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lauren's colorado hiking weekend bachelorette invitations

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lauren's colorado hiking weekend bachelorette invitations

You guys. Temps have been reaching the low hundos this week and everyone in Houston is practically melting. I would do anything to be in the mountains right now, but being 36 weeks pregnant, travel is not in my near future. So instead, I'll just daydream I'm hiking in the mountains with my best friends and enjoying that cool mountain breeze. Yaaass I can! A few things I love about this bachelorette party invitation:  the overall concept of enjoying your friends in the mountains and good quality girl time. So good for the soul. peach + blue color palette inspired by...

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tessa's final fiesta bachelorette itinerary invitation

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tessa's final fiesta bachelorette itinerary invitation

 Back to bachelorette fun times! For Tessa's "final fiesta" I created a margarita-inspired invitation with geometric shapes and bold pops of green, peach and black. The front was adorned with a real cocktail umbrella, and the back had all the fun details with a pull-out weekend itinerary in a tiny black envelope. Envelopes were bright green and addressed with bold, black brush lettering. I used a Pentel Color Brush Pen for the guests' names -- this pen has a huge ink tube that you squeeze into the brush, so it gives a very authentic painted look. I'm a fan-- and you can get it on Amazon....

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playing with brush pens

Lauren Covington addressing Brush pen calligrpahy

Every now and then I do small batches of addressing for my clients (I leave wedding calligraphy addressing to the pros.) I just discovered Tombow's dual brush pens. Where have these been all my life?  They are going to make addressing envelopes much more fun. For these bachelorette invitations, I used the brush side for the names, and the pen side for printing the addresses. I doubled-up on my downstrokes to give the names a nice, modern calligraphy look. Tombow's dual brush pens come in dozens of colors. When you're practicing your brushstrokes, try using a lined, super smooth quality paper, like Rhodia's...

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