Monday, June 30, 2008

Maddison's Baptism

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Same invite but different colours. I made a bright and girlie invitation with focus on the gorgeous photo of Maddison, looking like she is in deep thoughts...

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

A Hens and a Bucks....

Jenny's Hen

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The brief was to create two invitations for the couple, one very feminine and the other very masculine. I also had to ensure I was highlighting the couple's personal taste and preferences so that it would be easily recognisable by their friends: Jenny loves shoes, and Michael loves cigars. While the invitations were made to look significantly different, they still wanted a similar style. The gradient background, the body-text type, and the vector graphics became the common ground for the designs.

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Katie's 21st- a day of splendour

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You are young, feminine, love to dress up and you're about to turn 21. What more does an invite need than flirty pink with a touch of glamour and street-smart attitude? I hope you have the most perfect birthday, Katie!

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Rock-chic for a rock chick!

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Mellie is turning 30 and she's doing it in style! I looked at rock concert posters and flyers to get a suitable look for her invites, as she wanted something funky. I know she likes her music, so I created a bold, rock-styled card with her photo in the background.

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Trains for Cooper

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Cooper's mum wanted to make a train-cake, so she wanted a train on the invitation. She gave me a couple of photos, and as he wasn't giving his best smiles, I had to tweak it in Photoshop- the result was a cheeky little smile after all. The result is a fun and bright card and a very cheeky little man!

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A gorgeous girl turns 1

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Maddalyn is a beautiful girl, and I stuck to a simple, girlie creation so that the design wouldn't steal the limelight from the beautiful photo.

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An old larrikin turns 90

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Well done to Stewart for making it to 90- what an amazing effort! I was given a bunch of photos from his grand-daughter, and each and every single one showed a man with a great sense of fun! That's probably the secret to a long and happy life? In the end they chose the top invite, with a "classic" Stewart-moment caught on film.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Beautiful Ruby says thanks...

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A simply thank-you card for Ruby after her baptism. How beautiful is she?

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Monday, June 2, 2008

Cherry and her cherry-blossoms

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Cheryl was born in Japan and was named after the cherry-blossoms there. Everyone calls her Cherry. My client wanted a 60th-invite to reflect this somehow.

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Sunday, June 1, 2008

My first corporate job

WineTourBlog

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My former employer is arranging a winery-tour for the staff, and I got to design the invitations. It was the first time I had to follow a creative brief, and I felt very nervous, but thankfully the creativity kept flowing and they approved (and loved!) the top one.

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Janine's email-wedding invitation

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My good friend Janine had a second wedding-celebration in London, and wanted an email-invite suitable for an upbeat, classy cocktail-event.

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David's 40th Birthday

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David email invite