graymar farm wedding - franklin, tennessee

Tenn Hens just wrapped up a beautiful wedding that was held on a family farm. In fact this was daughter #2. We designed their eldest daughters "stitched-invite" suite a few years ago. The farm is in Franklin, TN and the setting is beyond picturesque.

We worked from start to finish on every detail of this big day with bride Margaret. She really wanted to use some different printing techniques so we blind-letterpressed a pattern and used an amber gold foil for the text. What was so fun was working with her from the start of the save the dates, to wedding sutie, to the "day of" paper goods like: matches, koozies, napkins, photo-booth signage, menus, hotel booklets, and welcome packages.

:: lovely gold foil detail + blind letterpress pattern in the background ::


:: a custom die-cut envelope with gold calligraphy by Val Cole of Nashville ::

It was truly a pleasure working with event planner, Libby Page. She certainly made the process fun! And bride Margaret was a delight as well. She had great ideas to get us started and then let us fly away with production from there.

:: escort tags attached to compasses in a nod to the couples extensive travel  ::

Gorgeous pics from Nashville photographer, Mary Rosenbaum. And Currier even drew up some colorful chalkboard signage for the bar area.

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BONNIE CROSS & CURRIER STEVENS, co-founders

While working together at an advertising agency, we realized it was time to hatch our own shop. So in 2005 we launched Tenn Hens Design and have been thoughtfully creating custom designs ever since. We share a love of classic design and bring a touch of whimsy into our aesthetic.

When we’re not pecking away in the studio…

You can find Currier whipping up delicacies in the kitchen of her new home in Franklin (where she grew up) for her husband or outside hiking the trails at Percy Warner Park. Currier is the fine artist of the duo and has been painting, sketching, and creating since she was a little girl following around her crafty momma.

Another Tennesee native, Bonnie grew up on a farm, but recently moved with her family to the Big D. She's kept busy twirling around her baby girl Miriam and constantly rearranging furniture in her new house. Catching shows whenever they can, she and her husband share a big love of music. Bonnie is the layout-typography-blogger-photo minded half. A high school art teacher guided her into a graphic design path that became a true passion.

summer supper invitation

Autumn is slowly moving in with cooler temps, but there was one last summer bash to wrap. Along  side event planner Elizabeth James we came up with a beeea-utiful letterpress invitation! The brick red letterpress on great cotton stock really popped. And we created a custom envelope with an old pattern printed on the inside & topped 'em off with calligraphy from the fabulous Val Cole. The weather vane stamps we'd been hoarding ever since the Post Office ran them earlier in the year turned out to be the perfect fit for this job. Now bring on the pumpkins and sweaters, because we're ready for Fall temps!