01 September 2009

early registration?

As a side project, I'm designing the wedding programs for one of my friends at MIT. I was just poking around theknot.com, looking at some examples for bursts of inspiration, but after a few minutes just about every other page was encouraging me to register for a free account on the website.

This made me snort, but then I stopped and thought about it. It occurred to me that, if I registered, I would pretty much be labeling myself as a would-be bride, when that's clearly far from the case. (Really reee-ally far.) But I suppose it's true that, over even just the last year or so, I've become so saturated with wedding culture. My friend Kaitlyn once remarked that I might have been to more weddings than any of her friends - this came after she asked for design advice and lead into a lengthier discussion on how not to have a boring wedding. (More on that later.)

Oh, funny... Although I can't help but think to myself, "Hm...I like that, don't like that, like that..." when I observe or see various things at different weddings, it's probably best to lay most of that thinking aside. The proper time will come when it's my turn - but until then, I'm content to play a small part in my friends' happiness, even if it's in a graphic sort of way.

Anyways, as I work on my current project (part of my "moonlighting" after the vault during the day, I guess), here's a mini snapshot of the programs I designed for my lovely college friend Jackie, who got married just a couple weeks ago and is now Mrs. Vary (!!!):






[note: the image quality here isn't very good - I'm not sure why it is, since the original files are fine, but it gives a picture.]

4 comments:

  1. these are such gorgeous wedding programs!!!

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  2. oh my goodness, these are really beautiful. the color scheme, the flowers, the layout, the fonts.. everything looks perfect.. i'm so impressed!! watch out, i'll be coming to you for all of my graphic arts needs!! hehe :)

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  3. very nice wedding stuff! did u draw/make those flowers yourself?

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  4. We're praying for a mature Mr. Right to sweep you off your feet. When the time comes, you'll have a nephew who will be proud to serve as your ring boy :)

    Your protective brother and sister,
    Abe and Jenny

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