Fun with Hand Lettering

I recently designed some wedding invitation samples for Genevieve & Alex for their summer bash next year. I love their fun color scheme, and overall "party" feel to their celebration. I decided to do something a little different on these samples that I've never done before...hand lettering! It was so much fun to draw out some of the fonts, and give these puppies a little extra touch of whimsy. Hopefully I get to do some more hand drawn fonts soon!

The glorious roadtrip: Nashville, TN

We are back from a glorious roadtrip down south today. Way back when Adam and I were youngins, we took the most fantastical roadtrip down south and hit tons of roadside gems, like Dollywood, Graceland, the list goes on and on. So, we decided to go back down south again and take a mini roadtrip to Nashville, TN, and Kentucky. There's just something' about the open road, and that sweet Southern air. Here are some pics from Nashville if you'd like to see.

Printer's Alley

Hatch Show Print. Very very cool.

We loved Nashville, and all the music in the air. It made me wish I could strum a banjo. I'll post more about some other gems we found along the way...

New Card Alert

We've been so busy lately, that I totally forgot to post about our newest card! You can find it in our Etsy shop now.
on front: "You're goin' places"
inside: "Good luck!"

Alt Summit NYC

First of all, I never win anything. So, when I saw Alt running a contest to try to win a coveted ticket to the first ever NYC conference, I decided to play along (but tried not to get my hopes up). Well, much to my surprise, I actually won a ticket! Needless to say, I am beyond stoked and grateful to Bing for running the contest.

I attended Alt for the first time this past January, and it was fabulous, although I did step out of my comfort zone quite a bit, as remembered by this post.  NYC is one of my most favorite cities, and am looking forward to visiting again. I'm thinking I might take in a Mets game, visit the Whitney, and stroll around Brooklyn. I've been to NYC quite a few times before, but am always looking to see something new, anyone got any suggestions?

Time to dust off my big girl pants and try this thing again, and hopefully keep the awkward-ness at a minimum. But really, who am I kidding?

8venture

I love this quote, "If someone is really the one, you'll be willing to go on any adventure with them". So true, so true. 8 years ago, Adam and I had our first date, and we've been going on adventures ever since.

I've been loving this blog lately, especially this post about relationships.

Go and get 'em!

Just saw today that the US and World Journey Journals are now live on the Urban Outfitters website! Get 'em while they're hot! Find them here.

Custom Globes

I've been craving more adventures and traveling lately, so when I came across these custom hand illustrated globes, I was instantly smitten. All the designs are made to match the original globe artwork, and each is designed by hand, so no two are the same. This one was my favorite, but check out all of their designs at ImagineNations.

What I'm listening to: Wild Flag

I don't know if it's because I'm getting older and about to approach my 30's, but lately I've been reflecting more on my youth and getting real nostalgic and crap. Lame, I know. But one thing I've been doing a lot lately is re-discovering my favorite 90's music. Lots of Cranberries, The Breeders, Blind Melon and the embarrassing list goes on. One of my favs was Sleater-Kinney. So I was incredibly excited to discover 'Wild Flag', a band comprising of 2 members of S-K, along with some other rockin' gals. The album in fantastical, and it fills my need for 90's nostalgia but in a more grown up package. Thumbs up.

Girl Crush: Greta

Let's get real, every so often I get girl crush's. My last one was Zooey Deschanel, but let's face it, she's freakin' everywhere and her once charming quirks are now getting kind of old. I'm so over it.

Now enter, Greta Gerwig! Lately I've been watching some older movies on Netflix, like "Baghead" and "Hannah takes the stairs", and discovered the quirky and awesome Greta Gerwig. I love that she's under the radar. I'm super excited to check out her new movie, "Lola Versus". Watch the trailer here. 

The beginning of something

Well, I can finally let the cat outta the bag! We are so very excited to announce that you will soon be able to find our US and World Journey Journals on UrbanOutfitters.com! We are thrilled at this opportunity, and can't wait to see what the future holds for us and these nifty little journals that we love so much.

We are going to have a few dozen celebratory drinks this weekend (let's be honest, I'm drinking as I write this). Hope you all have a happy weekend, and we will keep you updated on when the journals go up on the UO site!