Our newest wedding invitation suite is inspired by one of our favorite vintage embroidered linens. The combination of pretty flowers and fresh colors feels perfect for a spring or summer wedding that has a rustic, country, handcrafted or vintage theme. To us, this is the daisy of wedding invitations -- timeless, joyful and sweet. Those qualities (and flowers in general) make us think of Joan, so it is named for her.
To learn more about the Joan invitation suite, please drop us a note!
We've been scanning more film from our family archives this week.
All of these are of Palos Verdes, California around 1960. The beautiful church is Wayfarers Chapel. The last photo taken from the car is really neat as well...love seeing all the old cars!
We'll be back with more next week!
We recently debuted the Anna invitation suite that matches our Anna program. This week we created the Anna menu card and Anna thank you note that correspond with the suite. The rustic fonts, vintage linen and whimsical birds and doilies would be lovely for a country wedding in any season. The font and doily colors can be customized to match your weddings colors. If you're interested purchasing this rustic-vintage design for your upcoming wedding or event, contact us here for pricing.
Photo preservation is so cool.
Who doesn't have a box of film slides that has been sitting on the top shelf of a closet for years and years? That dusty container holds precious memories that have been all but forgotten. Many of the people in the images have been gone for at least a generation. Homes, furnishings, cars and gardens look different. Colors and styles have changed.
By preserving these images, we bring the past back to life. Perhaps we realize that so much of what is gone has come back in style again. Perhaps we see something that inspires us. We reconnect with family and friends we haven't seen for decades. For the first time, we "meet" grandparents and great-grandparents who gave us our appearances and personalities. We discover our love for 1960s Cadillacs or mid-century furniture. We decide to work on our posture. We shop for classic clothes that we hope will still look good forty years from now. We turn off the TV and put down our iPhones. We live for today.
Film slides won't last forever. Even if they have been stored in their original boxes in a climate-controlled space, they are very susceptible to fading, dirt and scratches. As someone who considers these images to be priceless, I recommend preserving digital and print versions of every image. From there, make multiple copies, share with family and friends and store at least one copy of the digital files in a fireproof safe.
Last summer, I started preserving our family slides and discovered I had a passion for the process. Gerald & Joan now offers film preservation as one of our service lines, and we'd love to help you preserve your family's images. More importantly, we want to encourage you to get those boxes out of the closet. The memories are much too special to lose forever.
