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5/15/2013

EVD Shop Announcement

After Friday, I will only be accepting a few projects and shutting down shop for a little while.

For my followers that don't know, my husband and I are expecting our first baby in about a month!

I promise to return soon and, as always, I really appreciate your business, love and support!

8/19/2012

It feels like Christmas morning!

For the last 6 years, I've been dreaming of one day owning my own letterpress machine. Yesterday was that day.

The secret has been killing me, but yesterday the husband and I drove to Pennsylvania to pick up my gorgeous Golding Pearl #3 circa 1888! She needed a little TLC (restoration), but now she's perfect! And I'm in love!

She may look little, but she's heavy! We borrowed the muscles of a sweet friend to get her to her new home. Thanks, Zane!

I've been printing on a Vandercook press for the last 2 years, so I'll need to get some practice on sweet Pearl before I can take any new orders. Stay tuned!

8/05/2010

"evince design gets personal"

Thanks to Greetings, Inc. Magazine for the recent write up on our custom notepads!

read the article here

let there be cake!

I recently designed a cowboy invitation for a Toy Story themed birthday party. I was thrilled to see the cake was based on my design!

the invite . . .

cake in progress . . .

AMAZING finished product!

photos + cake by Geoff Gartner

6/30/2010

bite me or team jacob?

Eclipse hits theaters today! (As if you didn't already know.) So in honor of my favorite of the Twilight series coming out today, I've listed 2 cards on Etsy with FREE shipping.

I also wanted to share a few Twilight goodies I've stumbled across.

First up is Shielou. She is an amazing talent! I found her blog a year or so ago and have been marveling at it ever since. She sculpts these tiny little charms, rings, earrings and more. Each one is so detailed and unique! She has created characters from Twilight, Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, and even Doctor Who (my fiancé would appreciate me throwing that one in). Below are just a few of my favorites. Please do visit her blog and Etsy shop to see them all.

Come on! How awesome is this!?!

Photo credit: http://shielou.blogspot.com/

I love this little Jacob wolf curled up next to Bella!

Photo credit: http://shielou.blogspot.com/

This might be my favorite. These little guys look just like Emmett and Rosalie!

Photo credit: http://shielou.blogspot.com/

Spot on with Jasper and Alice too!

Photo credit: http://shielou.blogspot.com/

Cute little Harry Potter gang

Photo credit: http://shielou.blogspot.com/

Mad Hatter

Photo credit: http://www.etsy.com/shop/shielou

Next is Chibi's Charms. I stumbled across Chibi's Charms on Etsy earlier today and couldn't get over this AWESOME Jacob charm (SOLD). It was sculpted by hand and distressed to look like real wood. It's exactly the image I had in my head of the little wooden charm Jacob gives Bella in Eclipse!

Chibi Charms also has an adorable Edward and Bella bracelet currently has for sale on Etsy (see below).

Photo credit: http://www.etsy.com/shop/stevoluvmunchkin

Lastly, I found this great handmade stamp on Etsy by Dragonflycurls. Very clever! Check out the rest of their shop for other great stamps.

Photo credit: http://www.etsy.com/shop/dragonflycurls

So . . . Bite me or Team Jacob? Which one are you?

6/29/2010

14 dresses

Have you seen the movie '27 Dresses'? If you're female, I know you have! It's one of those ubber chick flicks that wraps up the ending in a big fat bow. Though I usually don't like such predictable movies, this storyline really struck a cord with me (and was surprisingly good!). For those of you that haven't seen the movie, Katherine Heigl's character, Jane, has been in 27 weddings and therefore has 27 bridesmaids dresses. Some pretty . . . some not so pretty.

So you probably already know that I've been designing custom wedding invitations for about 5 years now. But what you may not know is that, much like Jane, I've also been in my fair share of weddings . . . 14 to be exact. (Now you see why a cord was struck, right?) I know being in 14 weddings sounds somewhat ridiculous, but I'm from a huge Italian family and got started young!

(my first custom wedding design)

Well I'm thrilled to let you all know that after designing countless wedding invitations for other people and wearing 14 dresses, I'll be putting on my 15th dress in the spring of 2011. On our 5 year anniversary of meeting, Ben asked me to marry to him!

Always a bridesmaid . . . and 14 dresses later, a bride.

6/15/2010

crawfish time!

I was recently asked to design a crawfish boil / man-shower invite. We called it a "Fill the Pot" shower! I really love the way it turned out . . . crawfish and beer anyone?

Contact me for pricing and availability.

6/14/2010

total wellness

New logo design for a wonderfully sweet and talented client. Website and blog to follow.

4/15/2010

excitement or nerves??

One month from today, I will be in New York City debuting Evince Design at the National Stationery Show. That's a sentence I've been hoping to say for many years now. I'm just not sure if the pain in my stomach is excitement or nerves. I'll do my best to blog about the show while I'm there. If you are attending the show, please stop by the booth!

2/14/2010

love letters + tulips

Valentine's Day has arrived yet again. Though I love big bouquets of flowers (what girl dosen't!) and beautifully printed cards (well of course!), this year I found myself constantly thinking of how Valentine's Day USED to be. You know . . . hand cut construction paper . . . heart shaped paper doilies . . . elementary school valentine boxes made from empty tissue boxes . . . handwritten love letters . . . or, even better, typewriter typed love letters.
This year I offered a special "love letter" service with my Valentine's Day cards. The desired card had a custom "typed" love letter as the inside greeting. The card was then tied up with red and white baker's twine before being stuffed in a matching red envelope. The envelope was then "type" addressed with a little "don't open till Feb. 14" message, stamped using a current USPS Love Stamp and mailed off just in time for V-day.

Since my boyfriend watched me do these sweet love letters, I had to come up with a different plan for him. Knowing that I'm going to be screen printing a wedding invitation in a month or so with my Gocco, I had the perfect excuse for practicing! (I've only used my Gocco a couple of times, and it definitely takes practice!) In exchange for my simple little Gocco "be mine" card, my sweet boyfriend (who really hates Valentine's Day) brought me tulips along with a card. I love tulips! But the card . . . 4 simple printed words along with his own handwritten "love letter." What a perfect, perfect gift. <3