Wedding Paper Accessories: Kanishka & Brian

I had been working with Kanishka since September of last year, which in the wedding world feels like a lifetime ago. As I mentioned previously, she was among the first to hire me despite my limited portfolio. I am eternally grateful that she decided to work with me.

Kanishka decided early on that the rest of her wedding paper accessories would be part of the overall look of her wedding. We worked closely together to ensure that all of her wedding paper accessories would have a cohesive look and feel. Kanishka also wanted to DIY a good portion of the remaining pieces. Much of the remaining pieces were designed to allow for easy printing and assembly. The only element that I assembled were her wedding programs.

Here's a look at my handiwork.

Programs

Here they are at the wedding:

photo by Pix of Life photography

Custom Photobooth banner with their signature lotus flower.

photobooth by Partybooths

Here's a look at our collaborative effort.
Monograms
I created two monograms, which Kanishka used in a variety of ways. She had a custom stamp made and stamped their monograms on napkins.

She and Brian also hand-painted their monogram onto their aisle runner.

photo by Pix of Life photography

Escort Cards
Kanishka wanted something simple to assemble, yet unique. I suggested cards inside of mini envelopes. I designed the labels and insert cards and she took care of the rest.

photo by Pix of Life photography

Table Numbers

photo by Pix of Life photography

Bar Menu

photo by Pix of Life photography

Kudos to Kanishka for beautifully executing each piece. Her vision and color palette was exquisite. To see more photos of this gorgeous wedding, please visit Pix of Life's blog.

Wedding Paper Accessories: Rhea & Joe

I enjoyed working with Rhea immensely. As a bride on the East Coast, she received my emails as she got ready for work and I got ready for bed. {I'm an incorrigible night owl.} This made for interesting email exchanges. I designed and assembled her invitations, but she wanted to try her hand at DIY. She decided that she wanted to make her own programs, table numbers and escort cards. I obliged her by designing printable PDFs. She bought the Gartner line of wedding paper products and went to work. I think she did a remarkable job.

Here are some photos of my design work coupled with photos of Rhea's handiwork.

Table Names/Numbers
Rhea wanted to incorporate Joe's love of beer and microbrews. Each of their tables are named after Joe's favorite brews.

{photo from Rhea & Joe's Website}




{photo from Rhea & Joe's Website}

Escort Cards
These were printed on a beautiful Ivory tent cards that had a subtle champagne border. Sadly, there are no photos of the finished product.

Monogram
This was used to seal their invitations. Rhea also found other uses for it such as their out-of-town bags.

{photo from Rhea & Joe's Website}

Program
This was also printed on an Ivory cardstock that had a champagne border. These along with the rest of Rhea and Joe's gorgeous wedding can be seen on their Wedding Highlight video.

Rhea & Joseph Wedding from david joe on Vimeo.

Wedding Paper Accessories: Ruby & Jereco

When Ruby hired me to design their wedding invitations, she also requested I create coordinating wedding templates for the rest of her wedding paper accessories. Her original intention was to print and assemble her programs, table numbers, escort cards and menus herself. As her wedding drew closer, she opted to have her wedding coordinator, Amanda Auer of In the Now Weddings complete them for her. This allowed Amanda and me to collaborate. She had a lot of great ideas and am quite pleased with how the overall look turned out. Kudos to Amanda for flawless execution of our ideas while working with a tight deadline.

Here are some photos of our collaboration. All photos are courtesy of Amanda Auer of In the Now Weddings

Programs

For simplicity, I designed a single-fold program.
This allowed the design to really standout on the cover.

Escort Cards



Originally, I was going to create tent cards, but Amanda suggested square cards that can be pinned to a board. These turned out better than I imagined. The Ruby-colored pins are also a nice touch.

Menu

For more a glimpse of Ruby & Jereco's wedding, head over to Amanda's blog for her post recapping this gorgeous wedding.

Wedding Paper Accessories: Carmela & George

Carmela and I collaborated on many of the things I created for her. She was definitely a bride with her own unique vision and tastes there are not that different from my own. During her planning process, we have become friends. I had the pleasure of attending her wedding. As with Janice and J.D., it was an awesome experience to see some of my work in their settings alongside the many projects which Carmela had worked so hard to complete.

Here are two of the projects I designed.

Programs

Vellum Cover


Title Page


Bridal Party page


Thank You Page and Back Cover

Placecard and Menu card

Placecard


Menu inside of place card


Placecard in the Tablescape


Placecard in Place Setting

Wedding Paper Accessories: Janice & J.D.

Janice contacted me a few weeks ago to design more items. She and J.D. had successfully printed and assembled the invitations I had designed for them. They were ready to tackle more DIY items. I admire a couple with determination. I happily obliged them and they ran with it.

Janice and J.D. are friends of ours. My husband and I were invited to their celebration. I had the opportunity to see everything firsthand.

Here are photos of my design coupled with their handiwork.

Program Cover

Program Cover Page


Program Interior


Last Page of Program


Dinner Menu


Favor Label


Custom Photobooth Banner

Congratulations to J.D. & Janice! Your wedding was thoughtful and every detail beautifully executed.

Details, details

Since this is my blog, I'm going to take a moment to gush. The other reason I was excited about Wendy and Lior's wedding is that theirs is the first to prominently feature my design work. All of the wedding stationery was a collaborative effort between Wendy and myself. I did the design work and Wendy did the dirty work (read: print & assemble). However, I cannot take all the credit. Wendy did an amazing job of incorporating and executing the designs.

Programs
I designed the monogram on the front cover and created the layout for the interior. Sadly, I don't have any photos of the interior.
Wendy created the cover and interior vellum insert, and carefully assembled each program.

photo by Jordana Taylor Hazel

Table Numbers
When Wendy's original table number concept proved to be too wordy, she decided to name the tables after hers and Lior's favorite bands. To add a personal touch, I incorporated a lyric from their favorite songs by said bands and indicated the song title and album.
Wendy printed each number, added matting, and carefully add crystal accents.

Escort Cards
I provided Wendy a template to use in Microsoft Word. She then printed each name and mounted them on beautiful stardream paper.

photo by Jordana Taylor Hazel

Bar Menu

Dinner Menu

Cocktail Napkins
I designed the monogram which Wendy painstakingly gocco'ed onto napkins

Photobooth Banner

It was really fun to see my designs at a wedding other than my own. It really was fun working with Wendy even though I teased her and said I was her design slave. I hope that my future DIY clients are as easy to work with as Wendy.

Design Project Recap

I'm going to try to blog in order. So bear with me.

This is Aileen & Jo.

Their wedding was this past Saturday. Many moons ag0, Aileen and I carpooled to our first knot GTG together. We even had the same wedding coordinator. After the disaster I had with said coordinator, she hired someone far more capable.

A few weeks ago, Aileen contacted me to create menus and programs. Like Ali and Bryan, Aileen and Jo had existing wedding stationery that I had to match. Here is what their existing stationery looked like.

Here is what I created to match. Each program was designed and hand assembled. It got a bit hectic and I enlisted Rob to help with the assembly process. Who knew my hubby was so handy with a hole puncher?

Programs

Front
*photo has been altered for client privacy

Page 1
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Page 2

Page 3
*photo has been altered for client privacy

I believe Aileen and Jo were pleased with the finish products. I can't wait to see their pro pics.