I love these light green envelopes paired with a two tone green printed invitation - lush and elegant. Letterpress on cotton paper.
Mother's Day is Around the Corner
Mother’s Day might just be my favorite card giving holiday…perhaps because it coincides with my favorite time of year. And let’s be real - we could all use to appreciate our mother, mother figure, mama bear, and most definitely mother earth, more! Now that I am a mother myself, I can only anticipate receiving a hand written note of appreciation some day. Perhaps on some fancy letterpress stationery, or a nice hand printed card.
A Video Essay: Love Across the Void
A few weeks ago, with the (socially distant) help of friend Katrina Ohstrom, I made a video essay of my new studio, and printing one of my cards, Love Across the Void. Katrina did all the filming, and I edited it and added some music and information. I wanted to give an explanation of my process, and a glimpse into my life and studio. I hope it’s informative as well as enjoyable!
Wholesale Catalog Finally Updated!
It’s taken years but I’ve finally gotten my act together, redesigned and updated my entire line, and now I have a working wholesale catalog! Stockists and storefronts, please check it out and let me know what you think!
Lush Ferns and Greenery
I had the pleasure of not only designing and printing this invitation suite, but of also officiating these dear friends wedding! That was a first time experience for me, and it was lovely.
Such is life!
I moved houses and studios in the past year and have not kept up with this blog, though I have kept up producing work! Here’s a quick image of a fun wedding suite I did last spring. Dreaming of these colors on this cold December night
Flashback to my own wedding
The weather is heating up again and everything is abundantly green - making me think back to my own wedding last summer! I can happily say it was the most fun, exciting and just wonderful days of my life so far. Here are some nice moody shots of our invitations. All photos here are by Katrina Ohstrom:
Cat not included
This is what I get from photographing wedding suites on my front porch. I love the worn grey wood from the thousands of steps taken into and out of my house. So apparently does Tucker, who loves to greet visitors, smell the daffodils, and help model some of my work.
Wedding Invitation Season
I've been working on several invitation suites, and this one strikes the perfect spring-time chord for me right now.
Custom Holiday Cards
I printed these for a local Asheville business based on their design - they even have the company's logo as the backcopy. The quality of the paper and printing, as well as the striking graphics, made these really stand out in the mail!
Some Illustrations
Dear Universe,
Please send me more illustration work. I really like doing it. Here is a moth forest, logging truck, and moonshine still (not pictured) I did for Southern Cultures quarterly.
Fondly. Ratbee
Now offering Calligraphic Services!
I have been practicing with my nibs and brush pens, and I'm excited to officially offer envelope addressing! I currently offer 5 different styles: nice and neat, quirky, flowy, extra bouncy, and brush pen. You can see them all here. Let me know what you think!
For the Offbeat Couple: Pizza, beer and no fedoras
This suite was a blast to work on. I love that Kathryn and Jarad kept their style and sense of humor and lightheartedness with these still elegant invitations.
Protea Wedding Suite
I love how this steel blue on white paper reminds me of china plates. The bride and groom met in South Africa and wanted a protea flower design on their invitations.
Dog card
Just wanted to share this sweet, slightly dopey new birthday card, printed on 100% cotton paper
For the Love of Philately
You can still send mail with vintage stamps, as long as they are unused and you have enough postage!
Heck Yes!
I was thrilled when a customer emailed me this picture from his wedding! What a fun idea. And it's so nice to see some of the ways my prints make it out into the world
Photo credit to Jeff Dobson.
New wedding invitation suite
I had a lot of fun coming up with the design for this new wedding suite. Ali's wedding planner contacted me after she saw my display at a craft fair, and thought my style would suit this rock-and-roll couple. All Ali wanted was an illustration of a gallery wall of illustrations of some of their favorite things - like coffee, giraffes, eggs, and records! I thought a portrait of each of them would complete the design, plus some funky and loose handwritten text to match their quirky wording.
For their information and reply card, we went with a similar border to the main invitation, but included a typewriter-esque font. Black ink on white cotton paper, and recycled brown envelopes add a crisp elegance. I'm so happy for this authentic couple!