Reasons to do a zine and give it away via the internet
Don't you just love REAL MAIL? Seriously--how often do you get juicy packages or illustrated letters or postcards or exciting things that AREN'T credit card offers and student loan bills? I think mail is MAGIC. Thanks to some exciting trades (my favorite currency), I have gotten some amazing stuff in the mail as of late. Incredible zines and some amazing PAPER. I got the above paper squares all the way from Oregon (Thank you LEX!). Graham picked them up, immediately counted them and said, "This is the exact amount we need for wedding invitations." Oh, REALLY?Any of you creatives out there get married yet? I've realized that as a creative type I can be CONTROLLING and OPINIONATED and (ahem) a PERFECTIONIST when it comes to the aesthetics of a wedding--even a barn raising, funky wedding like the one we are planning. The invites have been causing me stress because they are the VISUAL aspect of our party, and HELLO? I am a VISUAL-ITE. I wanted to do something cool and arty, and cheap, but nothing seemed to work.
It turns out these squares of gorgeousness and creativeness were EXACTLY what we needed. My mom keeps asking me, "What's the theme of the wedding? There needs to be a THEME." This coming from a woman who had a wedding that consisted of passing a cup of wine around a circle of mostly dressed (but not all) on a golden hillside in California. My response has always been, "Um, random. How's random as a theme?" Other responses that come to mind are "chaos" or "creative" (another word for chaos, by the way). We are totally ripping off Ariel & Andreas' idea to have our guests drink from second hand mugs, to symbolize the funky tribe of individuals that make up OUR PEOPLE. As soon as Graham pointed out that the squares would be a good invite I realized that they go with the mugs! None two are the same! They are colorful! Flavorful! and they hint at the COLOR that will be infused throughout. I still don't know what our "theme" is--unless, maybe it's "FUNKY," but if you saw the guest list, you'd think that was appropriate. Funky is a word for it, and so is colorful.
If anybody wants to TRADE FOR A ZINE instead of paying money for it, let me know. I am totally DOWN with it.
Labels: wedding
posted by Summer Pierre at
10:41 AM
8 Comments:
hey i know that paper:) i have some in my shop! you will sho your blog readers the finished product won;'t you?
hmm trade, i wonder what i could trade..
Mine just came, I am going to sit outside on the porch and read it. Thank you :)
I LOVE your "No Theme" theme! I am a firm believer that a wedding should be full of symbolism and meaning to the two people that are getting married, which is a wholly separate thing from the symbolism and meaning that weddings traditionally have. Which is ALSO why I am unable to plan a proper wedding for myself. How do you have comedy as a theme in your wedding? LOL Have FUN!
Just wanted to express my hearty agreement -- real, live U.S. postal mail, e.g. "snail mail," is great! It's a great change of pace to be a "luddite" sometimes and use low-tech forms of communication. Sometimes I do get sick of how ultra-computerized and digitalized everything is these days. Knowing someone only via their website, and nothing else, really can start to feel pretty tweaked after awhile. It's like we are all massively expanding our circle of personal contacts, but only in some virtual effluvial kind of way, unless it ultimately results in face-to-face meeting. And it limits people who can only afford limited internet access. On the other hand, I did just learn to use my cell phone camera and I'm pretty pumped about that!
Hiya Summer! I got the 'zine, and it's wonderful. Thank you so much (I'm sending you something in the mail too, because yes, real mail is one of life's real joys).
You mentioned perfectionism in this post, which made me think of an article I wrote for a (now defunct) 'zine I used to publish. The article was about Imperfectionism, and I think you'll enjoy it. You can read it at http://danwardonline.googlepages.com/rpl2imperfectionism
Hi Summer! You're work is so original. I would love to swap for one of your zines. I posted a pic of what I have for you on my blog-http://www.saltysplace.typepad.com/ If you're interested could you email me? debcarter_au@yahoo.com.au
keep up the great work,
Deb
Dan! I love your article! It's so on the money!
Ming, I love paper just so you know...
Deb, I want that yarn and art!
That paper is great! I love the idea of no two invites being the same.
I was a total perfectionist when it came to my wedding invitations. I almost had an aneurysm in FedEx Kinko's when I took stuff I had printed in to be cut and they told me they "couldn't cut them in exact squares, and the cut lines would probably show...was that a problem?"
I printed, cut, glued, folded and hand addressed over 100 wedding invitations...but they were perfect. :-)
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