CHIPS N FOZZY

First of all, a big THANK YOU GROUP HUG to our lovely friends from Lomomanila - Mon, Kitkat, Jonas, Ron, Ruby, Chris, and Zoe for being our photographers.  All despite the heat, humidity and early morning call-time.  Also a big thanks to Mother Nature, who didn't send her rains until after we finished shooting.  All the fun and camwhoring happened just last Saturday, May 30.

First venue was our ancestral home in Plaridel, Bulacan.  It's been with our family for around a century, and was just restored by my dad a few years ago.  The day was filled with laughs and food (inclusive of very yummy lechon).  Come afternoon, we headed out for our rice fields (which was more grass than rice).

Sharing a couple of shots from the speedy development of Chris Yambing.  Oh yah, forgot to mention that it was an all-film shoot.   Vintage all the way - from the location to the cameras!  Don't you just love it.

Sudtipos - the creator of to-die-for scripts and very sexy yet simple prints.  I absolutely love going through their site.  Drool at fonts.  Download the closest freebies searchable on the web or get "pirated" ones.  You know, those versions where serifs are a wee bit fatter, or flourishes are a wee bit shorter (or not there at all).  Sometimes I actually think if 60 USD is worth it.  But then again, I'm not getting any income for all the design playing.  I'm just getting a brain-high.

Here's Compendium, a delicate and gorgeous script created by Alejandro Paul.  It's part of the Favorite Fonts of 2008 list.  It's like staring at a pair of designer shoes.  For me, at least.

Okay, I got Illustrator CS3 recently.  And also installed some wicked, wicked fonts.  Read through online tutorials and tips.  Looked through my favorite paperie inspiration sources.  I thought I'd practice on ourselves, even if we're already using a DIY'd non-monogram. 

I tried having that slightly grungy old feel but it wasn't working.  Dang.  So I stuck with classic and somewhat vintage.  Here's what came out of my fiddling:

Seven months to go.  Woot.

Entourage Designs.  Have finalized designs, and Kat is already up and away ordering the fabrics.  Yey!  Mom has also finally chosen a gown.  Most of the sketches are still with Kat.  Shall update the blog as soon as she emails them.  The one below is for Chips' mom - she chose the one with the capped sleeves.  Fabrics were fabulous finds from Divisoria.  First layer is a gorgeous old hue of gold, with irregular petal shaped cut-outs.  The lining is another muted gold hue, quite shimmery, but not in a tacky way.  I'm so excited for their gowns.  Though they're still refusing to do measurements as there may still be hope for some form of diet...

let⋅ter⋅press/ˈlɛtərˌprɛs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [let-er-pres] –noun 1. the process of printing from letters or type in relief, rather than from intaglio plates or planographically.

Following this obsession with typography, surfing through wLT (We Love Typography) brought me back to browsing paperie.  Specifically, letterpress invitations.  I don't know how I could've overlooked it while we were preparing for our wedding.  Maybe my mind automatically closed its doors to it, knowing how expensive it would be (both in terms of time and money).

Anyways, just wanted to share the brilliant letterpress work of Dolce Press.  They range from the minimalist to the ornate.  But even the simplest typeface is touched with a level of class and elegance.  There's something about the detail and the effort that goes into the paper - I don't think it can be compared with any intricate digital design.  It's possibly the same way I feel about film.  Hehe.

Okay, apparently this blog is becoming less about our wedding plan details and more about little details of nothingness.  Well, this is another such post.  It may have been noticeable, but just to be transparent about it - I'm very much crazy about typography.  Looking at fonts, downloading them, playing with them - they drive me nuts.  It's like a massage for my eyes (odd, but yes it is).  Hemingways, I found that I am not alone.  There is actually a website dedicated to typography lovers - www.ilovetypography.com (it is absolute HEAVEN).

Through that site I found this one which sells tees printed with Ampersands.  They beautiful!  I want one.  Or maybe I'll have one done with my favorite Ampersand - which would probably be hard, because I have 1,052 fonts installed in my computer right now.

I like looking at different ampersands.  It's just disappointing that I can't write an ampersand.  I hate my elementary writing class for not pushing me hard enough to actually develop my handwriting style with it.  Oh well.  I might as well just buy the shirt.