Random Goodness

I need a break to let my mind wander... this blog has always been good therapy for me. Believe me if I didn't have you silent readers to "talk" to, I'd literally be pacing my apartment right now talking to myself. That's a straight ticket into a mental facility for sure...

My fiancee is going into the US Consulate tomorrow for her visa interview. This is the last and final step we need...close to 9 months after we first considered filing the paperwork to do this. It's a welcome relief to be this close to getting that taken care of although we're both still holding our breaths until the process is over and they tell her she's approved. I don't see how she could be denied that at this point, since we've pretty much cleared all the other hurdles up to this point. *fingers crossed*

I mailed out my invitations out today. All personally designed and printed on my home printer. So it's kind of ghetto compared to the normal invitations people send out these days. We just couldn't justify getting it printed professionally when there was only 25 invitations I needed here. On the other hand, I created the layout myself and cut everything by hand..so it's got this crafty feel to it. So it's all good.

I've run into a few situations with friends, associates and clients who ask me, "So, you're inviting me right?" I'm like, "Errrr....... " Talk about awkward. It's not like I don't want to invite everyone, but our plans was to just keep it like a small beach wedding. I think our dinner will have JUST enough space for 4 tables anyway. So...I've been pretty good at skirting the subject these days.

So I watched the movie Grindhouse yesterday. I liked it. It was cheesy, silly, and a bit disgusting at times. But I thought it delivered. One thing I really liked about the whole thing was the marketing & production values surrounding the whole movie. I like how they set everything up to be really old school. Check out the poster and the website.

I love the grundgy worn-out designs. That poster is bad-ass! Those old fonts, cheesy illustrations, faded textures, etc. I'm noticing this type of retro designs more and more lately. Perhaps I should look for an opportunity to design something like this in some of my upcoming projects. I actually have one logo I'm trying to work out with someone that's supposed to be old-school. So maybe I'll insert some kind of feeling like this.

Gotta get inspiration wherever I see it.