The start of my photography career–My 1st wedding favorites!

I decided that next year I will be starting the photography part of my business.  It’s been a passion of mine for a long long time and I just can’t say no anymore!  So I have been working toward building a portfolio and had the honor of shooting my first solo wedding a few weeks ago…I want to share a few of my favorites with you…

Vintage wallpaper wedding invitation

Another amazing wedding I had the honor of working on last year.  Absolutely gorgeous couple wanted to include their engagement pictures on their invitations…very happy with the way they turned out!

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Vintage Peacock inspired wedding invitations

I loved loved loved working on this wedding…so much fun and a GREAT couple!

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The perfect pear vintage wedding invitation

A gift for a dear friend…wedding day collage

I had the pleasure of spending time with two of my closest and dearest friends on their wedding day!  Now I am not a professional photographer but I do enjoy taking photos and learning about my camera…and being a professional editor helps too :)  I was honored to capture their day for them!  They are a beautiful couple and my camera loved them and I do too.  I made this collage for them as their wedding/Christmas present…I think it is gorgeous!

Beautiful fall wedding invitation ensemble

Who knew mustard, chocolate, and lemonade went so well together!  Well they do…if you are talking about a color scheme for a fall wedding where the bride’s favorite color is yellow.

Corpse Bride Halloween wedding theme

I was approached by a bride getting married on Halloween 2010.  They are doing a Corpse Bride theme for their wedding and already have the cake, dress, and guestbook/pen picked out.  She asked if I would be willing to work on some invitations for them and of course I jumped at the chance!  I came up with a design for her and also put together a storyboard to show her how the invitations can tie everything they like together…and a few little things to add to it ;)  Here is the storyboard I presented to her…enjoy!

April wedding invites – Cherry Blossoms

April is the month that you really know that Spring has sprung.  Cherry Blossoms scream beauty…sweet, pink, adorable little flowers…PERFECT for an April wedding!

March wedding invitations

My theme for March weddings is “Go Green”…and not just because of St Patrick’s Day :)  I am currently working on becoming a vendor for a company that makes plantable invites, notecards, & favors…but in the mean time I would like to show you my design!  It’s a simple retro tree design with paisley and brown, cream, & green shades.  Printed on recycled paper and in a gorgeous green & cream pocketfold with a metallic brown envelope.  I would accent it with a simple raffia pull at the top.  Clean, fun, & GREEN!

 

I know, I know… (February weddings)

…I am a horrible blogger (smacks self on hand).  Between internet problems and the freaky southern weather making EVERYONE sick, I am very far behind on everything it seems.  I will catch up…PROMISE!

So here is my design for February wedding (in April).  Of course the theme is love but I wanted to do something richer than simple hearts.  I did a paisley & damask invite with the chiffon overlay pocketfold…classy, elegant, different!

Testimonial…

Usually in this business you get very little recognition for what you do.  Half the time I have to email the client after a week or so to make sure they even got the order…then I get a short but sweet email that says “Yes they are perfect, thank you” or something to that effect.  Today was an exception.  I got the sweetest email from my client Tara (the bride whom I made the beach wedding invitations a few posts previous for).  I makes me so glad to get emails like this because it lets me know that even though I do this because I love it it makes my clients dreams come true…who could ask for anything more!

 

SUBJECT: I got my invites!

Jen:

I got my invites in the mail last Tuesday, and I can't even begin to tell you how much I love them. They are perfect, and I appreciate all your hard work. The color is gorgeous, very similar to the color of my bridesmaid dresses! I am so glad I got to have my perfect invitation and found you to create it. I can't wait to mail them out - which hopefully I can wait about 8 weeks to do so. As much as I love them, though, I don't know if I can!

You were great to work with from the very beginning. You helped me create something I'm proud to send to my guests, and that I'll be proud to display because it's just too freaking cute! I looked and looked for something affordable that I liked before finding you, and there really wasn't alot out there. I figured if I was going to spend the money, I might as well get something I love. Well, I know now that I definitely made the right choice to go with you!

Thanks so much, and hopefully some of my online friends will really go through with using you for some of their wedding stationary!

Good luck and best wishes!
Tara & Josh

Beach wedding invitations

I recently had the honor of designing invitations for a wonderful couple that is having a beach wedding in the summertime.  They didn’t want it to SCREAM beach but wanted to incorporate the theme into the invites.  We came up with a simple elegant design with a conch shell at the top.  Their color scheme is a peachy/orange and cream.  The invitations and staggered inserts were put in a metallic cantaloupe colored pocketfold with cream envelopes.  Elegant, simple, PERFECT.

Let me know what you think!  :)

  

Save The Date...Alabama style!

I was recruited once again by my friend April from Once In Every Life Photography to design a Save The Date for a couple that she did an engagement shoot for recently. They are HUGE Alabama fans and if anyone reading this is from Alabama or anywhere in the south for that matter you KNOW what a big deal that is. I was asked to capture their love without screaming cheesy football...I think I did it...or should I say April did it because it is her photos that make it spectacular. Check it out and let me know what you think!