Complimentary Photos from 1+1 Photography

Brandon McKelvey from 1+1 Photography was at the Rare Magazine bridal show taking phenomenal photos of different booths and sent along these 2 shots he took of our booth. I love the glass shot that reflects the menu's on the table. Check out their beautiful work: www.1plus1moments.com 

Check out our new website!!

We are excited our new website is live! As a company and as a brand we felt we have grown so much in the last two years we needed our image to reflect that growth. From the announcement of our 3 new subsidiary brands to our growth into the international market. Bear with us as we tweak the site and finalize the galleries. To be able to design a CMS (content management site) in the design we were able to do, our web designer has put in unrelenting hours in pulling off coding that was beyond custom. We welcome any feedback you may have.

Thanks for a great weekend!

A big thanks to all our friends that came to our Birthday Bash! It was a hoot!

Spot lights on the Rare Magazine Show

Some highlights of the pieces we displayed at our booth at the Rare Magazine Bridal show last Sunday. It was a great turn out and a ton of fun! Super big thanks to Aimee from lizzebelle event planning for helping us with our event.

beautiful cake works from a classic!

Are you kidding me? Wow! Talk about bringing a classic to life...... well paloma makes this one happen for sure! Look at the insane detail on this one! And... I've tasted these amazing cakes myself.... beyond yum! Aside the love of the flavors of paloma's cakes, I'm a big fan of her artwork. Coco Paloma Desserts clearly has a designers background! I personally have used her for different occassions, so yes I am biased, but it's a check plus, plus from me! Not only that, I am a freak of nature: I don't like chocolate, so Paloma has always delivered amazing flavors for my palette!

Awww how romantic! Wine labels proposal

I can't wait for the photos of this impending proposal! Here's the plan (not worried about the impending bride-to-be searching bridal blogs as not a bride-to-be-yet) I took a photo of the area where the couple first met, made some adjustments to look like a wine label. Going to have several labels printed and applied to the ladies favorite red wine.

The gentleman has arranged dinner very near the spot of the photo/label to propose, have the waiter bring out a 'pre-picked' specialty wine for the lady, all night. Each time a glass is refilled, or another bottle ordered hinting towards the label. If she figures it out before dessert, a fresh glass of wine will be poured and the waiter will slip the ring in the bottom of the glass with a very short pour.

If she hasn't noticed the label by dessert, the waiter is going to bring a dessert tray with 5 ring boxes in a circle with an un-opened bottle of wine in the center and just set it on the table. Hopefully at that point, she has figured it out, and tradition will ensue.

A black tie affair

This piece was for a private black tie event. Offset printed on one of my favorite paper stocks: Sommerset Velvet.

A colorful collection

I love when a bride wants to do a 2-sided invite. Really allows for some color and design to pop right out of the envelope! For this collection we were working with several colors in their palette. Pinks, and a baby blue with brownish-burgandy.

Rare Christmas Cards

When rare magazine asked us to do their holiday cards, we were thrilled! I thought a modern take on a christmas tree with a vintage font was the perfect way to go! This is going to be a beautiful piece, printed on a Strathmore stock, we are doing letterpress and foiling. Were hammering out the details on the envelopes... should we do a classic return letterpress on the flap, or go all out and do a full on designed custom printed envelope. I'll post the pics when they come in.

Green rsvp cards

This wedding was very earthy, lots of green going on. This rsvp card was printed on a tree-free recycled card stock with soy inks.

check out our featured listing on wedding chicks!

Mary Amandas spectacular wedding event! One of my all time favs!http://www.weddingchicks.com/tag/kk-bloom-invitations/

Digital Crayons

Laura Hooper did this great map for us, and as we are updating many new things for the company, sooo thought I'd get my digital crayons out and play color in the lines for an updated map for the shoppe.

New business cards.... finally

How could we not use letterpress for our new cards, I'm addicted to letterpress. These cards are double sided on a brown chipboard, nice and thick, and letterpressed! Yummy!

Feast with features!

Mmmm... loving this seasons color combo, just call it orange and gray, or tangerine and slate or what ever you want to label the colors, is making for some beautiful pieces. This collection is a menu, escort card, and an embellishment on the front of a silk folio for just the menu! Can't wait to use this collection at the rare show at laguna gloria, NOV 15th, don't miss it! I have some sweet swag bag pieces, and individual hand-outs!

More Rare Swag

At the Rare Magazine bridal show November 15th, we will be handing out these unique cards. Made of chipboard, they are debossed, and letterpressed.

The envelope is custom printed on a linen stock especially for the Rare Event!

NYC carousel invite

New York city, endless inspiration, especially central park. This private Gala to be held in NYC very own central park around the famous carousel. I took many photos for inspiration and finally found one that was perfect. I turned the photo into an illustration on canvas background that will be silkscreened on the back of a clear 6x6 plexi-glass, and the front will be silkscreened with the information for a rather 3D effect.

To top it off, it will be sent out in a custom embroidered silk box...

Rare Weddings Event!

VENDOR SHOWCASE

Join us as we celebrate our bi-annual wedding event, Rare Weddings Fall 2009. Come experience this distinctive bridalaffair, which brings together anything and everything an Austin bride could want for her wedding. We’ll host a unique selection of Austin wedding vendors from bakeries & florists to photographers & venues, while providing complimentary food samplings & cocktails.

FASHION SHOW

We will also feature an out-of-the-ordinary bridal fashion show, which will showcase not only bridal attire, but also wedding-related attire for the ladies who attend all the wedding festivities from the bachelorette party to the reception. Additionally, Austin’s most notable jazz performer Mandy Lauderdale & her Quartet will present the fashion show in her most renowned eclectic style. Prepare to be engaged & enthused by this wildly RARE Fashion Show.

DETAILS

Enjoy 50 of Austin’s best wedding vendors, and visit each booth for a chance to win a wedding grand prize package.

Rare Weddings Fall 2009 will be held on Sunday, November 15th at Laguna Gloria from 6:00 to 9:00pm. The Fashion Show will start at 7:30pm. Tickets are $25 online or at the door.

Must be Menu month!

A popular color scheme this fall is a tangerine and charcoal. Here is a menu we just finished with just such a scheme!

Rare Swag Bags

Rare magazine is having an upscale bridal show at Laguna Gloria on November 15th, and we are doing a booth this year. We are putting together a gorgeous piece for the swag bags. A custom hand-made silk favor box in charcoal and tangerine with a little snap lock on the front. I designed a custom letterpress coaster to adorn the front specially for rare's attendees for a special discount with us.

Inside has 4 letterpress coasters for each branch of our company.

Feverishly working on getting all 300 done!

Hot new fonts!

Love, love, love fonts! There are some hot new fonts over at myfonts.com, always love sharing a find.

This font, declaration, from P22 is a hot seller right now and beautimous!