HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

I think Valentine's day is such a lovely day.  So far mine in particular has been pretty delightful.  Lately I have been quite busy (not complaining!) so I wasn't able to do as much as I wanted to, but I did squeeze in a few projects for some of the wonderful people that I love.  This year my husband and I are celebrating our first married Valentine's Day so I wanted to do something extra special for him.  I decided to letter the e.e. cummings poem that we read at our wedding and have it printed for him.  Here is a smaller version of the poster:  

I also did a few smaller valentines to send through regular old snail mail (which is my absolute favorite...I mean who doesn't love getting mail?!)  I found a pack of beautiful Rifle Paper Co. postcards so I just spiced them up a little with some lettering and some vintage postage.  I only had a handful, so if you didn't get one it doesn't mean I don't love you.  

My last fun Valentine's project was something for my good friend Kelly.  This year instead of sending out a Christmas card, she and her husband Seth decided to send out Valentine's cards to all of their friends and family (how flipping cute!).  She asked me to letter a verse for them to put on their card and of course I happily obliged.  

That's all for now.  Happy Valentine's Day to all!

{Spotlight}

Today I am ridiculously excited because the ladies of Sweetgrass Social in Charleston S.C. featured Hardink on their blog...Check out the post here!  Huge thanks to Meredith and Jacqueline who are exceptionally talented and always a pleasure to work with.  If you're a bride getting married in Charleston you should do yourself a favor and check out their work!

Tis the Season

Don't you just love that quote?! It makes me feel like Christmas, which I need, because I haven't been feeling like Christmas is actually here.  In reality it's not only here, it's coming in full force.  I've done some pretty fun holiday projects over the last few weeks.  A few Christmas cards (including my own!) which I look forward to showing you pictures of in the coming weeks.  But for now I'm focusing on something that I've been working on that I happen to love...and that's Christmas tags!  I love paper in general, and wrapping paper is no exception, but sometimes I feel like it needs a little something extra.  Here is my solution to that problem...

I love the plain ones to keep around the house and use on gifts here and there, but I happen to think the personalized ones are awesome for delivering gifts to friends.  I love tying them around the neck of a bottle of wine or around a jar of something that you're giving friends as a Christmas gift.  I just think they pop and bring something extra to a gift.  I guess I'm a little partial though?

I'm getting more and more excited about showing off some amazing holiday cards, but I don't want to give them away until I know they've all been sent out.  So until then you'll just have to wait!