Wedding illustration
>> Thursday, August 03, 2006
Well our wedding invitations have all been mailed so now I can share the illustration I created for them. It's another in my bird series. I chose robins because I love robins, I think they're so handsome and charming and I always like seeing them around. Like most birds they are monogamous, and they love to eat ashberries. Of course they like to eat worms too, but I thought an ashberry tree would be more picturesque.
The full design is like this:
And I had a white piece of paper over the top with the invitation wording on it, and a tiny ribbon that tied it in place. The invitation itself was in a pink tissue paper envelope, and it came with a matching reply postcard with pink paper envelope. It's been lots of fun getting those pink envelopes in our mailbox and knowing what it is!
It was very time consuming making them, but I've had lots of compliments and it was fun to do. Today I'm working on sewing my veil. There's not a lot of information about making your own veil online. So I've kind of had to work it out for myself. I could share the how-to with you guys, is anyone interested in that? Ok, back to my sewing now.
22 comments:
beautiful, simply beautiful
Your invitations are wonderful!
the illustration is lovely and the invitations as a whole sound divine!
Oh, this is so lovely. It reminds me of the illustrated letters that my grandmother used to send me when I was little...
"Mr. Robin Redbreast lives near Gramma's house and has been wondering where Lilli has gone since her last visit. He wants to fly over her house and say Hello..."
This sure helped me with my reading :)
Lovely invitations, congratulations on your upcoming marriage!
it's beautiful. i love that your invitation is so personalized.
wow! i bet they are stunning. terrific illustration...you are very ambitious!
All that work really shows and was so well worth the effort you've put into the invitations. So personal.
We've been watching 3 robins' nests around our place this year. Not only have we noticed that the robins are monogamous but that they share the responsibity of caring for their young. Their SECOND sets of babies this summer are just now leaving the nests and learning to fly under the watchful eye of the parents!
We often see them stop to land on the mountain ash tree that we planted in honor of our son's birth 6 years ago which finally has berries on it for the first time this year! Yay!
We had a picture of mountain ash on the inside of our son's birth announcement, by the way, too.
Congratulations! An autumn wedding?
just beautiful. Thank you for sharing it!
how beautiful, claire !
What a beautiful illustration.
That wedding invitation is definetely a keeper, I love it!
I love your invitations! The illustration is perfect and so beautiful! Congratulations!!
wonderful: I love robins as well and so did Emily Dickinson:
If I shouldn't be alive
When the Robins come
Give the one in Red Cravat
A memorial crumb.
Well, I know maybe not appropriate for a wedding, but if you love robins you must read her poems!
Lovely invitations, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding!
I love love love the robins. The colors are perfect. Love your blog!
Lovely! I love the colors, style, etc.! Any chance you could post the ensemble...The finished product (invitation w/ tissue, envelope, etc.)? As well as you described it, I really want to see it!
Sure I can do that! Thanks for asking.
Your illustration is beautiful and thoughtful, perfect for a wedding...I know you're not supposed to, but...congratulations!
Your invitations are beyond lovely.
Oh Claire, these are so beautiful, what a lovely wedding invitation!
beautiful illustration!
Melissa
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