January 2012
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Resolutions - 2012
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Year 2, and what a year it was.
As I sit here, it’s so hard to remember everything that happened this year with Cucumber Press. So much happened in my life just in general. A lot of big changes and life changing events. And sometimes Cucumber Press fell to the back burner. This has always been my break away from the corporate world in which I actually pulled a paycheck, a...
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New Year, New Endeavors!
Outside of CPS and design I have a secret love affair with taking things that no one wants and renewing them. This is probably a product of my parents buying homes and renovating them, and my mom using old things to give a room character. All my life I have watched and gained a sense of what things COULD BE rather than what they are.
Then I thought, why not share this with everyone? I have...
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Baby G!: A New Year a New Handmade Calendar... →
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
You can win one of our 2012 Calendars over at my lovely friends blog! They are selling like hotcakes again this year and we have a limited number! For a chance to win one, follow Kirby’s directions on her blog, BabyG! Take a read through her writing too! Talk about a gorgeous baby and awesome family!
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While I’m STILL all crazy with moving and catching back up...
December 2011
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Sparrows & Daisies: Life (& Letterpress) Teaches... →
Wrote and posted this months ago on my personal blog. Please enjoy some press eye candy ;)
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I wrote and article for a friend over a year ago about how letterpress had taught me something that I had yet learned in life. Patience.
I am not a patient person by any means. But sometimes I can step back and take a breath and remind myself to…
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I'm Back!
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I took a small-ish leave of absence because so much was getting ready to happen. For starters, I no longer work for the New York Rangers. I relocated my family (Husband, beagles, chubby cat and fish) to Richmond, Virginia where I am continuing Cucumber Press Studio alongside working for a large financial institution on their corporate campus (contractually). It was a good move for...
November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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Website Design - Jen Stevenson Photo
As I mentioned, we spruced up Jen’s website to fit her brand-spanking new identity! We used the fantastic website Wix to whip this pretty page up with ease! My forte has always been print design, and I have dabbled in web design and development before, but lets be honest, we aren’t all made to memorize HTML and ActionScript. I digress.
Check her out! If you know any Florida Families,...
August 2011
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Be Back Soon!
Dearest Friends and Clients, current and future;
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It never seems to amaze me the way life can toss you to and fro, literally shaking your foundation and reminding you how little control you really have in the greater scheme of things. It’s not all bad, either. These are usually the times when our perspectives are aligned properly and things actually have a new beginning....
July 2011
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Clemmons Moravian Youth Ministry :: Logo
We had the great honor of creating a young and modern Youth Ministry logo design for Clemmons Moravian Church in North Carolina!
We will also be putting together some rad posters for a few upcoming events, can’t wait!
June 2011
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Band Logo :: Stephie Coplan & The Pedestrians
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May 2011
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“Hi Brei!
I just wanted to let you know that we got the invites and they are...”
– Happy Bride = Happy Me
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Rebranding - Jen Stevenson Photo
I know I have mentioned Jen before on here and her fantastic family photography. We had the amazing opportunity to rebrand her small photography endeavor and to really push it to the forefront of the local family photography scene in Florida and nationwide.
I have watched Jen’s work bloom and just when I think her work just can’t get any better, it does. She is truly growing and...
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Wedding Invitation Bliss!
They are done! After a longggggg 2 months, these puppies are finished! The bride is happy, the designer is happy, I’m elated!
letterpress // vandercook universal II
blind press + 2 color
custom cut gatefold + decal
RSVP + colored backing
metallic 4bar RSVP envelope + inner a7 envelope
white outer a7 envelope
letterpress return address on back flap
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*Rad Works Studios
As I glide along through my professional career I have had the opportunity to work with fantastic designers. One of them, Lindsay Amerault, worked with me at my current 9-5* but then left us for Bermuda to work for Aardvark Communications as their Senior Designer (I know, so tough, right?)
She’s a fantastic motion graphics designer with the most addictive energy. And here are her business...
Project: Discovering the Spirit of Japan |... →
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If you have a few dollars for a donation to a great cause and to an awesome project, send it this way. I graduated with the artist putting this project together and if there is anyone I know of that can do this project right it’s her. Part of the proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross.
April 2011
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March 2011
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hmmm.... to live in a sketchy porno compound or to... →
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You know when you're a true stationary lover...
I’m now the owner of a 3M Scotch Adhesive Transfer Tape ATG 700 Dispenser and a Martha Stewart scoring board!
me = dork, but happy dork!
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Letterpress Invitations, Part 1
I have to tell ya, being in that letterpress studio is like finding a long lost love. I hadn’t been in the studio since September, I was going through withdrawals. Then came along my wonderful friend Lindsay and her best friend and Bride-to-Be, Dani. Dani is getting married in Virginia this July with an art deco motif. For the first time I wasn’t the designer, Lindsay was. And what a...
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Logo Work :: LAGANZA
My, oh my! We have been incredibly busy the past month, and will be even more so in March! We are so lucky!
Part of what has kept me away (I know, I know….I feel like we have this discussion every 3 months) is the slew of Band artwork coming from Kirby at Everything Independent. Cucumber Press is SO grateful in a way that words simply do not express. Thanks for believing in us :)
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