Winter Lace Wedding Collection

Inspired by my Lace Trees print, this new collection from my wedding shop is a fresh take on a winter theme. Bits of lace, an icy shade of blue, and cardinal red accents are threaded through the collection, which includes pretty details like a Save the Date, table numbers, coordinating address labels, favor tags, menus and more.

As with my other wedding collections, the Winter Lace Collection was dreamed up for brides looking for a cost-effective way to handcraft a beautiful wedding, and need a little help getting started. My design files are delivered as PDF files that can be printed wherever and at whatever quantity you'd like.

Take a look at the whole collection here!

Rustic packaging for Tree Branches wedding invitations

One of my lovely wedding clients, Nadine, was kind enough to send me a shot of her wedding invitation suite all assembled and ready to mail. I love how she used some simple rustic materials like burlap and raffia to really personalize the suite and make it her own. Thanks, Nadine! Take a look at the rest of the Tree Branches collection here.

Vintage farm wedding

This summer I had the pleasure of working with a dear friend on some projects for her wedding reception. I used vintage illustrations, hand-lettering, and a palette of antique-hued fabrics to create table numbers, signs, and a hand-made photobooth. Take a look!

For the seating chart, we used a 12 paned window frame that belonged to the bride - how perfect that the guests fit at 12 tables! Paper backings were attached to the back side of each pane, and the bride wrote on the front of each pane with a glass marker.

I designed the paper backings with a vintage farm animal illustrations to identify each table, and borders of my favorite vintage-inspired fabric patterns.

This sign invited guests to bring one of the cow creamers or egg cups that decorated the reception home with them. Another friend of the bride created sweetly packaged wildflower seed favors.

Each table was marked with a card featuring a vintage farm animal illustration and a patterned border that corresponded with the table seating chart. The flower arrangements were created by the bride's mother- aren't they beautiful?

White ceramic cow creamers worked perfectly to display the table cards and hold tiny wildflower blossoms. Brown eggs in little egg cups also dotted the tables - the bride and groom are both chefs so baking and cooking details were used throughout the reception.

I can't get over how lovely these flower arrangements were! The colors tied in perfectly.

More hand painted signs and printed cards helped guests find their way around the multi-leveled barn that housed the reception. The wooden pieces for these signs were salvaged from old crates and boxes.

Do you recognize this chicken? Some of the animals from the table cards made their way into our hand-made photobooth. Large printouts of chickens, rabbits, and "L-O-V-E" letters were mounted on sturdy foamcore. Other props included old-fashioned lanterns, a wooden wheelbarrow, hats, and baskets of peaches. The backdrop was made with one of the fabrics that was used on the table number borders.

Two guests gave the photobooth a try - hooray, it works!

The groom had this great idea for an unconventional guest book; guests were invited to write on a tag and hang it on a tiny Christmas tree from the couple's home. By the end of the night the tree was filled with well-wishes and love from their friends and family.

This sign pointed up the stairs from the lower level of the barn, where dinner was served, to the dance floor on the upper level.

Here's an overview of the space from the loft area. The entire reception was lovingly decorated by friends and family of the couple. It was a beautiful celebration of a beautiful couple. Congrats!

Wedding Wine Labels

A couple months ago I was approached to create a set of custom illustrated wine labels for a world-traveling couple's wedding reception. One of the aspects of illustration that I absolutely love is being challenged will all sorts of different projects; experimenting with new materials and formats is so exciting and rewarding!

The client was looking for wine labels based on each city they had traveled to as a couple to use as table markers for their reception. They were really a dream to work with, and the process moved smoothly along from mockup to final designs. I created a simple but elegant drawing for each label, then pulled from my fabric collection to reference designs and colors reminiscent of each city.

I think these add a great heartfelt touch to a celebration, and I am so glad that I had the chance to work on this project.