happy friday: mm ink in occasions magazine: part 2

This week, I am so excited to share beautiful photos from the 2 Occasions Magazine style shoots that I had the pleasure of doing calligraphy for. If you missed the first one (city chic style), check it out here.

For the second style shoot, I worked with two of my favorite gals, Ashley Baber of Ashley Baber Weddings, and Lisa Hladish of Paper Daisies Stationery to help create fun, fresh and modern stationery items.  Emails and calls from these two talented and sweet ladies are the best; and they are always the beginning of what I know will be something fabulous! This shoot was just that, and Lisa did an amazing job (as usual) with the stationery designs and incorporating my calligraphy throughout. Here are some lovely photos from the shoot photographed by ArtStar Photography.

(Calligraphy for this feature: custom names and words/phrases for the invitation suite, flourished hand-drawn bird, 2-letter monogram, escort cards, and envelope addressing)

I love this cake by Sharon of Sweet Sensations! Hi Sharon!!!! :)

And one of the photos from this shoot made the cover!!!!!!!

I am so thankful for these opportunities to showcase my work and share my creative talents with some of the best in the industry! Special thanks to Ashley, Lisa and Occasions Magazine..... xoxoxo.

Happy Friday! 

mm ink in occasions magazine: part 1

I am still all smiles about being featured in this Summer's issue of Occasions Magazine! This magazine is such a great resource for any social event; and the party style section is loaded with great ideas. For this issue, I had the pleasure of doing the calligraphy for two of the party style shoots. The first is a City Chic Summer Romance themed shoot with the awesome planner Michelle of Lemiga, Sarah with Foglio Press, and an amazing group of other vendors.

Michelle wanted a classic yet modern feel for the stationery pieces and with that in mind, Sarah (it was so great working with Sarah!) and I created lovely stationery pieces that captured both a summer romance and city chic vibe. Here are some stunning images from the shoot taken by Vue Photography.

(Calligraphy for the feature: custom names, words/phrases for the invitation suite, 2-letter monogram, envelope addressing, table numbers, names for place cards, and je t'aime sign)

And here's the feature!!!! (special thanks to Michelle, Sarah, the Occasions Mag team, and Genya - I am so honored to be a part of this fab shoot!):

Design & Planning – Lemiga Events 
Photography – Vue Photography 
Floral Design – Edge Design Group Atlanta 
Linen – I Do Linens 
Stationery – Foglio Press 
Calligraphy – MM Ink  
Wedding Cake – For Goodness Cakes 
Drape – Event Drapery 
Lighting – Unique Event Management 
Furniture Rentals – Settee 
Acrylic Rentals – TentLogix
Chandelier Rentals – Magnum Companies 
Chargers – BBJ Linen 
Tableware & Floor Rentals – We Rent Atlanta 
Tent Rental – Classic Tents & Events
Hair & Makeup – Scoobie West 
Venue – Millenium Gate 
Wedding Gowns – E. Lebron 
Menswear – The Modern Gent 

mm ink featured in occasions magazine!

I am so thrilled to be featured in Occasions Magazine's Summer 2012 issue! I had the pleasure of working  with two super talented event planners on two of the Party Style inspiration shoots. Stay tuned for pics and details. In the meantime, grab a copy on newsstands now - its loaded with party inspiration!

mm ink's place cards on the wedding chicks!

It is such a special treat to see my calligraphy on The Wedding Chicks blog! One of their posts today features a Masquerade styled shoot with lots of purple and gold - gorgeous! And I love the green accents throughout; including the ink color I used for the place cards.

So hop on over to the Wedding Chicks blog for the full post and all the stunning photos! A special thanks to Wedding Chicks, Janie and Dana!

Calligraphy by MM Ink

Photography: Katelyn James

Event Stylist: Dana Fitzgerald

Floral Design: Janie Medley

a very special blue ribbon

Oooohhhh, I am feeling blue - in a really good way! :) Well, I got a very special package in the mail on Saturday.....my lovely Southern Weddings Blue Ribbon!

I feel so blessed to know and work with the SW team. These ladies produce such a stunning magazine every year and I cannot thank them enough for their continued support! MM Ink has been featured in 3 of their 4 volumes and I am so honored to be the Southern Weddings Editors' pick in their calligraphy category.

Here's a glimpse at some of the calligraphy work I have done over the years for Southern Weddings. To view the complete features, visit my featured page here.

SW V2

SW V3

SW V4

The SW magazines are FULL of great wedding ideas and inspiration for your special day so be sure to pick up a copy of the latest issue on newsstands and guess what.....the past issues are online!!!!

