My name is Kelle Anne McCarter. I am a graphic designer, calligrapher and wedding invitation and paper goods designer.
Love of mixed media art and typography always finds its way into my projects. My designs can be seen at designsgirl's online paper goods shop "hello love" and at designsgirl.com.
desigsngirl's weekly posts feature my work and the work of talented friends, clients and artists. I hope you will visit regularly.
photograph: laura dombrowski photography
A plain cover belies the treasures contained within the book "the art of embroidery: inspirational stitches, textures and surfaces" by Francoise tellier-loumagne. Embroidery like none you have ever seen, created from images found in nature, is shown within the pages of this wondrous book.
Abstract and modern applications, brought to life with 500 marvelous photographs, make me excited to resume my embroidery projects from a whole new perspective.
I shall start with teasel pompoms.
designsgirl likes to experiment when hand lettering to see how different inks and nibs respond to different papers. Normally, the higher the quality of paper, the more fluid and crisper the lettering will be.
Here, I embellished an envelope with a simple flower drawn with a Zig pen and Pitt brushes and used an opera pink gouache for the lettering.
Nicholas Kniel is a ribbon master and his sumptuous book "Ribbon: The Art of Adornment" is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen.
There is something about crowns.
To give the bride and groom top billing at the reception, place jeweled crowns atop their place cards and let them shine in all of their newly-wedded glory.
