There is a special day approaching!!! My littlest brother Josh is getting married in September to his gorgeous fiance Charlotte (hooray!) it's a bit scary too because I can remember rocking Josh back to sleep as a baby and changing his little nappies! (haha, sorry Josh!)
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| Hard to believe this cheeky little boy... |
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| ...is about to be married! |
Josh & Char asked me if I'd like to do their invites, and of course I said I would! We went through a few different designs and concepts together until there was something that they were both happy with! They are both very individual and unique so the invites reflect this.
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| Some of the concepts included embroidered roses and beads |
The final design chosen (below) was totally handmade, and suited them perfectly. Simple, and eclectic! They loved the idea of using hand stamped lettering. It did look great but it took ages!
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| A look at the handstamped lettering, ribbon and paper |
The type looked so good that they wanted the same technique for the invite reverse. Now, that was ALOT of information to be individually stamped so I digitalized it and turned it into a usable font (available
free for download if you like something a little decorative and different!) It's called 'Jolotte'... took ages to think up that one!
I'm glad I digitalized it as it allowed me to have alot of control of the layout of the reverse. Then it was time for adding the buttons and then drybrushing the final cards to tie all the elements together... and that was it!
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| Buttons... I was tired at this point! |
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| The final pile! ready for send-off :) |
I feel really honoured to be able to do something special for them both. Although it was very time consuming and tiring at some points (especially for my back!) it was worth it. The individual look and feel you get from handmade it special, and really does suit them both. Hehe, I can't wait for the big day :)
Remember, if you'd like to download and use the font it's totally free!
