Max & May Design Blog

New invitation photos!

Max & May Design — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:32:27 +0000

Kristy Walker, from Kristy Walker Photo, recently shot some of the invitations I have designed and I am thrilled with how they turned out! I met Kristy last July down in San Diego when she shot my wedding and I am very happy to be working with her again. Thanks again Kristy!

Snohomish Wedding Tour

Max & May Design — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:48:47 +0000

Come see us at the Snohomish Wedding Tour on Sunday, May 23rd from 11am – 5pm. Admission is free so mark your calendars! More info to come…

Ann & Teddy

Max & May Design — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:21:01 +0000

I am so excited to be designing wedding invitations for a close friend from college named Ann. Ann & Teddy are getting married this June at a country club in Yakima, WA and their colors are cobalt blue and sunshine yellow. Overall they want their wedding to look and feel sophisticated, but have fun summery hints such as decorating with lemons. Here is a first pass at their invitations.

Homemade v-day cards

Max & May Design — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:25:54 +0000

Here’s a cute idea I came across on Supermarket.com for homemade Valentine’s Day cards. Enjoy!

Embroidered card

Max & May Design — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:23:42 +0000

I found this adorable elephant card on Etsy today. I love the button accent and the simplicity of the animal shape. I might just have to get out my thread and needle this week and make some of my own for Valentine’s Day. Enjoy!

Vote for Max & May Design!

Max & May Design — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:08:26 +0000

Love what we do? Please vote for us on Seattle Bride’s website as best of 2010 under invitation designer and/or new wedding vendor. Thank you for the help & support!

you + me + a giveaway!

Max & May Design — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:57:56 +0000

My friend Rachel at elephantine is giving away two handmade necklaces she designed and made herself. They are her take on the best friends necklaces girls used to wear in elementary school. To find out more details and how to enter please visit her site here. Enjoy!

Nature & yoga baby shower invites

Max & May Design — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:26:03 +0000

Here is a sneak peak of the baby shower invitations I am designing for Kristy Walker of Studio Verite Photography. The keywords she gave me that best describes her vision is yoga, buddha baby, recycled materials, om symbol, pattern and natural gender neutral colors. 1. Focuses on the Buddha baby & mehndi (which is a skin decoration in South Asia that is applied for special occasions) 2. Plays with two lotus flowers that resemble mother and child and is round to represent pregnancy and the circle of life 3. Is the outline of a baby bump with playful type that gives info about the shower.

One Love Photo

Max & May Design — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:11:13 +0000

I went to the Seattle Wedding Show this past weekend and fell in love with beeswax collage art produced by Heather & Jon at One Love Photo. They print photos onto tissue paper and adhere it to a piece of wood, then pour a mixture of beeswax and resin on top. It creates such a unique and interesting way to preserve and display wedding photos. I can’t wait for them to create some for me =) Also, if you are looking for a wedding photographer I would highly recommend them! They are not only incredibly talented at what they do, but they are creative as well. They shoot all types of ways (digital, medium format film, homemade lenses or even with a couple of toy plastic cameras) to create a soft & dreamy vintage look and feel. Check out all of their work on their website here.

Nature & yoga style board

Max & May Design — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:31:49 +0000

Gayle O’Donnell from All About Weddings & Celebrations presented at the Association of Bridal Consultants meeting last night and talked about free style boards on dessy.com. I decided to give it a try and put one together for one of my clients. I am designing baby shower invitations for my wedding photographer Kristy Walker of Studio Verite Photography and couldn’t be more thrilled! The keywords she gave me that best describes her vision is yoga, buddha baby, recycled materials, om symbol, pattern and natural colors (focusing on green because they don’t know the sex of the baby). Below is the style board I pulled together (click here to view it on dessy.com).