Handcrafted Destination Wedding in Pink and Gold

From the Bride: Being a graphic designer/illustrator this was a personal challenge I knew I wanted to take on. I love a good deadline, but I pushed myself to the limit on this one. The week I wanted to start printing them I didn't have any artwork I liked. Thankfully I finally painted something I liked and was able to create my invitation suite fairly quickly once I got a style narrowed down. 

Since it was a winery wedding I knew it had to be watercolor. I wanted soft, feminine artwork with some gold detailing. Next, I found a script font that wasn't overdone (graphic designer problems haha). It all came together for me with the Ponte property watercolor I did for the info card. I digitalized the artwork, added the text and printed them myself; I also added the gold shimmer gouche on each card by hand. The suite was tied with a dainty baker's twine with a gold detail and the envelopes were sealed with a custom initial pink wax seal.

Now back to Bran and Chelsea... I came home to our condo and there was a Chanel box on the kitchen table – and not a small one, the size that holds handbag type-of-box (eek!). He said he wanted to do something thoughtful for me for being there for him. I was so surprised! I opened the box and there was a caviar leather black quilted bag with a gold chain! He told me to look in all of the pockets – and I did, but was in a hurry to try it on in the mirror. As I'm standing there he comes over and says that I missed a pocket (of course) and proceeds to pull out a diamond ring and get down on one knee! As if my night could get any better. I can't remember exactly what nice things he said, I just remember how excited I was. He also had a beautiful bottle of champagne and glasses to toast with. I don't think I slept at all that night; I was so happy.