wedding announcement // Tayler & Gavin

Because yesterday was Tayler & Gavin's one year anniversary, I felt like it would only be appropriate to share their wedding announcement with you. 

Tayler & Gavin's wedding announcement was fun for me to do because it was such a big transformation to see my design debossed & gold-foiled. It was so elegant and simple with the typography really taking the stage.

My husband Cam also did their wedding video which you can watch here.

Tayler & Gavin - Temple/Reception from Cam Stephens on Vimeo.

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While we're on the topic of Tayler & Gavin, I got to meet their new baby Grey this weekend! I have been dying to see him for a while now. He is the sweetiest, teeniest, little guy and he may or may not be making me extremely baby hungry.

wedding announcement // kelly & dom

I have been doing wedding announcements for a while now. It's one of those college design side jobs that some find tedious but I actually really enjoy. That might be partially because of the fun people/friends that I have been able to work with though. So here is my first post of many announcements to come...


Kelly & Dom

I also helped my husband out with Kelly & Dom's wedding video which you can watch here. and by helped... I mean carried some stuff around. haha

Kelly & Dom from Cam Stephens on Vimeo.

printmaking

I have been taking some Printmaking classes in school these last couple of semesters and I've really loved them. I am definitely not an expert or the best (I see some pretty amazing stuff on a daily basis) but I am proud of myself for the things I have done! Especially because it's so different than the basic drawing/painting classes that we are required to take.

These first few are from my Intaglio printmaking class this semester. This print was etched on a copper plate in a process called Magic Black.

 Magic Black is when you put the plate in acid until it print's up a solid black and then use a burnishing tool to "erase away" what you want to be white. Easier said than done but such a fun process.

 I began with just the print of the vase & flowers and then decided to add the polka dots with a pencil eraser. It needed a little fun, don't you think?

 Color variations

Mixing colors is probably the most fun/most frustrating part of printmaking. These were a few mixes I made and experimented with.

The prints below are from earlier this semester. We had to do 22 tiny prints in the theme "My Precious".. so obviously I did sleep. We all traded prints and I was able to add 22 unique prints to my collection free of charge.

 These prints were so little (2x3") and so I wanted to make a little mini replica of our bedroom. I had fun adding little details like tiny iPhones, a tiny puppy, and well.. we all know tiny things are cute.

This is my strawberry print from last semester in my Basic Printmaking class.

This was a double plate print where we layered two plates on top of one another. It gave me a lot of grief in the alignment area and also in the etching of the textured background. But despite all the flaws, it is one of my favorites because I really just had to embrace the mistakes and experiment a lot with colors.

Well, there you have it! I am working on my final project right now which I foolishly decided to do on a 12x15" copper plate. a.k.a. a huge pain and 20 times more work! I will definitely be posting photos of that when it's finished. hope you enjoyed a little bit. 

sometimes...

I like to just mess around on my computer and lately I've been having some fun on Illustrator.
This quote was made for my sister Shalyse and I really love how it turned out!

So...
if anyone is interested in this poster I am selling it for $5 in any color you would like.
 Just e-mail me at shelbymaewalker{at}gmail.com if you're interested.

Also, I'd like to create more so if you have a favorite quote you'd like to see or any other ideas Please let me know! I would love that.