Now that these invitations have all been sent out and received by the wedding guests it is safe for me to blog about them.
I received an order for wedding (and evening) invitations a short while back from one of my lovely baby blanket customers (remember my Dylan and Ava blankets?). This was the first time I had produced wedding invitations so I welcomed the challenge. My brief was simply to include the text Wedding/Evening Invitation, heart motifs and if possible tie them in to the colour of the dress.
The fabric swatch for the dress proved very difficult to match a craft paper to so I created my own by pasting a textured paper to a black base and painting it with titanium gold paint. I then handmade a heart motif using the fabric swatch I had been given and photographed it. I used the heart motif and chosen text to create a printed ribbon by arranging it in Photoshop and then printing on to t-shirt transfer paper. This was then applied to cotton tape and threaded through my painted paper on the card base. The invitations were finished off with some co-ordinating machine embroidery stitch lines.
I am really pleased with the results. Now I just need to start thinking about designing and making my own wedding invitations!
I am really pleased with the results. Now I just need to start thinking about designing and making my own wedding invitations!
6 comments:
They're really lovely and I think you met the challenge successfully!
Thank you x
They look really lovely, very sophisticated.
I like those hearts. Very elegant design.
Thank you. I shall be making more hanging hearts and listing them in my online shops very soon. Keep an eye on my blog for details.
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Claire kindly agreed to commission our wedding invites and I am very glad we asked as they are fantastic. The colour was particularly hard to match so I wasn't expecting anything as close as Claire managed to produce.
We have now sent the invites and several people have commented on how lovley they are.
Thanks very much Claire
Vickixx
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