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.

flying for now =)

Hi! it is that time of the year when i will be away most of the time. please drop me an email for inquiries.

see you again soon!

love, 

Abba

carlo and chrissele pre-nup project

somewhere between lying on the sofa and drinking beer and wedding prep errands, chrissele announced that her pre-nup shoot will just be done in a studio. she is one of my boring friends, meaning, her taste is definitely not as colorful as mine (she actually knows that i think she is boring! hehehe!) she prefers the simplest of things, but still she asked for my opinions and suggestions on what the concept should be. we decided on echoing images that will be consistent during their wedding. simple da vah??LOL. 

see that painting on the 2nd photo? here it is again. and there were 2 of them chubby birds, but i didn't get the photo! boo!  haha! 

credits go to my goldfishlings, Kim, Joey, and company.

they may be nice, but they eat too much pancit canton!

we have no standard rates for projects like these, but we can talk about it. please let us know at least a month and a week (2 months is really good,too) in advance so we can discuss ideas, budgets, prices, and have enough time to actually work. my minions can get very busy, so right now we can't do rush jobs. =)

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.