Thursday, 1 July 2010

Joyous June



Here we are in June and I'm completing my second quarter statements...deep joy. I find all this admin very time consuming and I get a bit niggled how much time I devote to the behind the scenes running of my small business. I still remember how naive I was before all this; thinking my days would be spent idolising on my hammock and drawing in my studio. Hmmm. Lucky for me help arrived last month in the form of Mrs Blick. She's an angel sent from heaven and is my new accounts manager. She's brilliant, amazing and if you ever have the pleasure of dealing with her you will love her too.

So, having Hels aboard free's my time up to work on more proofs and I have noticed a little trend cropping up...fuschia and black. I noticed this combination creeping in last year, the year before I worked on many fushia inspired weddings and the year before that black was predominant. Now fuschia and black have met and make for a pretty unusual, utterly stunning combination. I've put a few pieces above for a little inspiration.

You'll notice Rob Ryan has crept into my story board this month. One of my clients loves and worships Mr Ryan and we were able to work together to create her stationery featuring his work. Do email me for more information if you would like the same for your wedding.

Other trends popping through: pattern, pattern, pattern...mainly bold, always contemporary. Gorgeous! I'm also getting different thank you card images and have noticed a lot of your photographers are uber organised with a "thank you" sign. Please see the lovely Chery and Stewart Easton, above. If your photographer doesn't have one of these beautifully scripted signs please do contact me and he can purchase one from us for £8.00 per A3 board, incl P+P.

Two by Two Express has been live for a while now and it's working well. A lot of very dedicated brides are creating some lovely pieces and I'd appreciate if you would send me some pics of your finished work for the gallery. Whilst we are on the subject of online stores; I'm currently chin deep in my greetings cards online store and finishing the products for this. I'll post a link once we are live and I hope you like my designs there as much as you seem to like my wedding work.

Well, over and out for this month. Looking forward to a busy July and August. Do get in touch if you need any stationery help or if you would like to find out more about our work.

Take care
Natalie