There seems to be a lot of wedding-realted stuff occurring lately... I was commissioned to design and print some fine, monogrammed correspondence stationery as a wedding present - the couple's first 'Mr & Mrs' ephemera and something just for the two of them.

Mr & Mrs Morris' set is letterpress printed in three colours - Pathalo Blue, Ice Blue and Raspberry, and includes: 36 calling cards // 36 square postcards // 36 sheets of ivory writing paper // 36 sheets of coloured writing paper.

The whole thing is printed by hand on the Adana letterpress and comes with appropriate envelopes, all wrapped up in a cloth bound presentation box. I sourced paper, enveloped, box and printed the whole thing to order, so it really was a special gift, and it looks ever so smart, even if I do say so myself. 

If anyone would like a quote for some personalised stationery or anything similar, then I'll happily oblige. Just email me at: alexhiglett@hotmail.com.

A few weeks ago, Louise & Steve commissioned me to design and print their wedding invitations. They're having a 1940s rock'n'roll band playing at their reception, and wanted me to highlight the dancing + village hall element of their day. The classic red and blue are a nod to a kind of village green vintage and the subtle gold brings it up a notch for the special occasion. I screenprinted the invitations on Saturday (120 x 3colours = shoulders a bit sore) on some good stiff 100% recycled card and we decided on brown recycled envelopes. So they're all packed up and ready to be delivered to the happy couple - Thanks to Louise & Steve for a lovely commission.

BACK BERLIN!

BACK BERLIN! Is a little venture that Georgina, my dad (Harry) and I have entered into. Well, really, my dad is doing all the donkey work (excuse the sort-of-pun). 

We're trying to raise some money to finance our exhibition in Berlin in June 2012. We're being curated by Bettina Wenzel and the good people at enblanco have invited us to exhibit, but we need some backing to get ourselves and our kit over there. While we're exploring more traditional routes - funding applications to recognised bodies etc., we thought we would also make some efforts ourselves.

George and I have invested a modest stake with Harry, to back some horses in a kind of accumulator (but not really) way. We're starting on Saturday at Ascot and will tot up our wins/losses after the Grand National (April 14th). Lets hope my dad really does know a bit about horses.  We wanted to report on the whole thing as a little pre-project, and will do so on our blogs. I've made Harry a little documentation pack (Track Record if you will) so he can keep us up to date with how our investment is looking...

This weekend! I'll have lots of stuff on sale: prints, calendars, christmas cards, books and plenty of other stuff, and there's lots of other brilliant stalls selling all sorts of treats, festive and otherwise. Would be lovely to see you there...

Calendars are finished!  All hand spot-coloured and trimmed and covered and punched and tied.  
They're on sale (£5.50 a pop) in my shop...

This past month I've been working on a 2012 'Calendar for Romantics'.  It's about a couple, who meet in January, and tells their story over the following year.  Each month has references to that particular time of year; sometimes to do with nature, sometimes about how that time of year evokes certain feelings; and these references are interwoven into the couple's story.  It's a little whimsical and a lot romantic.  

The black for the pages has been screen-printed already and I'm going to print the covers on Saturday and then add a spot colour to each page, which will hopefully really bring the illustrations to life.  The tops will be punched with a hole and strung so that the calendar can hang, and pages turn easily.  I'll post photos of the finished thing just as soon as it's done and then it'll be available for sale in my shop.