Citron & Grey Pinecone Save the Dates...

Last week I was honoured to guest post for my friends Sofia & Andre on their blog, whilst they were having the time of their lives at the Jose Villa workshop in Mexico (jealous much? I'm no photographer but I'd sure be happy to pretend in order to do that workshop... from what Sofia has told me about it, it sounds amazing and Jose, Joel and the rest of the team sound utterly inspiring!!). I shared this save the date that I designed for Constanze and Adrian, who contacted me from Germany (how cool is that!!) to work on their stationery. Constanze was inspired to use these colours after seeing the below inspiration board I posted a few months back... and I couldn't have been happier to oblige when she gave me such a fun brief to work with... not to mention gorgeous colours! I can't wait to work on their stationery for their December 2012 winter wedding!!

Photos from top left; Chartreuse Tie | Shannen Norman, Bag | Mastin Studio, Escort Cards | Lisa Lefkowitz, Dress | La Dolce Vita via Project Wedding

2nd row; Lemon Dessert | Canelle Vanille, Cheese | Ellen Silverman, Dress | Anthropologie

3rd row; Cheese | Katie Quinn Davies, Cake Pops | Sandra Downie Event Design, Bride & Groom | Cameron Ingalls

Incredible Book Invitation Design by It's a Date Design...

I'm in complete awe of this invite from my good friend Lyndsay from It's a Date Design. Her talent... not to mention her patience, is just immense! I can well imagine the time and passion put into each  and every one of these amazing invites, and I'm pretty certain this is one invitation that will never see the inside of a rubbish bin!! Each detail is so incredibly well thought out... both by Lyndsay herself and with the bride and grooms input. Aren't they simply amazing? To read more about the process and the story behind it all, head to Lyndsay's website for details. I love getting to know other stationery designers (or stationista's as Lyndsay and I refer to ourselves!!), and Lyndsay has been an amazing support to me since we became friends via Twitter 18 months ago (and we even met up for dinner earlier this year in Melbourne). As someone who never 'trained' as such, I don't know the in's and out's of the programs like others do, and I'm always learning new things. It's wonderful to be able to share knowledge with each other... and just sometimes I might be able to help her out ;-) (not often!)