Wedding Invites Final

Now that the wedding invites have officially been sent, it was about time that I posted the final product. The bride-to-be requested that the invites make use of unconventional colors, feature a tattooed pinup girl, and modern in its look. The color scheme was based on a painting at the couples house, and for the modern part, I implemented a font that I had been longing to use in addition to a combination envelope/invite card (an idea borrowed from the gretch). A last minute add on included inserts that had additional wedding information. The pictures to follow are of the actual invite that I was sent. I’m pleased to say that the soon-to-be married couple were happy with the final project.

JC Wedding pt 3

I made further progress on the 2nd fold of the invite and created a full mockup. I’ll make some more adjustments, but I’ll have to wait for the petal envelopes before I do that.

And this has since been revised some, but here’s an update on the graphic

Zoo Animals

This project consists of nine different zoo animals that are folded into 2” square boxes. Since some of the animals have their head or tail extended beyond the normal boundaries of a box, I had to construct a new kind of box template. This template allows the box to function as such despite the extremities.

Featuring full graphic treatment….

… these critters can be used as party favors…

… strung up and hung from ceilings…

… or simply set on a desk to keep everyone and anyone company.

Biz Cards

Now that school’s officially over, I’ve been doing what I can to get a job – applying, visiting studios, etc. Part of this process includes networking, in which a business card plays a big role. For those who already know, I was previously (and still) using a playing card to serve that purpose. However, I’ve taken some time to step up my game and am in the process of making a legit one. Check out the pics – updates will come asap.

Yeah, these are pretty DIY, but better than nothing at all!

Here is the back of my WIP new one

Kirigami: Mandy

Here’s a bday card I made with Steph for her sister Amanda “Mandy”. Word.

Etsy – Relisted

To save me the trouble of dealing with snail mail, I made some changes to my Etsy listing for DIY Animal Cubes. Instead of getting them printed and mailing them out, I’ll just send them as a nifty .pdf package. You print them on whatever you feel like printing them on (60lb cardstock recommended). They’re also recession friendly – $3 bucks! Forgot what they looked like? Here you go:

Zoo Animals: Etsy

I’ve finally done it. I’ve opened an Etsy account and posted my Zoo Animals. Check out the listing here. For $20 (plus shipping), the little Zoo critters exclusive to me is now available for you.

Zoo Animals

Late November, I posted a project titled Zoo Mobile. It started as a project for my Interior Design class, but due to the positive feedback from it, I knew that I would soon have to take this project further (btw, I ended up selling the mobile). Moving forward, I did revisit the project and made some changes including full graphic treatment (all six sides have new graphics), reducing the final size (now 2in square), and making it possible to hold its shape without any additional items. I’m currently working on cut/fold instructions as I intend to put this up on Etsy by Friday. In the meantime, here are pics of the new Zoo Animals.

When selling, they’ll arrive like this

Just enough room to fit small treats and/or a Charmander

See – full graphic treatment, including feet (provided that the animal has feet!)

Family portrait

Kirigami: Stage 2

6 hours. Gross. I hate that it’s taken this long and that I still have to cut it! It looks a little crazy, but I think it might turn out okay. I know arrows are overdone (and a lot of times, done incorrectly), but I’m hoping that this will be an exception.

*update* Son of a beezy. I just cut it out and folded it (took over an hour), and wouldn’t you know it, there are mistakes galore! One step forward, two steps back…

Kirigami: Stage 1

As I mentioned, I’m working on a new kirigami piece, this time, for my brother Ryan. I’ve spent at least 4 hours on this… barf. It doesn’t look like much, but just figuring out how to get this right took forever. There’s still some cleaning up to do, and it’ll be just my luck that it won’t work the first time.

*update* it works, so now I’ll make some support modifications and add some extra flair (looks pretty boring – at least in my eyes)