Songbird Wedding | Old World Botanical | I Do Sodo 2017
This was our second year participating in I Do Sodo, and it did not disappoint!
We teamed up with Natalie at Ginger Bee Events and an amazing vendor team to turn one of our favorite local wineries, Kerloo Cellars, into an Old World Botanical dream.
Enjoy the beautiful images below from Jonathan Steinberg which bring to life our theme.
xoxo,
Rosie
Venue: Kerloo Cellars | Photography: Jonathan Steinberg | Event Planning + Design: Ginger Bee Events | Stationery + Calligraphy: Songbird Paperie | Floral Design: Gather Design Company | Caterer: City Catering | Vintage Rentals: Vintage Ambiance | Rentals: Pedersen's Event Rentals | Photo Booth: Drunken Pixel | Hair + Makeup: Kelsey Knutson | DJ: Magnolia Rhapsody | Bridal Wear: The Nature of Isa | Lighting: Crimson Haze Event Lighting | Videography: Unified Cinematic | Doughnuts: Mini the Dough-Nut
Songbird Wedding | Jeweled Romance | Weddings in Woodinville 2017
We had so much fun participating in Weddings in Woodinville this year!
Julia at Wedding Wise took the lead in planning our showcase at The Woodhouse Wine Estates. The theme was 'Jeweled Romance' and all of the vendors really stepped up to bring the theme to life!
Blue Rose Photography did an incredible job capturing all of the lovely details. Take a look at the beautiful images for some major wedding inspo!
xoxo,
Rosie
Venue: The Woodhouse Wine Estates | Photography: Blue Rose Photography | Event Planning + Design: Wedding Wise | Paper Goods, Signage + Calligraphy: Songbird Paperie | Floral Design: Seattle Floral Design | Caterer: Twelve Baskets Catering | Vintage Rentals: Fanciful Rentals | Tent + Other Rentals: Grand Event Rentals | Farm Tables: Puget Sound Farm Tables | Photo Booth: Fun Frames Photo Booth | Chocolate Favors: Fran's Chocolates | Cake + Cookie Favors: Lilac Cake Boutique | Hair + Makeup: The Outer Edge Makeup & Hair Artistry | Officiant: Seattle Wedding | DJ: Affairs to Remember Entertainment | Bridal Gowns: Laineemeg Bridal
Current Obsession: White on Black
I can be slightly obsessive when it comes to paper and ink. Just a little bit. Almost as obsessive as I am with things that sparkle (I’ll tell you in a later post why my husband, Mr. Architect, calls me “Barracuda”.).
But right now, what is really catching my eye is white ink on black or other dark colored paper. I’m not talking about digitally – I’m talking about in the flesh!
I can be slightly obsessive when it comes to paper and ink. Just a little bit. Almost as obsessive as I am with things that sparkle (I’ll tell you in a later post why my husband, Mr. Architect, calls me “Barracuda”.).
But right now, what is really catching my eye is white ink on black or other dark colored paper. I’m not talking about digitally – I’m talking about in the flesh! This year for SBP’s (my nickname for this little business) Christmas card line, I went for a hand lettered theme and wrote Christmas sayings on all of my cards in white ink. They’re seriously cute:
It wasn’t until I was looking at my practice paper, which is black, and all the white hand lettered words that I wrote over and over again until they looked just right, did I realize that it’s more than white ink that I’m obsessed with – it’s white over black.
So I made another Christmas card.
This was a last-minute-completely-unplanned-and-not-at-all-discussed-with-my-business-manager (I’ll make intros on a future blog post) Christmas card. It’s one of those designs that hit me over the head at 2:30 in the morning! It’s so much fun:
I may have cheated a little bit and used one of the sayings on my planned Christmas card, but I reeeeeally liked the image it created! Nothing is brighter on black paper than white ink.
White ink is something that you can’t get in the digital world (at least not easily), so you turn to hand lettering/calligraphy, letterpress, embossing, and chalk board art. You can design it digitally, but when your printer prints it out, it’s just *not* printing the white part. To get true white art, you gotta make it yourself.
I was chatting with Mr. Architect about this concept, and he told me “It’s like writing with no color.” I quickly responded, like the smarty-pants I can be, “ACTUALLY, white is the accumulation of ALL colors. Black is the absence of color.” And of course, Mr. Architect is always armed with quick, witty responses: “Yes, but only when the spectrum of light is concerned.”
Oh. Yeah.
White ink is truly beautiful. It beckons you to think outside of the traditional correspondence pieces of white envelopes and black ink, and tempts you with the modern elegance of a dark, used-to-be-rarely used color (in the stationery world), making you become a believer of writing with nothing. It takes your breath away – at least mine. In this trio of envelopes, the white definitely catches your eye:
Looking forward to making more white-on-black hand lettered pieces!
And probably white-on-radiant-orchid, Pantone’s 2014 Color of the Year! I’ll save that for a future blog post. (Okay, I gotta stop with this future blog post business… I am now up to three promised future blog topics!)
May your Christmas be merry and bright white, everyone!
xoxo,
Rosie