(seriously, I was cutting it close there)
Here's a little walk through my process:
My first step was to play with the lettering A LOT.
(below is the original design)
After lots of playing with swashes and angles on the page, I finally landed on lettering that I liked, so it was time to incorporate the flowers.
I wanted to choose flowers that I am actually using in the bouquets and arrangements, so I featured (my loose version of) peonies, spray roses, anemones, berries, and lambs ear... and there's some other greenery thrown in for good measure.
This photo was a big inspiration (I apologize, I do not know the original source - found off Pinterest forever ago).
After sketching it out in my notebook, I traced it onto smooth Bristol paper with pencil. On one copy I left the flowers in graphite, and the other I used the Micron to outline. I was originally going to use brush pens to create a thickness in the swashes, but the pens I was using just started to feel too heavy - I wasn't in love with the line weight, so I switched to my trusty ole Microns (.03).
The original intention was to do watercolor with the more graphic outlined flowers and acrylic on the graphite version; after using watercolor on the graphic outlined version, though, I liked it so much that I wanted to try a looser watercolor version with the pencil.
Much to my surprise, I fell in love with the looser version! It just seemed more suited to the feel of the wedding, and the contrast between the inked names and the soft, watery flowers was lovely.
The rest of the pertinent information is being typeset by the printer.
I love the way everything works together - I chose the blush envelope (from Paper Source) and lined them myself with white and gold chevron paper by Fig. 2 Design Studio (from Fifteen Eleven).
Glad this bridezilla is finally happy! #kiddingagain #thebrideisme
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