More paper quilling...

Just having fun trying something new! I think this is so much fun. Time consuming...meticulous...but fun! In my previous post I highlighted some menus that I created using this technique! If only I had more time on my hands...sigh...

For my parents 50th wedding anniversary party I found pictures of their past together and quilled a
floral border around each of them to use as centerpieces.  

These were some of my earliest creations as I experimented with the possibility of incorporating some quilling into future wedding designs. 

Deb and Christian

Deb and Christian were such a fun couple! They really wanted a fun an unique wedding, as testified by their bold and fun color choices and unique paper ideas! It is so fun to work with a couple that challenges my creativity and allows me to try some new things! They fell in love with velvet paper and really, really wanted to use it in their invitation. It had such a beautiful texture, but presented some challenges in the printing. What I ended up doing was printing the flower on an inkjet printer to capture the color shading, and using letterpress for the wording to make it nice and crisp! The end result was beautiful...wrapped up in a paper fold with a die-cut to showcase the poppy underneath. And of course, all held together with a gorgeous wax seal! So much fun!

Can you see the gorgeous velvet texture?

The place cards were made out of flower seed paper
with a printed vellum overlay...held together by copper grommets.

And the best part of all...the menus! They gave me an opportunity to
use paper quilling for the first time in a wedding paper design. I can't even count the numerous hours I spent twirling paper, but I LOVED the end result. It was so much fun, and made each one unique!

What a great team!

Coordinating and Design- Every Elegant Detail

Flowers - Amy Burke Designs

Photography - Janae Shields

Starry Night

I was recently invited to be a part of a theme inspired photoshoot! Our inspiration for this wedding was the Van Gogh painting Starry Night. I was asked to do the paper designs with this inspiration in mind. I was immediately inspired by the swirled designs in the painting, and decided it was time to try something I've been wanting to do for a long time... paper quilling! It was so much fun creating these 3 dimensional swirls on the paper! I loved how they turned out. I also used the names of Van Gogh's family and close friends (including the Dr. who worked on his ear) in the place cards. And I used a French inspired menu. It was so fun to see how it all came together! And to top it all off... Junebug Weddings chose to feature and publish our work in their wedding blog. Check it out! It was a pleasure to work with so many talented people!

Coordinating and Design- Every Elegant Detail

Cake - Studio Cake Design
Dress - Sarah Houston via Nouvelle Vogue
Film - Studio MSV
Flowers - Amy Burke Designs
Hair & Make Up - Get Your DO Up!
Photography - Meg Perotti

Tuxedo - Selix Formalwear

Venue - Radonich Ranch via Vignette Events