I've been knee-deep in a few projects, making it tough to post more often. I wanted to share the few things I've been working on the past couple weeks, and hopefully this week I'll also have another "I Love You, California" post for y'all. I have a few in the hopper, who knew there were so many amazing things to do with your babes, toddlers and chilluns in the Bay Area?
First, I've been working on a website and branding for my parents, the beekeepers at
River Road Honey Farm. They started out in 2005 with just a few hives, and 7 years later it's a whole operation! I love simple, clean and charming websites, so this was a really fun one to be working on. It's not done yet, I'm hoping it will wrap up this week.
I've also been working on a wedding album for my dear friend Sara. She got married in Hawaii in April, and I've been creating a super special album for her. I love wedding albums, don't you? It brings back memories of looking through my grandparents album and thinking about how young and chic they were. I know many people forgo the album these days, but to me it's a tangible and beautiful artifact of your wedding day to share for generations.
This is my favorite page from the album. The bride is seriously cool and a indie music lover. She is genuine, funny and unique, and I wanted to create something that reflected her personality. I create all my albums without templates, using only the photos and story of the day to inspire an album that is absolutely personal. For this layout, I was inspired by an album that won
WPPI’s Wedding Album of the Year in 2012. The photographer Jerry Ghoinis said about it "I thought I would take a risk and create a polaroid collage creating a
sense of movement in each spread. It makes a 2D image almost appear 3D.
It was like creating a puzzle from the inside out with no knowledge of
the final image." Amazing. This page is a collage created from five different images of their sky lantern send off. It was the most fun I've had on a project recently, I felt like I was in the zone creatively speaking and so thrilled about the final result. I LOVE a good puzzle!
Anyway, that's what I've been up to lately. Hope your weekend was as motivating as mine was. Happy Monday everyone!
