*style me pretty* mention

We heart Style Me Pretty! Abby Larson posted our engagement invite today on her hugely popular and addictive wedding blog. Its a true resource "for the style obsessed bride." A very special thanks to Kathleen for the heads up on the DIY Contest call for submissions. Kathleen and Joe's coat check tags made it too. Aren't they great? Designers just love an excuse to use a perforator!

i had to post it...

h+n: four years in four minutes

not too shabby

engagement spectacular

On September 15th we celebrated the n+h engagement spectacular with our families and 80 of our closest friends, co-workers, and industry colleagues. People came from near and far for the party and we still, to this day, are blown away with having had so many of our loved ones present for this momentous event. A truly unforgettable night it was for us both!

We are infinitely thankful to Jim and Paula for making this experience possible and throwing us an amazing party. Yet again, we thank Mr. Jym Snedeker for going above and beyond the call of duty as alpha friend—party planning guru—crazy woman whisperer—bearer of cupcakes for the masses—right hand man. A fine time it was.

One million thank you’s to all who were able to join us. Check out the full photo collection on Flickr.

government glue

thank you Martha for popularizing the use of vintage postage stamps on wedding envelope systems. beyond adding a special level of detail and thematic tie-in, it is also a small gesture towards sustainable usage. stamps are currency never to be discarded! do remember to run a postage test mailing first. with vintage stamps, comes the appreciation for their modern successor self-adhesive stamps…

its probably been 10 years since I have had the pleasure of getting sloppy with a sheet of postage. now i understand why they switched. first off, the glue is the most brutal sticky stuff ever. it gets all over your hands, so washing often will keep your envelopes goop-free. also lovely, our engagement party stamps were from the 1950s and 60s so they tasted like licking an antique store floor. minty flavor is a modern convenience here people. worse, my research shows that the average stamp has 5 calories per lick. 5 cal x 250 stamps = shit! needless to say i didn’t list that in my personal training food journal that day. using a wet sponge for the job was no good, offering little control and glue goop on black envelopes was a threat.

a taste of things to come

06.18.07 / never forget

in case you didn't hear the story or better, get a hysterical call at 10:15pm. it went down something like this...

"After long last, Halli and I have upgraded our status to "engaged" this past Monday evening. Following an impromptu dinner of Italian food, laughter, and a random Russian accordionist, we returned home to what Halli thought would be just another evening of to-do list items and emails. But there was another game afoot...

In short, Halli was led to believe that I was going to show her some new video game (Halo3 beta, of course) footage, but the footage I actually showed her was a photo/video montage I made of our past four years together. The shock set in when, after the extraordinary display of motion graphics, I took a knee and asked her to marry me. Halli said "yes," (phew) but everything else seems like a blur because of her general hysteria (of happiness and joy).

A few days later, we're a little calmer but still really excited about what's to come. Halli is quite satisfied with the new piece of hardware for her hand. Doobie McScratches and Bizmark von Whiskers (our cats) seem only mildly interested by this latest development, but we're sure they're just internalizing the good news.

We want to thank all you, our family and friends, for your love and support throughout our lives. Stay tuned for more info — rest assured there will be plenty of celebrating over the next several months. Love, laugh, use good type, and do good work."

Our best, Halli + Nick