I love SW Magazine and the SW team!!

happy friday: mm ink featured in munaluchi bride magazine

Munaluchi Bride's first digital magazine debuted on Tuesday and it is GORGEOUS - from cover to cover!!! Munaluchi Bride Magazine is a chic and stylish publication filled with tons of inspiration for women of color. I am so grateful to be featured in their first digital release! Here's a look at the feature (I think Amelia was born with a camera in her hand - such beautiful images :)

It was such a joy working with Lisa Hladish, Janie Medley, Dana FitzGerald and Amelia Johnson on such a fun project! I had a blast working with the team to help them bring their vision for the Oh Happy Day stationery to life through my lettering and Lisa's beautiful custom made stationery pieces.

I wanted to create lettering for the Oh Happy Day stationery pieces that was fun and included playful flourishes throughout. I started with hand lettering the bride and groom's names and adding fancy swirls to make them stand out. This became the inspiration for the rest of the calligraphy I did for the invitation, RSVP card, monogram and place card paper ribbons.

For the menu cards, I wanted to emphasize the idea of a celebration filled with excitement and cheer. So I really had fun with the lettering and incorporated lots of flourishing for the Menu header. The swirl banners for each course was a nice addition that also sparked the idea for the heart seals.

The super talented Lisa Hladish of Paper Daisies Stationery printed the calligraphy on beautiful custom cut paper she provided and assembled all of the stationery pieces. I love seeing my calligraphy on her beautiful stationery!

I think the stationery items are the perfect fit for a happy wedding day!

Happy Friday!

Photography by Amelia Johnson Photography
To see the entire Munaluchi Bride Winter 2012 digital magazine, go here

mm ink featured on ruffled!

Today is the day! I am excited to finally share some images from this fabulous editorial shoot that
is featured on Ruffled Blog's beautiful site here! Thank you so much for the lovely post Amanda!! YAY!

Photography by Amelia Johnson Photography

The editorial shoot will also be featured in Munaluchi Bride's first digital magazine later today! 

There is so much to tell you about this shoot and the talented people I had the pleasure of working with. So stay tuned for Friday's post with lots of eye candy that is sure to make your Friday happy :)


Photography: Amelia Johnson Photography
Calligraphy: MM Ink 
Creative Director and Stylist: Dana FitzGerald
Floral Design: JM Flora Design (aka Janie from the fab blog The Bride's Cafe)
Stationery and Printing: Paper Daisies Stationery 

munaluchi bride magazine's debut digital edition

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!

I am very excited to share the BEAUTIFUL cover of Munaluchi Bride's first digital magazine that will be available on February 21st! The cover features one of the images from a GORGEOUS editorial shoot that I am so proud to be a part of, and includes the amazing talents of Janie Medley (that's Janie's stunning bouquet on the cover!!!), Dana FitzGerald, Amelia Johnson and Lisa Hladish.

I cannot wait to share more with you next week Tuesday!!

From the Editor-in-Chief, Jacqueline Nwobu: We are truly excited about this next stage and delighted to release the cover of our debut digital issue, the Winter 2012 edition, featuring THE most gorgeous bouquet by the one and only Janie Medley of The Brides Cafe and photographed by Amelia Johnson.   In this issue, which is all about planning, you'll find expert planning tips, the prettiest real weddings, latest in bridal fashion, and the sweetest editorial shoot put together by Janie Medley along with Dana Fitzgerald, Moya Minns, and photographed beautifully by Amelia Johnson.   Our debut Winter 2012 digital edition will be available on February 21st.  In the meantime, we would love for you to subscribe to our digital newsstand to get an instant update once it goes live.  http://issuu.com/munaluchibride

happy friday: {MAG}rouge feature

One of my favorite online resources for wedding eye candy and inspiration is Magnolia Rouge, a lovely blog owned by one of New Zealand's finest stationery designers, Kate Holland. Her inspiration boards are so creative and I just love her new color story series that's all about styling props based on various color palettes - oh yeah!

Last month, Kate launched Magnolia Rouge's first online magazine called {MAG}rouge and boy is it filled with all things pretty! I had the pleasure of doing a few calligraphy pieces for the cover shoot which was beautifully styled with the magazine's first issue theme in mind - a road trip!

Happy Friday!

Thanks so much Kate and I am looking forward to the next issue!

Photography by Simply Bloom Photography and you can view more photos from the shoot here and here
Stationery by Kate Holland, Ruby and Willow
Calligraphy by MM Ink