Twig & Thistle » 2008 http://www.twigandthistle.com/blog Daily Inspiration For Home And Life Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Kyong & Donald’s Wedding Part III http://www.twigandthistle.com/blog/2009/06/kyong-donald%e2%80%99s-wedding-part-iii/ http://www.twigandthistle.com/blog/2009/06/kyong-donald%e2%80%99s-wedding-part-iii/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:00:16 +0000 Kathleen http://www.twigandthistle.com/blog/?p=2552 More details from Kyong and Donnie’s wedding to share with you!

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Kyong was kind enough to share more details about the amazing jewelry pictured above, that was loaned to her by the Royal Family of Nepal. From the bride: “The diamond and pearl jewelry set is an heirloom piece that was purchased for the family in the 1940′s in Calcutta from Hamilton & Co.”. I can only imagine how it must have felt to wear jewelry with such a remarkable history!

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Back tomorrow with the stationary suite from this fabulous wedding!

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This is a combination of two of my favorite things: flowers and lovely packaging! I am so impressed with the level of detail that went into this line. This work is by the talented Nimrod Gavish, a 3rd year student in design at Shenkar College in Israel.

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For those of you that aren’t familiar, the Feltron Annual Report is a collection of statistics that Nicholas collects about himself throughout the year. He arranges the stats into perfectly designed graphs and charts. It’s what us nerds view as the perfect form of Information Design. Here are some pics from his newest report.

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You can purchase your own copy of the report here along with the previous two reports. He has a folded version for only $5 and a flat version for $10.

What’s even cooler is that Feltron is building a site called Daytum that lets you make your own reports!

]]> http://www.twigandthistle.com/blog/2009/02/feltron-annual-report/feed/ 2 Our Winter Wedding Part 4 http://www.twigandthistle.com/blog/2009/02/our-winter-wedding-part-4/ http://www.twigandthistle.com/blog/2009/02/our-winter-wedding-part-4/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:22:58 +0000 Kathleen http://www.twigandthistle.com/blog/?p=885 Besides the whole getting married thing, the invitations were my favorite part. As a designer I felt like I had something to prove by designing my own invitations so it turned out to be one of the most rewarding and intimidating aspects of the whole event. Needless to say, my husband and I love how they turned out and they were worth all the effort.

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From top: Wedding Suite, Invitation, Thank You Notes, Thank You Card, Mailing Envelopes
*Note: No longer our address so we won’t be there if you decide to stop by for a visit ;)

The Invitations, RSVP Card, Accommodations Card, Directions Card, Thank You Notes, and Envelopes were all letterpress printed on Crane’s 100% cotton Lettra Letterpress Paper by the very talented Bryce at Bjorn Press.

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From top: Accommodations Card, Program, Dinner Menu, Thank You Note.
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The Programs were off-set printed onto the same Lettra Letterpress paper by the lovely folks over at Quality Press using a metallic ink. I printed the Menus on a large format digital printer.

That’s it for our trip down memory lane! It was an amazing experience and I’m so glad I could share it with all of you. Have a lovely weekend everyone and Happy Valentine’s Day! xoxo

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I will be the first to admit that I went a little crazy with all the little extras. But it’s what I love to do, and I had so much fun creating all the little details! Above are the guest room gifts we left for each of our guests in their hotel room. They contained a welcome note, hot cocoa packets, and homemade snowflake marshmallows.

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I made coat check tags for guests when they arrived with perforated bottoms. The match books where also custom made by wrapping store bought matches and re-covered with my own design. And finally, sparkler holders in vellum sleeves for the send-off. The white cake with lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream frosting- YUMM! – was made by our dear friend Katie.

The Coat Check Tags and Sparkler Holders are now available for sale in my Etsy shop. And if you’d like to learn how to make the Guest Room Gifts, or the Match Books, I actually made tutorials for Style Me Pretty. Click on each of the links above for purchase information and/or complete instructions.

Tomorrow I’ll be sharing our wedding stationary suite!

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Because both of us come from large families and meals were a big part of our childhoods, we choose to have a family style dinner at two long tables. My mother in law graciously made both the mustard colored runners while vellum covered candle lit vases lined the center of the tables.

More to come later today!

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To start, I thought I’d share my inspiration board that I created right after our engagement. It’s fun to see how this translated into the actual event. I picked yellow and grey as our wedding colors because I wanted something unusual and not overly feminine. My husband definitely appreciated this and was as equally excited about the color choices. Since our wedding was in February the yellow seemed like a good bright color that could add some warmth. The grey acted as a neutral tone throughout while silver added the little extra shine.

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More pictures after the break!

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Wedding photography by Traci Griffin

I have more wedding pics to come, along with our entire wedding stationary suite (my favorite part) so stay tuned!

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Discovered via: Mimi + Nina

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We needed a simple card that could be customized with a personal note and mailed to our clients. The design is a subtle nod to holiday sweaters while celebrating the beauty of letterpress. I did one pattern with snowflakes and another with reindeer. Below are some pictures of the cards.

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Adorable tree garland by The Little Room, botanical curiosities by Tillansium, and felt dumplings and fortune cookies by Schmancy

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Paintings by Rachel Austin

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Handcrafted lamps and cake stands by StyleGarden, and notebooks and ornaments by Randl
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