6*3*12

This weekend:

I attended a wedding with the reception at Ristretto Roasters in the Schoolhouse Electric building. So beautiful.

I rode my bike 40 miles. This was roughly our route.

I got busy in the kitchen. Homemade pizza, chia pudding, and banana bread. It felt great to get back in there.

I tried to only use the good stuff in this banana bread (because I would actually like to eat it), so I call it Whole Banana Bread.

Whole Banana Bread

• 4 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/4 cup plain yogurt
• 1/3 cup honey
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup coconut oil, just melted (or vegetable oil)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350 and grease and flour a bread pan.

In a large bowl, mix mashed bananas, yogurt, honey, eggs, oil, and vanilla.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour baking soda, and salt.

Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and fold until well blended. 

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45 - 60 minutes, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

4*27*12

Here’s some less-than-conventional wedding invitations, designed by yours truly.

John and Lauren are two of the most Portland-hipster-ish people I know. In a good way. Lauren is covered in tats that I literally want to cover my walls with, and she’s always privy to the newest and coolest bands. 

J&L are also planning their wedding in 4 months (!!!) and on a super tight budget. So I had to make these invitations on the quick and cheap.

And so, these invitations were inspired by that Portland-hipster-ish. I created the most hipster logo I could think of (with a little inspiration from here), and had them printed on 110 pt. (very thick) beer coasters. I churned these bad boys out in just a couple weeks, which is less than ideal, obviously, but I’m pleased with the results, as are those sweet lovebirds, and that’s what’s really important, right?

10*19*11

I wanted to share my latest wedding beauty. This one is a guestbook print for Daniella and Dan who are getting married in one month exactly. 

The idea is that the guests sign their names on the place where they’re from.

We put a special little heart on New Orleans, since that’s where the couple are getting married.

We had this screen printed by a local outfit, Phantom Chicken Studio. It doesn’t show well in the photos, but the ink is a shimmery gold. We also had them print this on a 16x20 sheet, so that it would make framing more convenient after the wedding.

I know I’d be excited to put this beauty on my wall. Doesn’t it seem so much more practical than a bulky guestbook?