Twin Ravens Press

For the last couple of months, Steve and I have been working with an amazing printer to design our save-the-dates. Her name is Kristin and she owns and operates Twin Ravens Press, in Eugene, Oregon. I found her through weddingbee.com, a wedding blog and forum site, where one of the "bees" was gushing about how much she loved the stationery Kristin designed for her.

Kristin gave me permission to share with you some of my favorites of her designs. Enjoy!

Look at these cheerful little birds--aren't they so cute? I like that the one on the bottom left just pulled out of a loop--he is obviously having a good day.




Okay, when I saw this set of bar mitzvah invitations that Kristin created, I wanted to change our whole wedding theme to "brown-and-chartreuse-platypus." These are so dang cute.



Aaahh! Look at that little guy! I think he's adorable.





Click on this picture so you can zoom in on it close--you can really see how awesome the look and feel of letterpress printing is. It doesn't really matter what color or font you use, when it is printed using a letter press, it is so beautiful.





Here is another close-up. I also like the pale blue and kelly green color combination, and the hydrangea motif. It reminds me of all the pretty hydrangeas around Seattle in the summer time.





Check out these cute response cards. Instead of listing out the meal options, this one uses pictures. I kind of want the veggie option, it looks fresh! Also, click on this one so you can see it up close and notice the diagonal stripes. This part of the design is blind embossed, which means that there was an impression made, but no ink was used. I like that it adds some subtle texture to the design. We're planning to utilize this technique in our design, too.





I love these round menus!



It would be cool to put these on the center of a round plate, and instead of folding up the napkin on top of the plate or next to it, you could fold it the long way and tuck it underneath the plate so that it drapes down off the edge of the table, like these:


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I also love, love, love these "LOVE" coasters (sorry for the free-flowing love--I just wanted to express my true feelings).





These maps are so awesome! They were included as part of an invitation "booklet" for one of Kristin's couples for their wedding. The map was drawn by artist Crystal Kluge of Tart Workshop. Kristin printed the pages of the booklet on this awesome paper, it's 100% cotton recycled paper that is embedded with wildflower seeds, by Porridge Papers. If you plant the paper, it will sprout wildflowers!

The next four designs are ones that I found on Twin Raven's profile on Etsy, which is sort of like an online store. Check it out here.

This little frog is really cute--I like his googly eyes.

I love sushi, so I could not resist this one.

I also like this Valentine with the elephant blowing pink heart bubbles--it reminds me of that one scene in Dumbo when the elephant gets drunk in the tub and blows all those different bubble shapes with his trunk. I love that movie!

And last but not least, this little love card with an alien performing a heart-shaped maneuver. Cute!

Really, for me, everything looks better with letterpress printing, especially when it's a really crisp, deep impression.

Which of Kristin's designs are your favorites? Do you think we should switch our theme to "partying platypus"?