Illustrated Wedding stationery – part II

A few months ago I designed all the stationery for my wedding. I had illustrated a couple of wedding invitations before (see here), but this time, it was my own, which was extra sweet. :0)

We had a London wedding and as we had lots of foreign guests (my part of the guest list alone was a crazy mixture of people coming from Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, France and the US!), I decided to design a very informal invitation and have a little bit of fun with the illustrations.

The feedback we received was great, which made me so happy.

A lot of my friends are in the creative industries and know that I am not a traditional person at all. So I expected that they would get a little kick out of the drawings. I was a bit worried about our older guests though: our grandparents, uncles and aunts. But everybody loved our invitations! I guess people are a little bored of the traditional formats with the long texts and serious colors. I guess they found it refreshing to see something different, with a bit of humor.

In the end, I just wanted to make everyone look forward to their trip to London. They were flying such long way to be there, I wanted them to be as excited as I was.

I also designed a map with information about our venue. Drawing a map was a little more challenging than I had anticipated. Especially because I was so worried that my guests would get lost around central London! Luckily, it all worked out in the end. The map was clear and no one got lost. I will post it here next. Stay tuned.

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Illustrated Wedding stationery – part I

>> Save the Date cards

Recently I illustrated and designed my own wedding stationery. ♥

These were our Save the Date cards:

I love hand drawn typography and I wanted to keep things soft and simple: just a hint of color, a couple of cute details here and there, and very good quality paper. I am also CRAZY about washitape. The one I used here was from Paperchase. I fell in love with the pattern.

Tomorrow I’ll post our official invitations. Our wedding was in London so needless to say, I had a little bit of fun with the illustrations… ;0)

Stay tuned.

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Tea time in London

I LOVE doing private commissions. I know a lot of illustrators don’t like doing them or just don’t have the time, which I think is a shame. Depending on the client, private commissions can be freeing and a lot of fun.

I was commissioned by a lovely client to produce a special illustration for her daughter. The details: she loves London, she likes wearing blue and she is crazy about squirrels. How adorable is that? This is the final piece:

If you would like to commission a piece, get in touch! Personal illustrations are popular, thoughtful and make the BEST gifts. It’s one of my favorite things to do.

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So Many Lovely Things

My latest illustration assignment was to design the new blog header for London fashion and beauty blog So Many Lovely Things. This was such a nice project. Here is the final piece:

And a couple of the initial sketches.

This was a lot of fun to draw, especially the little louboutins. Dani (the blogger) was enthusiastic every step of the way and an absolute joy to work with. :0)

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Signed prints: limited edition

A few weeks ago, my Vintage Girls print went off into the world (to London, to be exact), to a brand new home.

It thrills me to think that some of my illustrations are brightening people’s homes and making them happy. It’s a huge honor and one that I don’t take for granted.

These signed prints are limited edition and printed on gorgeous paper. To purchase or just browse, visit my shop here.

Lots of love from Barcelona.

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