Posts by Jumping Toaster:
08/17/2011
August 17th, 2011Crowns Tied Together
My beloved worked for weeks beading and creating these two lovely crowns which were used in our ceremony. I assisted with the beading, but the actual creating and finishing was done by her over the course of a weekend. I couldn’t describe to you in words the joy that filled her when they were completed that Saturday afternoon. It was at that moment she knew the wedding was really happening.
I love you Judith!
08/16/2011
August 16th, 2011Do You Take…
The alter where the ceremony was preformed.
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08/15/2011
August 15th, 2011Saints Looking Down Upon Us
Another stellar shot of the chandler in the church where I got married this past July.
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08/12/2011
August 12th, 2011Lights All Around Us
A stunning chandler hanging above in the St. Nicholas & St. Demetrios, Greek Orthodox Church in Burnaby.
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08/11/2011
August 11th, 2011Dine By Candle Light
A beautiful photograph of our wedding reception table decor taken by the talented Mark Efford.
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08/10/2011
August 10th, 2011For The Love Of Chocolate
Like most weddings we had some fun party favours to hand out to our guests at the wedding & reception. For our theme Elegance & Illustrations we had some lovely chocolate shoes (high heels) made by the wonderful and talented Hodie and her staff at xoxolat in Vancouver, BC. Not only did we get these super yummy, organic, chocolate shoes with a truffle on the toe, but she was able to print my cartoon illustration on the packaging! If you are ever in the Burrard/Kitsilano area, stop by and purchase one of these beautifully decorated, three dimensional ‘high heels’ from her and serve it for desert!
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Impossible!
August 9th, 2011
I’ve been getting to know a good friend of mine again…my playstation! One of my favourite genres of video games are the ‘shooters’! Recently I’ve been addicted to R-Type, due to the fact that this game tests your patience on an extreme level. My wife has over heard me use numerous cuss words or sentence enhancers as I call them, within minutes of turning the game on. R-type is one of those special games where it seems near impossible to complete any level without dying at least once! The game throws multiple enemy ships at you at full force even on their ‘pussy’ setting. It is bloody aggravating to see the ‘Game Over’ screen again and again. Yet every morning there I am with my cup of coffee, mashing away at the controller in some kind of desperate attempt to thwart the baddies and save the universe! If you still have your original PSX kicking around in the closet and are fed up with current games and are in need of a real challenge, pick up R-Type off eBay and plug in!
Cheers
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08/09/2011
August 9th, 2011Raise The Curtain, Strike The Lights!
Illustrated above, as promised is the final version of the caricatures of my fiancé and I with the ‘Loony Tune’ background. I mentioned yesterday in my post, after scanning the drawn caricatures and creating the background I printed a larger version at a print house which would be photographed and then projection slides would be created and fitted inside each card. This couldn’t have been accomplished without the help of my good friend Mark Efford, who was an instrumental part in this whole project! During the wedding reception we had an actual projection system displaying the slide on the wall behind the head table which tied the theme together nicely!
Thanks again buddy!
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08/08/2011
August 8th, 2011Elegance & Illustrations Reception
Yesterday, I posted some images of my wedding invitations in different stages of completion. Today shown above is the finished product which was mailed out to our friends and family. Everyone commented on the originality of the wedding invitation and inquired on how I made such a thing and how much time was involved?
I started working on the invites in December 2010, which was mainly illustrating the caricature which would be photographed and used in the slide inside the card. I can’t tell you how difficult it is to create a complimenting caricature of someone you love where all your family members are going to see it and not be insulted. I went through quite a number of different sketches before my love selected the final. Doing a caricature of myself was the easiest thing to accomplish, as a cartoonist I have drawn myself as a cartoon character in some form or fashion. After the final illustration was completed I scanned them onto the computer and created the ‘Looney Tune’ backdrop which would complete the image. Keeping the theatre theme in mind (Elegance & Illustrations) I chose the bright ‘Looney Tune’ circles as the background as there was always a cartoon featured before the movie which tied the theme together nicely. After a quick trip to the print house to get a blown up version made of the graphic, I took it to my photographer to have the pictures turned into the film projection slides which would be fitted inside the card.
I asked my fiancé what other images we should place on the card as her input was always highly regarded. She chose the photograph my good friend the photographer (Mark Efford) took of our engagement rings which was used on the cover of the invitation. To complete the card she chose a nice picture of a ‘Saint’ of which the name escapes me at the moment, which I faded behind the text of the address inside opposite the red curtain. The back portion of the card had to remain empty as this is where the card would be cut to hold the projection slide and cut marks to fit the moving parts. But as always I shamelessly put my Jumping Toaster logo on the back so that everyone would know I created the card!
Each card was printed on an 8 ½” x 11” white card stock and cut in half and scored. The top portion was used for the moving parts which I cut out with a cutting board and scissors and the bottom portion was the actual double sided printed card which was cut with an Exact-O blade to fit the moving parts. Each card took roughly 10-15min to make from start to finish and there were roughly 75 cards mailed out. All in all the project came out quite well and everyone seemed to really enjoy the card! Many were really impressed that you could take an ordinary flashlight and project the image on the wall, which of course was the whole reason why I created the card in the first place. The photo above illustrating this came out quite poorly, but tomorrow you will see the graphic as I had it printed for the slide in its entirety.
Enjoy!
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Where Have You Been?
August 5th, 2011
To put it simply, I’ve been getting hitched! Over the past few months my fiancé and I have been planning our wedding & reception! We had alot to accomplish in such a short time, but it all came together in the end whether we were ready or not!
Below are a couple of links to check out if you are planning a wedding or reception. We had such a fun time at the Burnaby Village Museum and carousel! We took some stellar photos that day, probably about a thousand photos!!! Also Deer Lake Park is so beautiful in the summertime, almost anywhere you go you can take fantastic shots.
Enjoy!
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