Cristie + RJ: The Wedding Announcement

While this post has been a while coming, I am no less excited to share it! As with most brides, Cristie wanted her invite to reflect her wedding color scheme of silve, blue & white--in conjunction with her & her fiance's love for BYU, of course! I think it's always fun for the couple to throw in some personality into their invitations.

After a few color re-arrangements we came up with the final design, and I absolutely love it. I particularly love the wording in which Cristie's son, Kole, announces the marriage of his mom, and they have included them in their photos. What a cute and fun way to make a child feel a part of their parent's special day!

Thanks so much for allowing me to add something to your special day Cristie! I wish you and RJ the best of luck & the happiness you deserve!

Becca + Sam: The Wedding Cake

I am so excited to post about this wedding cake. I absolutely love it & had so much fun creating it. With this being my most elaborate cake thus far, I must say I am pretty proud of it!

I love the simplicity, yet textural details, of the white on white design. Becca was so great to work with & aside from knowing she wanted 3 round tiers in white fondant, she pretty much left the cake design open for me to do as I pleased. I really hope she ended up liking it as much as I did. Congrats to the newlyweds & best wishes to them in starting their life together!

Jessi + Trace: The Wedding Photography

Here it is! My first wedding shoot! I can't even tell you how nervous I was....a wedding isn't like family photos where if you have a "mishap" you can gather everyone together again for a re-shoot. Seriously, it was almost terrifying to think about. I am so glad to say that once I got started and into "the groove" the nervousness went away and had I SO much fun. It helps that I love weddings. REALLY REALLY love weddings....someday I hope to be able to be involved in more (not of my own of course....of other's haha). That's my dream.

Jessi & Trace's wedding day was so great (I hope the love birds can say the same!). The weather couldn't have been any more nice, and the couple any more beautiful. The ceremony was great, the luncheon tight-knit and casual, and the reception was a lot of fun--they even had decks of cards on the tables for the guests to play with as they ate their ice cream sundaes!

I want to wish the happy couple a lifetime full of the happiness they felt on their wedding day! I also want to thank them (and the bride's mother, Kim) for taking a chance on me by allowing me to photograph & be a part of their BIG day. It was a dream day for me as well! :0)

Here are just a FEW of my fave photos from the wedding.

Jessi + Trace : The Invitation

This is the latest wedding invitation that I have been working on for Jessi & her fiance Trace. I absolutely love the typography on this invite as well as the so-called "non-traditonal" wording format that they chose for it. I'm always up for & excited for doing something a little different from the norm when it's suggested!

While having two dark colors (black & purple) can be challenging through the design process, I think the white, purple, & black color scheme ultimately worked really well! And as it always does-- the little bit of black adds some elegance & sophistication to the design helping to balance the "fun" & typography seen on the upper half.

Best wishes to Jessi & Trace as they start their new journey together!

(*Stay tuned as I bravely attempt to fulfill their request to photograph their upcoming ceremony and reception!)

Matt & Isabella: Wedding Cake

Okay, cut me some slack. The last two posts have been about some form of cake or another. But really, who doesn't love cake! And cake, in my opinion, can be made into a beautiful piece of art, so why not?

I was excited--okay, honestly. I was really super excited--when my mother-in-law asked me if I would mind making a wedding cake for my brother-in-law & his wife's reception here in Utah. (They were married last month in Brazil, and from the pics, it was gorgeous). Of course, having made my own wedding cake with her a few years ago, I immediately enlisted the help of my mom. (Thanks for the help mom!)

While there aren't necessarily "colors" for the open house there seemed to be a main color scheme of gray/silver, which I incorporated into the cake with the pewter-color ribbon and silver berries. I felt that these elements also really helped to make it feel like a "winter" wedding cake. You can't tell in the photo, but we also dusted some Pearl Dust onto the fondant to give it a subtle shimmer/glimmer--which reminds me a lot of the sun sparkling on snow.

We had a lot of fun making this cake and I think it turned out so well. (I hope the love birds like it!) It's clean & simple, yet has a sense of elegance.

And as a side note, I have a Cake Cricut making it's pretty little way to my house in the next week (as a graduation gift from my husband) and so there may be a few more cake-related "designs" popping up on this blog.

Hailey + Justin : Thank You Note

As a follow up to Hailey and Justin's wedding, I was asked to design a thank you card, including a photo of them on their wedding day, that they could send to their guests who attended. We again, like the wedding invitation, used their colors and made their wedding photo their main element.

Hailey + Justin

Here is the wedding announcement I designed for my cousin & had mentioned in the previous post. I've been dying to share it! Hailey's wedding colors are pink and turquoise and she wanted a worn-vintage look for the announcement. I dulled down her wedding colors a tad and added a "dirty" edge to each side of the invite to look worn without being too over powering and grungy. The turquoise/teal damask added a touch of classy-vintage and texture. I really love the way these turned out and was glad have the opportunity to add a piece to Hailey's big day! Best of luck to you two in the future and best wishes for a wonderful wedding day!

