mother’s day is just a month away! send mom your thank you’s, i love you’s, and you’re amazing thoughts with my hand embroidered cards.
母の日まで後1ヶ月。母にありがとう、大好きだよ、最高だよ、の想いをカードに載せて贈ってみてはいかがでしょうか?
#tbt #fbf past wedding item post time! this time is about a simple and natural wedding program. i actually made these for my friend’s wedding. we went to the store together and she selected brown craft paper for the base and banana leaf printing paper. the banana leaf paper is really wonderful visually (the texture!) and ecologically–apparently, for each banana tree, after bananas are harvested, the trees/leaves go to waste (i just learned this recently, from a Panasonic “Eco-Navi” video on the train!)
same as my previous #fbf post, this program was also created on a spreadsheet application and printed at home. i’ve also introduced this program on an earlier blog post, talking about my favorite fonts, “helvetica neue ultra light”.
#tbt #fbf past wedding item post time! this week i bring to you, tulle veiled wedding programs. in continuance with the black and white series, this is one of the day-of paper items. one of the easiest to make, but sweetest programs. if you’re doing a d.i.y. wedding, and are in that last minute wedding crunch, i recommend these! i’ll post a d.i.y. of this soon.
a lot of the wedding items i make are printed professionally, which needs to be planned ahead of time. sometimes, if i’m overseas helping with friends’ or family’s weddings, i don’t always have this time or the resources. i used a spreadsheet application to type and print out the text. instead of using a normal computer paper, i used printable japanese washi (traditional japanese paper in which fibers stay in tact and are visible on the surface) paper. as this program is bound by ribbon, any amount of pages can be added.
#tbt #fbf past wedding item post time! today i bring to you, a tri-fold wedding dress and tuxedo invitation. if you look closely, you’ll see a tuxedo detail on the right fold, a dress/skirt shaped pocket on the left fold. it’s actually the continuation to the polaroid save the date from last week, and the “polaroid” photos are incorporated into the contents.
#tbt #fbf の過去のウェディングアイテムをご紹介デーです!今日は、三つ折りウェディングドレス/タキシード風招待状です。よく見ると、ベージュの部分の端にタキシード、黒い部分にはスカートの形のポケット。この招待状は、先週のポラロイド風の save the date の続きになるので、引き続き写真がデザインポイントになっております。
i often like to sew my cards, sometimes by hand, sometimes with a sewing machine. each has it’s own distinct feeling to it.
カードを縫うことが好きで、時々手縫い、時々ミシン縫いを使用します。どちらも独特な雰囲気になります。
in the access card is a skyline which combines both seattle and yokohama, which are memorable locations for the wedding couple.
アクセスカードには街の輪郭(スカイライン)が見えます。これは新郎新婦の思い出の地、アメリカのシアトルと横浜をつなげたものになります。
this was the invitation that brought me into wedding item designs.
この招待状がきっかけにウェディングアイテムのデザイナーになりました。
* this post was originally posted on my tumblr. in january 2015 / こちらのブログは、自身の tumblr. にて1月(2015年)にアップしたものになります。
new year’s resolution.
to better myself, physically, mentally, and career-ly.
last year, i was able to start creating a foundation for my career. this year i will put it into shape.
新年の抱負。
健康、メンタル、仕事のそれぞれの面でより良くなる。
去年は、お仕事の土台作りを進めていました。今年は、それを形にしていこうと思います。
in japan, in place of holiday greeting cards, we send nengajou (new year’s greeting postcard) to friends, family, and clients to arrive on new year’s day. my last job of 2014 was designing a nengajou for a wedding planner friend.
as a designer, there’s jobs where i just can’t think of a great design, and there’s those that i have a genius moment that hits me with the perfect vision. this job was the latter. i was so excited to receive the postcard in the mail. like every one of my paper item designs, my projects aren’t complete until i see the finished product on paper. and especially when they are letterpress, even more excitement.
欧米では、クリスマスを含む宗教的なホリデーが12月に集中します。そこで、11月末の感謝祭を過ぎたら、一斉にホリデーカードが送られます。基本のメッセージは「Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!」と新年の挨拶もそこに含まれるパターンが多いです。日系人の私は、両方の習慣を楽しめることが大好きです。ホリデーカードのデザインと年賀状のデザインがかぶって大忙しですが、どちらも届くのが本当に嬉しいのです。