Bespoke Design

Looking for something a little different for your wedding stationery? Here are a few examples of recent bespoke designs that I have done. I always enjoy being given a new brief to fulfill so whatever your ideas, please let me know!

With bespoke designs the pricing can vary depending on the intricacy of the design and the final finishing. As a guide I use my standard pricing and then add on a one off design fee (often around £75-100) to cover the additional design work. This is only charged once so if you decide to order stationery for on your wedding day itself as well then you won’t be charged again.

For more information on my bespoke wedding stationery service please complete the bespoke wedding stationery enquiry form.

Bespoke watercolour wedding stationery for a Yorkshire wedding

This bespoke watercolour wedding stationery has to be one of my favourite orders to date!

My bride wanted to use my Romeo and Juliet watercolour design but give it a green watercolour wash to look almost like hills for their wedding at Falcon Manor. She also asked me to paint a collection of Yorkshire scenes, some of which were very familiar to me! These were to be used for the table names and the table plan.

Having lived in Yorkshire for 20 years before I disappeared off to university it was lovely to have the opportunity to paint some local landmarks for their bespoke watercolour wedding stationery. Especially the Skipton image with the barge on the canal, I used to walk over this section of the canal most days to get to and from the train station to school!

I was very pleased with how the paintings came out and they looked great all together on the table plan. I also created these lovely handmade place settings which also double up as a bookmark for guests to use! Each place setting was painted with a wash of watercolour to match the rest of the stationery then finished with gold calligraphy and deep emerald green tassels. The menus also had gold calligraphy added to the top to tie everything together.

I think painting venues and scenes is fast becoming my favourite part of my job. I really enjoy creating such bespoke wedding stationery that feels very personal to the bride and groom. If you would like to add a watercolour illustration to your wedding stationery and or have some completely bespoke watercolour wedding stationery then please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Bespoke handmade invitation with olive branch design

I recently had the pleasure of working on this delightful handmade invitation. It was a nice small order and my bride was keen to have all the trimmings including torn edges, hand dyed silk ribbon, calligraphy and a wax seal!

I was asked to include olive branches in the design and to keep it clean and simple. I was so pleased with how the final designs came out and it was very pleasing making up the final invitations and adding the guest names with calligraphy.

The invitations are printed on bockingford hot press watercolour paper which has a lovely smooth finish to it. As it’s watercolour paper the edges tear nicely and it’s a nice heavy 300gsm weight paper. I then added guest names to the top of the invitations using a mixed calligraphy ink to get a nice sage green to match the design.

The hand-dyed silk ribbon was a lovely addition in a beautiful soft blue colour. It really added that extra luxury to the invitations.

For the wax seal I originally looked at a gold option but then after trying the simple clean white wax I realised it was perfect for the subtle colours of the design. It gives it such a clean modern look and doesn’t detract from the design of the main invitation.

I was also asked to create a timeline for the order of the day as an information card. It was my brides idea to add the timeline to the map and I think it looks lovely and very fitting for this destination wedding.

If you are interested in having handmade invitations whether it’s in a similar design or something completely bespoke then please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Art Nouveau Style Wedding Invitation

One of my recent bespoke designs was for a couple who wanted an Art Nouveau style wedding with invitations to match. It was an exciting challenge to take on as it’s quite a detailed and very distinctive style. I have to admit I was quite nervous sending over the initial proof as it took a lot of time and work to get the style right but thankfully my bride loved it.

Art Nouveau is a style of decorative art from the late 1800s, early 1900s and was inspired by natural forms and structures, particularly the curved lines of plants and flowers. It’s a lovely style for a wedding and the colours and details can be used throughout the ‘look’, from Art Nouveau style tableware to vintage styled wedding dresses.

I was very pleased with the final design for this invitation as it uses the Art Nouveau style but doesn’t look too cluttered. The illustration frames the main content of the invitation very nicely and the rounded corners of the invitation really add to the styling.

If you are interested in having your own bespoke wedding stationery in this styling or similar then please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

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