Custom Announcement

Sample of a baby announcement I

created. All pieces printed on my home

Epson Photo EX 2200 and the edges

hand-torn, scored and folded myself.

Approximately 75 in all.

Custom Announcement

Example of a baby announcement.  I also

took the photographs myself, then

incorporated them into the design/

layout of the baby announcement. Final

piece was reproduced as 6" x 4"

photographic  prints.

Custom Announcement

Example of a baby announcement.  I also

took the photographs myself, then

incorporated them into the design/

layout of the baby announcement. Final

piece was reproduced as 4" x 6"

photographic  prints.

Custom Invitation

Example of a baby shower invitation. On

the left, the assembled piece; on the

right, the individual pieces.

Custom Gift Certificate

Example of a gift certificate in 2003 for

newborn portraits made for a local

photographer, at the request of his

client. Photo taken by local

photographer as an example of his work;

logo designed by me and used in future

branding for his promotional pieces and

on his business cards. I printed,

trimmed, scored/hand-tore the opposing

rag edges and folded this individually-

made gift certificate.

Custom Invitation

Example of custom, hand made (printed,

trimmed, scored and folded) invitations

to a bridal shower (okay, I was the maid

of honor! I had to go all out!). PLEASE

NOTE: ART OF GIRL is taken from STILA

art that I downloaded from the

cosmetics website (http://

www.stilacosmetics.com); they make

downloads available for printing at home

and while I did edit the existing artwork

in Illustrator, this is mainly their image

and I need to give them legal credit,

despite this being a privately mailed

invitation. The other clip art is partially

also from Stila, some of it from my own

clip art library. Inserts consisted of a

card for directions and another for a

recipe card for guests to fill out and

bring with them to the shower. 

Approximately 30 invitations created in

all.

Custom Invitation

Example of a home-made, printed,

trimmed, scored and self-folding (gate/

z-fold) bridal shower invitation.

Approximately 25 invitations sent out.

Custom E-vite Invitation

Example of an “e-vite” invitation for a

friend’s surprise baby shower who was

coming into town (May 2007). All art

(except for the girl; although modified)

designed and drawn by myself using a

Wacom tablet, Illustrator and Photoshop.

Custom Invitation

Example of a custom self-folding

invitation for a 40th birthday party. The

client gave me pictures of the honoree

when he was a boy and I incorporated it

into the theme of the military, which he

loved and was part of.

Custom Valentine's Card

In conjunction with a local

photographer's custom family-photo, I

created this self-folding Valentine's Day

card "mailer". The local dentist has a fun

family of 4 kids, and every couple of

years they like to send a Valentine's card

to their patients. Also included was a

vellum overlay with a printed message.

Clients sealed the card with a wax-

impression stamp before mailing.

Custom Christmas Card

Example of a custom Christmas card

from 2003; I printed these 2-sided

cards, and scored and folded them

myself. About 60 cards printed in all.

Custom Invitation

Example of a custom invitation (2-sided)

for 17-year old twin girls’ high-school

graduation party (by invite-only) at a

club in LA, CA. I was given direction

from my client that their favorite colors

were pink and silver, and the party was

to be black-and-white attire only. I took

photographs of the twins given to me

by my client and posterized them as

seen here for a more stylish twist.

Guests were required to bring the

invites, hence creating the final look

similar to an old-school “ticket”. Color-

laser printed on Kromekote paper stock.

Custom Card

Sample of a hand-made condolence card

for a friend who lost a close relative.

Laser-printed and affixed to card-stock.

Memorial Program

Example of a memorial program I

created; the family was of Irish heritage,

so the theme for the program circled

around that, and on the back, artwork of

a claddagh with the term: Loyalty, Love,

Friendship. The picture on the front was

taken from a small digital snapshot, and

she was somewhat behind another

person, so I retouched out and recreated

part of her shoulder and hair, then added

a vignette to minimize any distractions

in the image. Celtic-style font used in

the program; professionally printed and

scored/folded.

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