A Field Journal for a tutorial on making a leaf garland from paper
Coveiter loves the 2009 postcard calendar from Decoy Lab and gives holiday card recommendations
Free downloads! Check out these gift tags and place card tags at Lolly Chops:
Check out the new winterscape stamp set from Yellow Owl Workshop
Satsuma Press has new stationery available in her Etsy shop
Oh Joy! likes these folk-inspired prints by Naomi
The Speckled Egg likes these elevation-inspired invitations from Sideshow Press:

Check out the lace-inspired prints feature this week at A Print A Day!

That’s it for this week’s round-up – enjoy the rest of your weekend!

10/29/2008

Illustration – Grady McFerrin

I'm taking a small break from wedding invitations today (don't worry, I've got more wedding invitations planned for tomorrow) to focus on the amazing illustration artwork of Grady McFerrin.

I first discovered Grady through his work in poster illustration:

Grady's illustrations have also been used in books and as book covers:

Grady also has a very impressive fine art portfolio…

… and editorial portfolio:

And I couldn't resist – I had to include a hand-drawn wedding invitation as well:

Be sure to check out the full portfolio for more of Grady's amazing work – and click here for a list of prints and posters available for purchase.

{all images by Grady McFerrin}

10/28/2008

Wedding Invitations â€” Wiley Valentine, partÂ 2

As promised, here are some additional invitations from Wiley Valentine,Â specifically from their letterpress and custom invitation portfolio. Â I think the designs speak for themselves, so here are a few of my favorites:

{love, LOVE, the blind impression on the activities enclosure card}

{this invitation combines a monogram and black + white graphics for an elegant design}

{gorgeous Moroccan-inspired details on this invitation}

{this oak tree invitation would be perfect for a late summer or fall wedding}

{love the beautiful + ornate designs in this invitation}

{this poppy invitation would be perfect for a spring wedding}

{lovely Victorian detailing on this invitation}

{a classic invitation for a vineyard wedding}

{this vintage-inspired is one of my favorite Wiley Valentine designs}

The custom portfolio is so pretty, I had trouble picking out which ones I wanted to share with you! Â You should definitely check out the full Wiley Valentine portfolio for more lovely invitations and some great design inspiration!

{images via Wiley Valentine}

10/27/2008

Real Invitations – Robin Rosenthal

This one is a bit of an oldie, but a {really, really} goodie.Â These fabulously fun yet simple invitations are from the May 2005 wedding of Robin Rosenthal and Matt Hall featured in the Winter 2006 edition of Martha Stewart Weddings:

{I love the text bubble on the rsvp card}

The invitations themselves are so wonderfully creative, but then there are all of the wedding details:

{mustaches as wedding props}

Robin is an amazing graphic designer and illustrator, working as Deputy Art Director at Martha Stewart Kids magazine until March 2006.Â Check out her full portfolio here!

{top two images via Robin Rosenthal, bottom two via Black Eiffel}