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.

carlo and chrissele save the date

my lovely friends are getting married. still haven't thought of the complete invite design concept yet. but it's gonna be just a postcard type one with a separate rsvp card and envelope. this is very challenging for me because we've been friends since we were teenagers. i hope i can make them happy. LOL. oh, and i'll be a bridesmaid, of course. i need to diet!

Lanie and Ryan save the date

the last quarter was full of surprises for me. it's been a long time since i had a wedding invitation project(although wedding album layouts were aplenty). first surprise came from lanie. then mira. they contacted me a few days before i flew out for a business trip. imagine the pressure! plus the fact that both girls were getting married in less than 6 months, my, i was on my toes the whole of march! so here is lanie and ryan's Save the Date. i lost the pic for the formal invite so i'll post that one when i get back home (yup,i'm away again for work). lol.

but the thing is, even though i'm always flying out, i never fail to deliver on deadlines. i'm so amazing. haha! chee!

Bim and Gen's Save the Date Cards print outs

vacation :) and anna & roddy's STD cards

hi kids.

i'm going to china on monday, so i'm turning everything over to the lovely Yoshie (my future digital printer/envelope maker/tour guide/consultant) for the next two weeks. been busy with too much vacationing and two active projects. still trying too hard to make the perfect artwork for anna and roddy's formal invitation. in the meantime, here's what i've come up with the STD design. i was supposed to have it silkscreened but my silkscreen team can't figure out where to get the materials. did a sample print using a digital printer on 180 gsm watercolor paper. turned out lovely! will put them inside turquoise and apple green striped transluscent jacket-type envelopes. i hope anna will love them as much as i am loving the simplicity of the design and the kilig of the poem by rainer ma. rilke.

see you in two weeks!

sy-flores update

marijhune decided to go with something like this:

i misjudged her. i thought she was more into cutesy stuff, but turned out she prefers solid and bold colors. haha. Save-the-date cards usually just show names and the date, but due to our bride-to-be's request, i had to include the information.

sy-flores save the date versions 1 and 2

here are the versions that weren't approved, but i think they're worth posting here. the info on these are rather complicated since they will be giving the cards out in palawan, but the wedding will be somewhere south of manila. they just didn't want to confuse their guests.


they look sweet enough to eat.

our very first

hi, everyone!

and for my first entry, the Save the Date card design for my dear friends, Bim and Gen.

let me introduce ourselves. i'm abba and i have a nephew, who is also my partner. his name is vaughn, a.k.a. bog. but he's sleeping now because he has school tomorrow. our relationship is more of like friends than the mentor-student, guru-cricket,or tita-baby boy kind.

so i make the original artwork and bog manipulates them on his really hi-tech computer.

for bim and gen, we are making the invitations, too. i will post that after we get the test print. we'll also do the the place cards and the menu cards.

oh. so there. see you around!

love and kisses,

abba