paul and emily

this here is a stamp i designed for my good friend's wedding invitations. emily is so classy, so something very simple but elegant (and a teeny bit cute) was on the menu. the actual invites (these photos are just my arty farty mock-ups) are card-style and lovingly cut, scored, folded and stamped by the bride and her maids - and we all did a pretty good job if i must say so myself...

the lovely alarna from little jane street gave me the heads up on a little stamp shop in new farm that laser cuts stamps from your pdfs, with amazing detail! 'paul and emily' is a slightly manipulated version of fontleroy brown, with the capitals hand lettered, and the rest of the text is american typewriter - with some minor modifications in 'are getting married'. the paper was a beautiful, thick textured stock called 'oxford' from spicers.

post pox party

recently, the chicken pox swept through my family at a painfully slow rate. six and half people, (dad only had one spot) came down with the dotties - one by one, with a reasonable gap between most of the victims. with our entire house marked as a contamination hot spot, we were isolated (or at least un-visitable) from the world for 78 days. needless to say, when the pox finally hit the last family member - the brother who got his vaccination a day after breaking out in a few sneaky spots - we were about ready to meet the world again...

so to celebrate, we thought what better way to mark the end of this momentous occasion then to have a 'post pox party'! there were chicken-poxed cookies, red eclairs filled with custard (only mildly disturbing) red and white bunting and red, spotty garlands. and little signs to help people organise their cars in a somewhat tidy fashion...