fair winds to ye, jarma & justin!

AVAST!!! PIRATES!!! ;) remember these incredibly fun invitations? and how they were starting to take shape here?

well, me hearties, after getting aged and burned with a musket ball sized hole to boot, they've been set free to their eagerly awaiting bride and groom! .. and have SINCE made their way farther out to sea to the honored guests, sealed with blood red wax & stamped with the jolly roger!

i sat here for a solid while trying to write something clever in pirate-speak, but it wasn't doing the job (matey). so, in plain ol' english: jarma and justin, it was awesome getting to work with you on your invitation project! i had such a fantastical time with this :). thank you for planning outside the box, and letting me come along for the ride!

godspeed to ye both!!

totally piratical, matey

i can't say that i've ever had the pleasure of putting together pirate themed invitations before, but thanks to jarma and justin... i am working towards crossing that off my "been there, done that" list!

they're an awesome couple from northern california, who truly put the capital "A" in awesome. and true to their nature, they are planning this fantastical pirate wedding on the high seas, with a hearty party to follow, with grub and grog a'plenty.

so how does one create an invitation that would do all of this the proper justice? well... a 17th century nautical map didn't hurt so i started there and just let my imagination run.

the set would be simple, a printed gatefold that would emulate a pirate map, with an rsvp postcard nestled inside, all aged and wrapped together with a wax seal... or.. at least that's where we are at the moment. who knows what the rest of the creative process will bring :).