Andrea + Tyler

This month has been booming for me as far as wedding invites go, and I was no-less than excited when Andrea asked me to design her wedding invite for her. I worked with Andrea for a few years at Work Care and was so glad to get to associate with her again. She asked for a 5x7 layout using her colors: black, white, and purple. I have always loved the black and white color scheme with a pop of accent color--it's simple, yet classic and elegant--and I love the purple Andrea chose for hers!

Thanks Andrea for allowing me to create a piece for your wedding! I wish you and Tyler the best as you start your life together---I'm so happy for you! :0)

Shaylee + Krieg

This is one of the few wedding invites I've been working on lately.

Shaylee requested the layout I did for Kellie & Brian's announcement, (seen printed here), and incorporated their colors which were a really dark purple, baby blue, & chocolate brown. I love when people have unique color schemes for their wedding to include in the announcement, it makes my part a lot of fun and helps bring about some creativity.

I think they turned out great and both Shaylee & Krieg were wonderful to work with, especially considering the whole design & printing process was done through long distance communication as they live down in Blanding. As always I was grateful for the designing opportunity and want wish them the best on their wedding day!
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Susan's Bridal Shower Invite = Hello Nebraska!

I was super excited when I received a call from Gayle, a woman who had attended the last bridal shower that I designed an invite for, who wanted me to design an invite for a bridal shower that is to be held in Nebraska. That's right folks, Purple Paisley has ventured to Nebraska! Who would've thought? My most recent projects have all came about via word of mouth & I'm very grateful for those who are out there spreading the word!

Gayle told me the bride was using an aqua blue and Gerber daisies along with the colors associated with them & she wanted the invite to reflect that theme. I LOVE the way these turned out! I have had so much fun with bright & vivid colors lately.

And, one for me...

Like I said, it wouldn't be long before I had one of these for myself. (Although I haven't printed it yet, I did spend some time doing this that I should have been studying for finals....oops). Doesn't this feel so "vintage" though? I love it. I choose to use one of our wedding photos, which I would have liked to have done for Kellie's but since I had to steal the photo from the wedding invite I did for her, I had minimal photo options. I have had a request from my cousin to make one for her using the Provo Temple as the photo since she now has kids and felt like a wedding photo would have to be displayed in her bedroom (that sounds strange, but you know what I mean). I thought that was a great idea. A family photo would also be nice. Lots of options, and I think something like this makes a great gift. Mother's Day is just around the corner!

A Wedding Gift

I've been wanting to do something like this for a while now, and love how it turned out. This is a design I created and framed 11x14 as a piece for my friend's wedding gift. (As she is getting married tomorrow I am hoping she's too busy to see this before she opens it.... :0) I like it so much that I don't think it'll be long before I start working on one for myself. If you're interested in having one of YOUR own, or to give as a gift, let me know!

Kellie + Brian

Oh my! I've been so excited about this wedding invite, and it's been killing me while waiting to share it! Not only is it beautiful and unique, but it's for my best friend with whom I was pretty much conjoined at the hip with and love like a sister. I was so excited when Kellie asked me to design her invitation, and it was fun to get to be a part of her "special day" in some way. Her colors worked perfectly with the "outdoor-esque" theme she wanted to go for, yet still allowed for a touch of elegance. It may be hard to tell from these files (I will post a photo of the printed and folded invite soon), but I loved the uniqueness of the design, size and layout. She decided on a double sided tri-fold and to add a little pizazz we made the "Brian & Kellie" text hang out further than the front panel when folded. I also really liked that we put their registries on the back panel of the invite. Kellie wanted to incorporate them somehow without being overbearing and I think the back panel was a perfect place to do so.

Congratulations Kellie and Brian, I am so happy for you and wish you the best! Thanks for letting me be a part of your wedding!

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Bridal Shower Invite

I was very excited when a lady I work with asked me to design an invitation for a bridal shower she was throwing for one of her neighbors/friend. She wanted the colors to match the wedding and was looking for something retro/vintage-style.

Alicia & Seth

Alicia and Seth were my latest wedding invitation clients, and they were so great to work with! When we met to discuss the details they knew exactly which photos they wanted to use and preferred what I consider to be a classic style layout (one larger photo and three smaller). They also wanted to incorporate their royal blue and lavender wedding colors on the invitation. I was excited to experiment a bit with the colors and found they worked so well together. I think the outcome was wonderful and am so glad they allowed me to design their invitation. Best wishes to you guys are you start your journey together!
(The bottom one made the final cut).