Tuesday, October 13, 2009

pulling the trigger

i had a very productive wedding planning weekend. i gocco'd our save the dates with only a few tears for fear of inadequacy...i'm pretty proud of them and more importantly mike likes them a lot. what i fear might be viewed as amateur he thinks is authentic, and really handmade is exactly what the initial goal was way back when. for all first time gocco users, be prepared to freak out and think you did it wrong and then burn a second screen and think you did it wrong again until you try to print it and realize it was fine in the first place. at least that was my experience. the original paper stuck to the screen in some places and the ink from the photocopy hung on much more than i expected - but don't freak out. It probably worked, and remember if you wanted it to look perfect you would have used your inkjet printer in the first place.
here they are, thoughts? (if you say anything other than they are great i will of course cry)

ps. i also did flowers arrangement trials this weekend, i know holy productive, i'll talk about that some more when i get a hold of the photos.

6 comments:

  1. These are awesome! That design is so cool. I love gocco, but I cringe with diy because of everything you said above.

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  2. thanks buhdoop, I have to admit i never accounted for all of the pressure to perform that DIY puts on you (or that I put on myself)i need a good long break before putting myself out there again, like until spring!

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  3. Wow, those look amazing! I agree, the variation in the ink looks really great and authentic, not amateurish in the least. The design is really gorgeous, it looks like updated art nouveau to me. The different fonts all work really nicely together, beautiful work!

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  4. those are gorgeous! I love the colour, and the faded vintage look of them, which yes, does make them look authentic!

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  5. These are TOO FREAKIN' RAD. I love them to bits. Great job!

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  6. I love the use of different fonts. I'm gonna try that when I make ours. Thanks for the idea!

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