Font Friday: Appareo
Font Friday is a series of posts showcasing new or interesting fonts that have caught my eye this week. This week it’s the vintage-influenced Appareo, a typeface straight from the pages of an antique...
View ArticleDeco-Inspired on-the-day wedding stationery
A ‘part-two’ post today, with a set of on-the-day wedding stationery and print work following on from previous invitation designs… Occasional visitors to the blog may recall the previously featured Art...
View ArticleClient Work: Angela Ward Brown Brochure
Winchester-based Wedding Photographer Angela Ward Brown (Ange to her friends) recently got in touch asking for help in putting together an eye-catching brochure to send to prospective clients. The...
View ArticleLogo Design: Anna Morgan Photography
More client work on the blog today with a sneak peek of the forthcoming brand redesign for wedding photographer Anna Morgan There’s a lot more to come soon, but I thought it would be good to get a...
View ArticlePrint Design: The Larder House
Another bit of branding and design work on the blog, with a look at the artwork created for the launch of the Dorset-based restaurant’s regular “Folk & Fayre” Artisan market The Larder House has...
View ArticlePrint Design: Oxfords Bakery School of Bread
Oxfords has been baking bread across the South West of England since the start of the last century, so working with them gave the perfect opportunity to really explore some period design The...
View ArticleLogo Design: The Library
An artisanal, craftsman-like approach to drink preparation from head librarian Joel Whitmore and proprietor James Fowler has swiftly positioned The Library as one of the most respected purveyors of...
View ArticleType tips Pt 1: Getting uptight with ligatures, and other OpenType fun
OK, so you’ve got got hold of a fancy new font, and you know there are all sorts of slick and swirly delights hiding within it. But when you try to use it, it all just looks a bit… well… plain. So how...
View ArticleSpringtime New Forest Wedding Invitations
It may be a rainy mid-January day, but today we’re looking forward to a far sunnier springtime with these fold-out invitations! Lisa & Kevin are getting married this spring at Rhinefield House, a...
View ArticleWebsite Design: Anna Morgan Photography, Swashed and Folded
Following on from the branding and logo design work carried out for Anna last year, I’m delighted to be blogging the finished website… Rather than spend time going over the concept behind the rebrand...
View ArticleGlamorous Art Deco Invitations for a London Wedding
A modern take on the Art Deco glamour of 1930s Hollywood with these sleek, sparkling wedding invitations… Samantha and Joe are getting married next year in Hackney Town Hall, one of East London’s...
View ArticleLogo Design: New Forest Studio, Swashed and Folded
Some more client work on the blog today, with a hand-lettered logo and a set of woodsy, organic elements for Hampshire-based photographer Sam Alexander-Pearce at New Forest Studio… Sam got in touch...
View ArticleBranding and Responsive Website Design for Roeder Studios, Inc
A mixture of branding, website design and intensive WordPress templating on the blog today, with a fresh new online prospectus for Laura Roeder’s “Creating Fame” course… Laura Roeder has a compelling...
View ArticleRustic Floral Invitations for a Countryside Wedding
Hand-lettering and a custom map add the finishing touches to these fresh, floral invitations for Hannah & Tom’s farm wedding… Hannah & Tom are getting married later this year on the farm Tom’s...
View ArticleAnniversary Invitations for a 75-Year-Old Business
With branches across Dorset and Hampshire, Wessex Pharmacies will have been a part of their local community for a remarkable 75 years this year… The company is holding an evening event for the people...
View ArticleFolding Book Invitations for a Literary-Themed Wedding
One of the things I enjoy most about working on bespoke invitation designs is the variety… Everyone has something different in mind for their day, and I love the challenge of carrying that across into...
View ArticleVintage-Style Wedding Invitations and an RSVP Website
Ryan & Steph thought a Wedding website would be the ideal way to make it easy for their guests to RSVP and find out more about their day, so we set about creating a fun vintage design that would...
View ArticleSwash and Fold Summertime round-up
It may have been a bit quiet on the blog over the past few weeks, but that doesn’t mean things haven’t been all go, with on-the-day stationery for weddings, brochures, invitations and all sorts of...
View ArticleLogo & Branding: Georgina Harrison Photography
Some new branding work to share with you on the blog today, with a logo and brand overhaul for Yorkshire-based photographer Georgina Harrison… Georgina got in touch looking for an update to her logo,...
View ArticleFont Friday: Ten of the best letterpress, stamped and printed fonts for...
As designers we spend a long time trying to make things look authentic, and nothing says ‘authentic print’ like worn, weathered, irregularly-inked type… We don’t all have access to letter-press...
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