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
What an exquisite image from the pages of the January 2012 issue of Vogue magazine.
Take notions collecting in your drawers and put them to creative use. Decorative tape, twine, stickers and pretty stamps make smile-worthy mail art.
Georgia bride-to-be Angela Figueredo commissioned designsgirl to hand letter her wedding invitation envelopes in a rich sepia gouache that looked elegant on the ivory-colored Crane paper.
For those of us with a gift wrapping fetish, a book solely about ribbons is a must-read.
"Ribbons" by celebrated stylist and textile designer Mary Norden, is full of beautiful ideas for using ribbons in home decoration, gift wrapping and flower arranging.
The gorgeous photographs by Sandra Lane make this a book in which I delight every time I open it.
Adults have much responsibility and time must be managed wisely. But it is wise to include frolicking in our schedule.
I am reminded of this when I watch "our girls" gambol and frolic. If you want to break through a creative block, take a single-minded focus and direct it to nothing but play. The heart lightens, the senses are sharpened, a perspective changes and then unexpectedly, creativity begins to flow.
Like a child, you can conjure a sense of wonderment and exhilirating joy with a "play break" every now and then. It is good for the creative soul and the overworked mind, even for the most serious of responsible adults.
photo of Garner and Gibson McCarter by designsgirl
Today, Bella Figura features designsgirl's 2012 "Cascade" wedding invitation in a custom design.
