drumroll please: {ampersand} is now listed in the CRAVE Denver book! we are proud to be featured among so many phenomenal, stylish women-owned businesses. CRAVE guides have been published in several major cities and it’s about time that denver had its own! the world needs to know that denver’s cow-town days are long gone and we have style and substance to spare. CRAVE is an entertaining and informative guide to the best local, independent female retailers and service providers in denver. it is THE guide for a youthful urban woman who wants to stay on trend, on top of her game, and support local businesses while she does it.
you can check out more of our photos here, and see other cities’ guides here until CRAVE Denver hits bookstore shelves in a couple months.
hi friends, i wanted to post some lovely photos of my cousin’s wedding, which i traveled out to in michigan. i will probably add more to this as the photographer makes them available. their wedding was shot by bryan and mae photography. amazing.
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i love the idea of the goof booth, even with no props. it still provides a chance to get photos of the friends and family who attend your wedding and have a bit more character to them.
1. flowers: ladybirdpoppy.com 2. invite/pins: ampersandllc.com/customgallery
3. cake: fleurdelisacakes.com 4. yellow shoes: thestudionouveau.com 5. dress: anthropologie.com
i like technology as much as the next person. i love my mac book and my handy wacom drawing tablet. i studied graphic design and make art on a computer for a living, but technology is fleeting! i just spent the last hour typing up what was supposed to be this blog post about technology’s limited reach and the beauty of the handwritten word. as soon as i hit “publish” some glitch occurred and my post was deleted. go figure.
people are relying more heavily on email, evites and other digital media for correspondence these days. i believe technology serves a great purpose, but i also believe it’s limited reach assures us all that paper won’t die. technology is so disposable. emails get deleted, evites get lost. even this blog post will soon be buried under a pile of electronic words. receiving a handwritten lovely in the mail..now that’s something we’ll hold on to forever.
christa sorauf of connexxions (a stationery shop in greer, south carolina), puts it like this, “electronic communications serve a purpose but they are fast, fleeting and ephemeral. you can’t touch a tweet, savor your sweetheart’s quirky writing on an e-mail or put an e-vite on your refrigerator. the act of writing a note, sending a greeting card or issuing an invitation is one of the most personal and emotional communications you can send. the recipient acknowledges that by the importance they place on them.”
at a recent family gathering with my in-laws, my husband’s grandpa told us all about stacks of mail he had kept over the years for each of his 5 children. when they moved to distant states or could only use mail to communicate, he would keep every letter he received. he has, since then, returned the stacks to each child who now have beautiful reminders of life in other countries, weddings, births, and other life milestones. the level of importance their family has placed on these notes goes much deeper than that placed on any email i can think of.
we need to teach people the joy of receiving mail. in return, i believe they will learn the joy of sending it too.
send someone you love a handwritten letter today.
we’re excited to announce that we are now offering customized wax seals! if you haven’t used one before, they are super easy and elegant and anyone can do it. one of the best things about them is that no two marks are exactly alike because the wax creates a unique shape around the edge as it is pressed with the seal.
we can design everything from a monogram with your initials to a motif that incorporates your wedding theme or date. maybe even an old-fashioned family crest customized just for you! after your wedding, the seal becomes a fun keepsake of your day and you may even choose to continue using it in your correspondence such as holiday cards.
wax seals were used by royalty and nobility to authorize official documents. your seal was a symbol of your authority and a person’s seals would be destroyed when they died to prevent counterfeiting. they carry an air of prestige and celebrity.
think of everything you can do with just one seal: use it on your invitation envelopes, favor boxes, bouquet ribbons, place cards, menus, programs, guest book, thank you cards and anything else you can dream up! this is a fantastic way to bring a completely personal and nostalgic touch to your wedding. you can use different colors of wax in different applications for some variety, or stick with a consistent color for a very unified look.
