sneak peek into junneth and lou's invites

tried my hand at quilling to make extra special invites. can you spot the hidden mickey? 

Chad and Hi-C Save-the-Date

hi everyone. it's been a long time since i posted a save-the-date. I give this out for free, but only if i have sufficient time. So for everyone wanting to avail, please please book early. 6 months is just enough time.  LOL.  Hi-C is the perfect client. booked us a year in advance. Will post pics of their dreamy snowy invites soon.

Sweet and Alvin

Meeting with Sweet waas serendipity. I get a client, a friend, and a marketing specialist. LOL. Seriously, this project is really special. Midway, I had to fly out again and had to entrust this to my fishlings. I guess, I am always blessed to meet pleasant people, and that makes the stress go away. Sweet was so gracious, that even with just email correspondence, we worked this out magically. Maybe she and Alvin had a lot of practice since she's from Manila, and he's from Canada. Haha! Well, our long distance relationship did also prove to be successful, and Sweet and Alvin got their sugary sweet invitations on time.

envelope by the amazing paper-folding super mummy, Yoshie, quirky buntings hand-made by the lovely bride, Sweet herself,  and photo by Erron Ocampo.

I don't have the files here, but if you want to see the whole invite, please visit Alvin and Sweet's blog.

dean and jehan

 jehan wanted shabby chic and was so full of wonderful ideas. it was great and funny and crazy at the same time. almost ran out of time because it took us along time to settle for this bi-fold after so many also nice prototypes. blame my day job for sending me out of the country suddenly. but of course, nothing will stop me from delivering on time, not even distance.

cover art

a closer look

got this neat set of embossing stencils from germany.  am getting more on february. but for orders for more than a hundred, this needs time to make as we do it by hand.

 jehan and dean's invites are the first ones with the TGFP logo =)

i have a new addition to TGFP, my pretty niece Kim, is now my apprentice. she'll brave the traffic just to do the deliveries, too. LOL. She's also in charge of the other stuff that we do. here's a teaser:

dean and jehan and their faux plaster baroque frames

yup, i have minions who make props. will post photos of those soon. haha. my old highschool students have started working on teeny projects like this.

Chloe is turning 18!

i love Chloe's fabric envelopes. i love how they look and how they feel. my envelope maker rocks! she was 

stressed like crazy, but she rules. LOL. 

Chloe wanted something like VIP access to the backstage of a fashion show. and it has got to be french( haha, her second name is France). Here's what TGFP came up with. 

 

Shelah and Ivan vintage retro disco yeah!

Shelah wanted retro and disco and i love prints. we make a good team! but ivan is marrying her, and i'll settle for cardamom. LOL. this project was a breeze, but we had to hold our breath because philpost snail mail almost didn't make it on time to sweden. anyway, i hope you love this one. credits to the guy who made the patterns. in the future, i'll make my patterns, too. was just really busy these past few months.

stole the next photo from FB, this is the other side of the envelope. love the stamps and shelah's handwriting.

lyn and brian

japanese kitsch. as inspired by yoshitomo nara. for lyn and brian. had to blur some details, though. don't want anyone gate-crashing.

chrissele and carlo

i finished painting and processing the artwork in a 3 days i think. the monogram, now that took a long time. i did a couple of designs, but they didn't fit carlo and chrissele's personality. chrissele spent hours here working on her monogram. haha. here's what we came up with:

getting this printed this weekend. i'm excited!

Mira and Godie

around the same time i was working on lanie and ryan's invite, i received an email from mira. mira is based abroad and i was also moving from one city to another, so we just corresponded through email. this invite was both fun and challenging. i had to completely scrap out the first cover art as i felt that mira deserves something more colorful considering her bubbly and friendly personality. mira had the invites printed at SG. TGFP only provided the art.

the cover art for a bear-y special couple. tamis!

and the rsvp and map page. i love the map. haha

thanks to mira for providing the images. good luck on your wedding day!

Lanie and Ryan

hello! i really love my printers. they keep saving my life ( i was going to say ass, but you don't say ass in wedding blogs, right?). anyway, here is lanie and ryan's invite. i didn't post the inside as we don't want anyone to gatecrash, do we? i love love the printing. love it. love love it.

here's the design for the invitation cover art.

and what it looks printed. this invitation type consists of a card-type cover art with both sides in full color, 2 sheets of parchment inserts, and an envelope. (prices start at Php 85)

this project was completed while i was still suffering from jet lag from 4 different timezones. haha! i was really happy with lanie and ryan's feedback. only good words. lanie was so excited and already wanted to give them out the day i delivered the invites. haha! makes my heart feel good.

anna and roddy's final draft

This was quite challenging for me. Anna is very much into the arts and its different schools. From abstract impressionism to conceptual art, the fine arts to architectural inspiration, nosebleed! I spent a lot of sleepless nights thinking about this one. i was even going to use plaster and wires on this one. Ang Bog was MIA the whole time!

I finally was able to corner Bog and discussed this with him. I told him about the influences and the colors(daffy blue and oyster gray etc.) and my dilemma. And he goes, "Ano ba, Tita. Make it like a blueprint". Ah... yes, of course. Silly me, growing up with my dada, an engineer, and rolls of blueprints around the house. Why didn't I think of that.

Here it is:

Was able to email all the files to Anna tonight.

"We're good, we're good!:) It's perfect!:) Thank you so much again, Abba!:)"
--Anna

Lol. We are grateful.

Tin and KC's invites next.

Tin and KC

first draft of the cover page for my most kiligin client, Tin. LOL. Love this girl to bits.

the front




the back


gotta do a coupla more revisions and we're all set.

currently working on anna and roddy's. will finish that by wednesday.

mark rothko

hey. last year, my friend, yoshi, got married. i tried to offer my services to her, but she was really looney and floatey before she got married. too bad this never got the chance to get printed on paper, and worse, we had to run around glorietta and sm to get the misalettes ready the morning before the wedding. this is inspired by one of my favorite artists, mark rothko. i love minimalism.

bim + gen

hey, kids! here are the photos of the cover of bim and gen's invites. gen was really meticulous and noticed all the details. we had to make a coupla revisions and this is what came out. bim, on the other hand, just loves me to bits. never noticed nothing. haha. i bet he had a crush on me before gen got hold of him. haha! all other details will be printed on loose leaves but we still have to decide on the paper.

enjoy!

the outside:

and the inside:

gonna post a coupla samples next week. see you then!