While doing “market research” online (aka, “wasting time surfing the Interwebs, looking at lots of web wedding web pages”!) we stumbled across True Photography’s page of all photos of the Ketubot from lots of Jewish weddings where they’ve photographed the couple. And we were so shocked and excited to see two of our Ketubot featured! Yay! Thank you True Photography, we heart you!

Hey y’all (do I sound like a southerner… or what?!),

We’re completely fascinated by the Orthodox Jewish Punk Music movement. Very curious article about these guys in the New York Times.

This has completely inspired us to create a punk ketubah. Does anyone want one?

Anyone, anyone? (Said in a Ben Stein, Bueller, Bueller, tone of voice).

We’d be over-the-top excited and overjoyed to make such a unique awesome incredible fun hip modern cool new Ketubah happen. Did I put enough adjectives into that sentence?

We’re bursting at the seams here. Give us an excuse to do this, someone! :)

And don’t think, mind you, that we have a superficial understanding of punk. It’s not just a few hits from the (early) Ramones (who were Jewish, mind you). Oh no, oh no! You let our fun tone of voice mislead you! If there’s something we know about other than ketubot and art, it is the historiography of contemporary music! We sit here in our arts studio, discoursing endlessly on topics such as, How did Punk evolve into the New Wave in the early 80s? This is a fascinating question that requires endless attention to detail (just like making a good Ketubah!). Take, for example, The Clash. How could the band behind London Calling also be behind Should I Stay or Should I Go? What happened to the Punk Movement? What does this represent about the cultural shift of the early Reagan years? (That transformation is perhaps rivaled only by Jefferson Airplane/Starship’s transformation from the band of White Rabbit to the band of We Built This City.)

But it’s more than that: punk means something to us. It’s about bringing together a smorgasboard full of unyielding energy, that sounds cacophonous — but if you get it, you understand what it means underneath. But do you? Are you sure?

Give us an excuse to create the Punk Ketubah of your dreams. There must be some Jewish punk out there who wants a Ketubah.

(On a separate note, Argentine men seem to only wear Ramones t-shirts. Welcome to life in Argentina!)

-morgan
Team Ketubah

For our commissioned unique ketubot, we always create three sketches before moving ahead to create the final Ketubah.

But many couples ask us, “when we choose a sketch that we love, what’s the difference in the art between the sketch and the final ketubah?”.

In words: the sketch is just a general outline or framework, to show the positions, colors, and elements. But that’s it.

However, since an image speaks 1,000 words, here are some images. Each of these is a sketch we’ve done, and then the corresponding final ketubah.

Following our Friday afternoon tradition, we just put online our latest Ketubah, Today is Your Day. This Ketubah is an Ode to Dr Seuss.

But the best part is to come. Team Ketubah’s very own Autumn wrote the description. This definitely wins the award for the best TINAK description we’ve ever written. Enjoy it yourself:

You ordered the cake,
All your friends will come to town
The plans are almost all finished,
You even have your perfect wedding gown!

So what could be missing? You think with your thinker
A Ketubah of course! And we have just the winner!

This Ketubah is bright and full of flying bafooms,
It even has wild trees, reaching high to the moon

But what you’ll love most,
And what’s better than best
Is that couple in love
That stick out above the rest!

So today is your day
Don’t let your happiness hide
You have found the love of your life
And this Ketubah will show that with pride!

See the Ketubah yourself here!