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Watercolor + letterpress business cards

04.02.2015Design, journal, My Work, Personal, Stationery, Stylingart direction, art director, brand, brand work, branding, branding designer, branding designer seattle, branding studio seattle, branding work, business cards, classic, classic business cards, freelance, freelance designer, freelance designer seattle, freelance graphic designer, freelance work, graphic design, graphics, identity, letterpress, letterpress business cards, letterpress cards, letterpressed business cards, lovely stationery, modern business cards, modern design, neon edge, personal stationery, pink edge, print, print designer, seattle designer, stationery, stationery designer, type, typeinspire, typography, watercoloriwonak

I’ve been loving my business cards since they day I got them, but once in a while I get the idea to “spice” them up somehow. I’ve wanted something simple, organic, something that wouldn’t overwhealm the classic design of my cards. So, yesterday while working with watercolors on the new wedding invitation, I’ve decided to carry on and add some colors to my cards. I went over each one with a touch of watercolor and I’m surprised how nicely letterpress paper takes watercolor. I love they way they’ve turned out, how each one is different and how the turquoise watercolor works with the letterpress and pink edges.

My Work: Ania & Horst Wedding Invitation

08.07.2014journal, My Work, Stationery, Weddings & Eventsart director, invitation, iwonak, lettepress, pnw wedding, seattle designer, seattle invitations, stationery, wedding, wedding collateral, wedding invitation, wedding invitations in seattleiwonak

#tbt to my first wedding invitation. I’ve designed it and printed it for my friends who this year celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary. It was a fun but very time consuming project and I got to do it all manually, no computer involved. I worked with a vintage raised metal type that I set in the composing stick, setting letter by letter, line by line. It took me at least 3 attempts to find the type with complete alphabet that had all the letters I needed that weren’t damaged (“a’s” were always needed!) and yet I had to compromise on the ampersand that doesn’t match ;) I have to say I still like this invitation and it’s imperfections and how modern it looks given the traditional way of designing and printing it.

New Work: Finch & Thistle Events Promo Postcards

04.20.2014Design, My Workbranding, elegant stationery, finch & thistle events, heavy stock, iwonak, mohawk, postcards, print, promo, seattle art director, seattle designer, self promo, stationeryiwonak

I’m so excited to share one of my most recent projects – I had the pleasure of designing promo postcards for my lovely friend Rachel of Finch & Thistle Events. She needed promo cards to feature her newest work alongside her all time favorite floral designs and styling. I kept the design very simple including her logo on the front and contact information on the back. I had them printed on beautiful white heavy stock that’s 100% post consumer waste, an ideal choice for a eco friendly designer and stylist from the PNW. She can use her new promo cards as a thank you notes or a leave behind pieces.

Promo cards for Finch & Thistle Events by Iwona K | #promo #postcards #print #branding #stationery #selfpromo #iwonak #finchandthistleevents Promo postcards for Finch & Thistle Events by Iwona K | #promo #postcards #print #branding #stationery #selfpromo #iwonak #finchandthistleevents Promotional postcards for Finch & Thistle Events by Iwona K | #promo #postcards #print #branding #stationery #selfpromo #iwonak #finchandthistleevents Self promo cards for Finch & Thistle Events by Iwona K | #promo #postcards #print #branding #stationery #selfpromo #iwonak #finchandthistleevents

Sugar Paper at Target

10.28.2013Designcalendar, gold, print goodies, product, stationery, sugar paper, targetiwonak

You all should know that I am a huge fan of Sugar Paper and their clean, simple and sophisticated designs. The Los Angeles-based stationery shop has recently collaborated with Target to bring us these gorgeous exclusive collections of stationery. The Sugar Paper at Target collection launched yesterday and it includes wall calendars, desk blotters and date books, all designed in the brand’s signature aesthetic and with plenty of shimmering gold details.

Priced from $4.99 to $14.99, the exclusive collection will be available for 8 weeks only. Hurry up and snatch them up before they sell out!

Minted: Minibook Birth Announcements

05.01.2013Minted, My Workbaby announcement, birth announcement, minibook, minibook challenge, minted, stationeryiwonak

I recently joined the Minted community and entered my first design challenge: Minibook Birth Announcements Challenge. I submitted two designs in this competition, and am happy to announce that one of them was a winner. Sweet Pauline is available for purchase through www.minted.com!

P.S. A Minibook is a unique piece of stationery featuring chic grommets and seven pages that can be personalized with photos and text.

Sweet Pauline Mini Book By Iwona K assembled

Sweet Pauline Mini Book By IwonaK front

Sweet Pauline Mini Book By Iwona K open

Reshooting Portfolio Pieces

04.15.2013Stylingbusiness cards, design, inspirations, layout, portfolio, print portfolio, props, set up, stationery, Styling, styling portfolioiwonak

As you know I’m in the process of rebranding and redesigning my website and blog. This means that it’s absolutely necessary to reshoot my portfolio pieces. This time around I’m going for a modern yet sophisticated style, with clean, simple and direct shots. I’ve been looking for inspirations on how to style my portfolio and as always
Pinterest doesn’t disappoint. Below are just a few of my faves.

And, now on to choosing which projects to include… I’ll share more about the project as I go further into the rebranding process.

Portfolio Styling Inspiration

Credits: From left to right: 1. Pinned from Donhkoland / 2. Ashton Ridge Lodge – Kristen West Design / 3. lg2 boutique’s branding for the 2011 edition ofLa Vittoria / 4. 150 CHARLES STREET – JesseReedFromOhio / 5. Maison Orphée branding by lg2boutique.com / 6. Dylan Culhane Collateral by Ben Johnston. / 7. Branding and packaging for Tarry Market by Memo via The Dieline. / 8. Pinned from DesignInspiration.net

Recent Work: Color Pop event stationery

10.10.2010Design, My Work, Weddings & Eventsart direction, bright, color, corporate invitation, event, foil, fun, gold foil, save the date, seattle designer, stationery, west coast paperiwonak

Corporate event invitations | Designed by Iwona Konarski #invitation #design #stationery #details #color #event #iwonak.com

Corporate event invitations | Designed by Iwona Konarski #invitation #design #stationery #details #color #event #iwonak.com Gold foil corporate event invitations | Designed by Iwona Konarski #gold #foil #invitation #design #stationery #details #event #iwonak.com

Few months ago, I completed this fun save the date and invitation for West Coast Paper Company. I kept the save the date fun, bright and full of color. I am the most excited about the gold foil on red paper, which was also embossed. I had fun blingin this one out a bit – foil is my latest obsession and I’ll be sure to print foil again.

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