Adventure Save the Dates

For: Alexi and Charles
Occasion: Save the Dates

Charles asked me to do the Save the Dates for their wedding, and luckily for me, they are having a rustic chic (pardon the term) Colorado wedding, which happens to be among my favorite genres. After a few tries with succulents and other ideas, we ended up going with some AWESOME mountains. (Look at that line detail!) We printed them on kraft paper, and there's subtle purple and teal in the lettering, and they just look really neat. 

And, I'm about to start their wedding invitations, and I could not be more excited (sit tight for some watercolor aspens, y'all). 

Cake Stand Birthday

For: Jamie
Occasion: her birthday

Jamie is a fantastic baker (see her card from 2011 attesting to the fact), and it'd been a while since I featured a baking card for her, so here we are! This card looks so neat, and the cake itself is so fantastical (I mean really, what's going on there--purple fondant with strawberry topping?!). I particularly love the subtleties of the cake dome and how this card looks like a comic.
I hope Jamie had a wonderful day and is enjoying life up in Minnesota!

Happy Llama Birthday

For: Christy-Twin
Occasion: her birthday

Lately, whenever I see a picture of a happy llama (which comes up  more often than you might think), I think of The Twin. Something about the unbridled happiness speaks Twin to me. I mean, look at this happy guy! I love the twin oh-so-much, and am so happy we got to celebrate our birthday together, hiking and baking and being generally twin-ly. She's the very best friend you could ever ask to spend the whole of your life with! Here's to another trip around the sun.

Beach Birthday

For: Bridget
Occasion: her birthday

For Bridget's birthday card, I drew a beach scene to help her celebrate her birthday (and say, "Bon Voyage!" to summer). I really like how this card came out, and particularly the palm tree leaves. I hope Bridge had a great day an d is looking forward to the fall.

Watch Birthday

For: Uncle Greg
Occasion: his birthday

I was looking at the clock in my office, and (as I am often thinking about birthday cards) I realized that the numbers on the clock equal the numbers in "Happy Birthday," if you use the 2 space as the Y in both happy and birthday, which you can sort of do design-wise. Anyhow, all these musings lead me to the Happy Birthday watch! The time points to 9:12, with 9/12 being Uncle Greg's birth date, so you can see how clever I really am.
I hope Uncle Greg had a great day and is looking forward to another wonderful year!

Spin it Birthday

For: Michael
Occasion: his birthday

Mike is hilarious in a lot of ways, and one of his very favorite jokes is to pick up anything and spin it in his hand while saying "watch me spin it!" This has resulted in a number of dropped objects, and some minor bangs and bruises besides. This year for his birthday card, I decided to feature the joke in his birthday card: the rest explains itself.
I love Mike so much, and had a lot of fun celebrating his birthday with him this year!

Seattle Rainy Birthday

For: Sarah Sot
Occasion: her birthday

Sarah lives in Seattle, which is one of my favorite cities in all the world. It rains there a bit, and since Sarah is one of my favorite people in all the world, I featured her cute little head using an umbrella to shield herself from the very happy rain. I love and miss Sarah so much and hope this year brings her all kind of joy!

Flower Wedding

For: Julie and Matt

Occasion: their wedding

For Julie and Matt's wedding card, I used some elaborate line work to create flower petals that I then embellished with watercolors in blues. From what I had heard from Ames about the wedding plans, I thought this fit the theme nicely. I'm sorry to have missed the wedding, but saw the pictures and all looked lovely and happy! I hope they have a long life of happiness together. 

Table Birthday

For: Uncle Joel
Occasion: his birthday

For Uncle Joel's card, I had some fun making an aerial view of someone writing a birthday note at the breakfast table. Uncle Joel is a literary type, and I imagine he spends most mornings this way (or, perhaps more accurately, I imagine he would like to). The design is such a fun idea, and I hope to adapt it to other concepts in the future. Stay tuned!

T-shirt Birthday

For: Jimmy
Occasion: his birthday

While searching for ideas for Jimmy's birthday card, I saw a picture of Drake wearing a t-shirt with a picture of his own face on it. It tickled my fancy, and I thought Jimmy might like a picture of himself wearing of a t-shirt of himself that says "It's Jimmy!" Because really, why not?
I hope he had a great day and is enjoying being a dad!

Feel The Bern Birthday

For: Bernie Sanders
Occassion: his birthday

I'm a big fan of Bernie Sanders's policies, and feel like if he were president, my job as a social worker would be a lot easier (or just not so impossibly difficult). To show my appreciation, I created this birthday card to send to the Vermont fundraising office (with a 5 dollar bill in tow!). It features the iconic Einstein hair and a birthday cake with 16 candles on it. 

If you want to donate to the campaign, consider going here or here.