Rachel's Invites!!!

So, this invitation has some significance for me.  Rachel was my one of my first official wedding invitations for someone other than family and friends!  She is a fellow Knottie that I had the privilege to get to know through many emails back and forth.  She gave me the chance to use my design skills, and I will be forever grateful that she had faith in me!!

Rachel wanted to be able to incorporate some of the colors of her venue (which happened to be teal) along with her primary wedding color, burgundy.  Instead of fighting the color combination, which I know Rachel was a little leery of to begin with, she trusted me and this is the end result!  We did a silver invite with two backers of teal and charcoal.  The information pieces were done with silver  card stock and all of her pieces were adorned with some piece of her "S" flourish that were created from the swirl in her invite.  

Having taken on this project just weeks before my wedding, I am glad I did.  Rachel was a great person to work with, and I wish her luck with her planning!!

Heart Flourish Invite

This was an idea that one of my newest customers came to me for.  I hand sketched the heart flourish from a rubber stamp she had found. We used in on the panel invite and the envelope.  However, the actual invite never came to fruition.  We decided to veer off-course and go with something even more unique!  You will have to wait for those to debut!

Monogram Mania

I love creating monograms! This one uses the most elegant font and the eggplant against the celery green is just divine!! I can't wait to start the invitations!

Monogram ideas... R/B Wedding

Here are some ideas that I came up with for Chris and Robyn's wedding. (Obviously, these are the ones that didnt make the final contenders.) Robyn wants to add come fall colors and leaves to the design. I cant wait to start modifying them! Once we decide on the winner, ill be sure to send out the update!

The inaugural invite post....

So, this is the invite that started it all.  Here are a few pics of the pocket folder, envelope,  RSVP and a few other little items that make me smile.....

New Creative Endeavor: From DIY to Custom Design!

This is the first post for my new business: A Day to Remember Custom Invitation Design. After a push from my ever-patient fiance, and many of my family (and soon-to-be family) members, I have decided to start my home based invitation design service.

Here is a little background information on me:

My interest in invitation design all started when I became engaged. I met with another amazing invitation designer for her to make my save the date cards. While she did an amazing job, I was mad at myself for not trying to make them first. (You see, I have a Design degree and my Cosmetology license as well. I would consider myself a creative person.) I figured if the woman that I used could do it, then by all means I could too!

Armed with the finest of design software, and my trusty Mac computer, I was determined to create the most personal invitations possible. And this is when the obsession with my personal wedding invites started!  Invitations are not the only work that I do, I also love to do custom designed paper items too!

This blog will serve as a means to showcase my work, as well as the trials and tribulations of starting a home business.

Here's to A Day to Remember,

Amanda
Email me:
aDaytoRememberCustomInvites@gmail.com