Westervin Wedding: Invitation Postcard

In keeping with our Ozark Mountain theme, we thought it would be great to print part of our invitations on wood. “Wood?” you ask. Yes! Sycamore wood, no less, since the wedding will be in Sycamore, IL. Luckily we found a nifty little web shop that’s actually based in Michigan, not too far from us: Cards of Wood. Not only do they have a big-ole selection of card shapes, sizes, and wood types to choose from, they’ll also do the printing for you at a pretty reasonable price! Perfect for business cards, greeting cards, even notebooks. We don’t want to give too much away, so we’re just sharing the back of our postcard today, but soon (very soon), we’ll detail our entire invitation plans!

A Westervin Wedding: A Friggin’ Awesome Logo (You’re so jealous!)

We’ve done it. We’ve gone corporate. Well, not exactly, but we do have a logo! It’s pretty great, incorporating both the cliché “two become one” concept and a W / E weathervane metaphor — something for everyone. I mean, it’s got an arrow. Southwest trend: check.

Swig & Swill: Dead Bastard

{ Tiki Gardens Postcard from Greg Tykal }

With the revival of vintage tiki drinks and the opening of bars like Smuggler’s Cove in SF, Rum seems to be set for a big decade. For our party a little while ago, I used Joe Scialom’s recipe for the

Dead Bastard (via TraderTiki):

• 1/2 oz Gin
• 1/2 oz Brandy
• 1/2 oz Bourbon
• 1/2 oz Rum
• 1/2 oz Rose’s lime juice
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 4 ounces of chilled ginger beer

Shake Gently with 1 cup Crushed Ice, pour into Goblet or other large vessel.  Garnish with whatever the hell, it’s dead and doesn’t care.  I used a whole lime.  It’s a big drink.

To really hammer home the deathly theme of the drink I used Bulleit Bourbon, and Death’s Door Gin. If anyone happens to know any death themed Rum or Cognac, please let me know.