Thursday, July 31, 2014

Be my maid of honour

Two of our good friends Mel and Todd have just gotten ENGAGED! Whoop!! It is such an exciting time. Let the planning begin.

Mel asked me to design some little cards to send to her maid of honour and bridesmaids. Such a sweet idea. This is what I came up with.


There are so many great ways to ask your besties to be a part of your day. I loved the way I was asked to be bridesmaid for my friend Tamara. I was in Melbourne and she was in Auckland, so she asked me over skype. She held up about 8 A4 pages, one after the other. She had written/drawn a little story (including a picture of a bee for 'be') to ask me. It was awesome!!!

Would love to hear how you asked your bridesmaids to be a part of your day. Or any creative ways you have been asked to be a bridesmaid.

Get in touch if you need any wedding stationery designed, I would love to help.

LOVE xx

Friday, July 25, 2014

Logo design: Bread and Sniff it

In between designing wedding invites I also like to do a bit of branding work. Here is one I have finished recently.


Bread and Sniff it is a blog about food for the everyday cook. It is written by two of my very good friends Mel and Zen.

The girls had a clear vision of what they wanted their logo to look like. I enjoyed developing the freehand-style font. I hadn't really done much of this before, so it was fun to get all creative with it. It would work perfectly for wedding stationery too, especially as it is hand crafted and unique to every couple.

Mel, Zen and I threw around a few different ideas for the graphics and we finally settled on these gorgeous little hand drawn illustrations by Kelly J Sorenson. They worked perfectly with the organic forms of the letters.

The Blushing Teacup featured on Bread and Sniff it last year. Mel interviewed me about all my favourite foods and my love of tea. Then she cooked up my most favourite dessert, Sticky Banana pudding with toffee sauce and blogged about it. The best winter warmer in town. I have made it a couple of times lately when we have gone round to friends houses for dinner. It gets a thumbs up all round.

If you are ever in a pickle for some cooking inspiration, head on over to Bread and Sniff it and see what these lovely ladies have been brewing.

LOVE xx