We are delighted to announce that Brown Sugar Design been nominated for Evening Magazine’s Best of Western Washington contest! Cast your vote for us for best wedding invitations by following the link below:

http://www.king5.com/best

We are listed under the “Weddings” category, under “Invitations”. While you’re there, be sure to also cast your vote for your favorite people, restaurants, shops, and other local services here in western Washington!

We wouldn’t be nominated for something like this without the support of our wonderful clients, the talented wedding professionals here in the Seattle area, and our family and friends, so thank you!

Our wedding (and some of the inspiration for it) was featured today on What Junebug Loves! Go check it out! Thanks so much to the team over there for inviting us to participate!

Kicking off our series of real weddings is the April wedding of Julie and Tony. Their reception took place at the uber-cool Hotel 1000 (we’ve stayed there as guests and LOVE it!).

Julie came to us with a definite idea for her invitations - she was inspired by the cake she was working with Bonnie at New Renaissance Cakes on - and we created a fun and urban letterpress suite to complement her vision. I love the green monochromatic color scheme - so fresh!

Thank you so much Julie and Tony for sharing your wedding day details with us! Special thanks also to Clinton James Photography for providing these great photos!

Photographer: Clinton James Photography

Venue: Hotel 1000

Cake: New Renaissance Cakes

Flowers and decor: Aria Style

Hello all!

As crazy-busy-season winds down to just plain busy-season, we will begin featuring here on our blog the real weddings of some of our 2008 clients - specifically, how their invitations influenced the overall schematic of their events. I love seeing how everything comes together for the wonderful couples we work with, and several talented Seattle area photographers have agreed to share their work with us so that we can share with you!

Stay tuned!

Love this bag from Anthropologie! Perfect for fall…

So we’re a bit behind on our blog (see post below) so this has probably been posted elsewhere. In case you haven’t seen it yet, check out this printer block inspired coffee table from Crate & Barrel. Designed by a graphic designer in London - or so says the description on the Crate & Barrel site, this of course could be marketing balderdash, but still, it makes to be a pretty cool coffee table. Looks like woodblock type and letterpress has gone mainstream America.

images via crateandbarrel.com