Raffa's 2nd Birthday Invitations

It's only been a month since Raffa's birthday and party (oops! time flies) but I am finally sharing the fun invitations we sent out for his park party turned intimate rainy day at-home get together. I knew that I wanted to do hand-lettered invitations this year and the idea evolved in to a hand-lettered and illustrated set. On the front - the party details and on the back - illustrations of Raffa's most favorite things.

The party itself was a park and donut theme, which covered two of Raffa's favorites. The illustration on the back also included: Raffa's dump truck, his checkered Vans, his crayons, pancakes + syrup, Asher, Starbuck's iced green tea, his Finkelstein kitty, donuts, "coffee" (hot chocolate) from Huckleberry Roasters (the donut + "coffee" also cover Donut Monday, our weekly ritual at Huckelberry), his bunny, the park, his red trike, and reading books.

To accomplish the lettering and illustration, I turned to Shannon Snow. I have worked with Shannon several times and I was confident that she could bring my creative vision to life. I didn't want to do the lettering and illustration myself; I specifically wanted some one else to bring my ideas to life.

I paired the digitally printed, white and royal blue invitation with a small chartreuse, business card-sized enclosure with a photo of Raffa and an explanation that the invitation contained his favorite things. The mint blue envelopes were sealed with a custom return address sticker and some donut sprinkle washi tape. I hand addressed the envelopes and went with "From me to you" Forever stamps.

I had so much fun with designing these invitations this year!

See Raffa's birthday invitations from last year here.

let the WILD in you GROW

A new print is available in my Etsy shop with a light-hearted, whimsical message: let the WILD in you GROW.

The print features stamped-looking type and hand lettering (by me!). This print is a 5x7" and is printed on beautiful 110# white felt paper - a thick paper with a soft, felt-like feel.

I have the first edition run of 10 up in my Etsy shop now ... each of the 10 first editions are numbered.

A smaller 4x6" version is also available free with purchase as part of Lu & Ed's swag bag {read about that here}.

custom illustration :: watermelon limeade

I am on retainer for Pretty-Bras for Nursing Moms ... I do Jenny's graphic design, stuff like the graphics for her family 5K and watermarking of her photos. For her new summer collection of ready-to-wear silk bracelets and wraps, she needed some graphics. The collection is named "Watermelon Limeade" for the color inspiration behind the collection as well the fact that a recipe for watermelon limeade comes with each piece. I was in charge of the graphics, as usual, and from some of the photos that Jenny sent me I decided to do an illustration ... I was inspired by this photo of the watermelon limeade:

From there I came up with this simple, line-drawn illustration to represent the collection along with a collection logo:

This collection branding will go on the collateral and webpage for the Watermelon Limeade collection. You can see it in action on Jenny's website, Pretty-Bras for Nursing Moms.You can purchase pieces from the collection in the PRETTY by JL shop with a release date of July 15.

{Photo courtesy of Jenny.}

bike sketch on society6

My bike sketch is now available for purchase as a Giclée print, framed Giclée print, or stretched canvas on Society 6. The silkscreen print is still available in my Etsy shop.

Get the print on society6 -->