WORK | HAND LETTERING

Hand Lettering | JayAdores

i recently finished up some hand lettering for some wedding invitations and here are a few snippets! this client was so sweet and so much fun to work with and her ideas were a blast to bring to fruition. i’ve been doing a lot of lettering the past several months (these invitations and these invitations, this logo, my logo…) and i’m really enjoying time away from the computer experimenting with different styles and brush techniques. i’m currently working on a few wedding invitations with custom lettering (good script fonts are few and far between i tell ya) so you’ll be seeing a lot more on here in the near future!

happy wednesday!!

WORK | TAYLOR’S BABY SHOWER INVITATIONS

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i had been wanting to print white on kraft for a while now and i used taylor’s baby shower as the perfect excuse to do so! i hand lettered “taylor + parker” and had the invitations screen printed by a local printer. i also created a simple envelope liner to add some pizazz and used tiny glassine bags to house the registry card. the more paper, the better! sorry trees. we packaged everything up with “snow” for an added effect (which i realize now might have looked semi questionable to our friends over at usps, whoops!). since there’s nothing i love more than cohesive design elements, i also had a stamp made using the hand lettered names to use on the treat bags. taylor also recycled the stamp post-shower and used an exacto knife to shave off the “cheers to” and “thanks for coming” to use as her signature on her thank you cards! it’s always neat when paper goods turn out how you envision and these were so much fun to create for such a special celebration!

MOOD BOARD | BOHO CHIC + WHIMSICAL

WHIMSY MOOD BOARD

today i’m sharing with you the mood board for a photographer i’m currently working with on a complete rebrand! she has an amazing aesthetic which totally shines through in her photographs. we are just finishing up her logo and are about ready to start designing her new website! so excited about this one and i can’t wait to share everything once we are done!

2014 HAWAII CALENDARS ON SALE!

2014 Hawaii Calendars ON SALE

since today is the last day of january, i figured it was about time for these guys to go on sale! for all of you calendar slackers, happy shopping!

you can buy one right here.

*and to those of you who have already purchased a calendar, thank you so very much!! i really appreciate your business!

 

OFFICIALLY LAUNCHING: ELLAY FILMS!

Ellay Films

you guys!! i’m so incredibly excited to announce the OFFICIAL launch of my sister’s and my new film company, ELLAY FILMS! we have been working so hard on making our company come to life over the past year and could not be more thrilled that this day is finally here. film has been a part of our lives since our dad taught us how to work a camcorder when we were little so it’s a dream come true to be business partners pursuing our shared passion! i also had a blast doing our branding and designing our site and all of our marketing collateral (more on that coming soon!). check out our new site HERE, like our facebook page HERE, and follow us on instagram HERE!

*and a huge, huge thank you to my talented brother-in-law who developed our site!

2014 HAWAII CALENDARS FOR SALE!

HawaiiCal4 HawaiiCal5 HawaiiCal2so i know i’m a little late to the calendar party, but this 2014 hawaii calendar just went up in my shop! i was designing some calendars for gifts this year using photos from the past several years of living in hawaii and i figured why not try and sell some!? it’s an 8″ x 10″ loose leaf calendar (a bulldog clip is included in your purchase!) that you can hang on your wall, pin to your bulletin board, or even frame each month. if you’re interested, head on over to my shop and buy one here!

i hope everyone had a very merry christmas and i wish everyone the happiest of new years!