Personalised Wedding Stationery – Hand-drawn Details
24th November 2022
Ellie & Liv is now a botanical illustration and design studio. Wedding stationery commissions are no longer available. I share this here as a record of work I loved creating.
NOTHING EXCITES ME MORE THAN WHEN A COUPLE TELLS ME HOW THEY MET. YOU CAN FEEL THE EMOTION, THE LOVE RADIATING THROUGH THE WORDS.
I ADORE TAKING THESE LITTLE NUGGETS OF INFORMATION AND WEAVING THEM INTO YOUR STATIONERY. MAKING YOUR PERSONALISED WEDDING INVITATIONS AND STATIONERY NOTHING BUT EXCEPTIONAL.
What is personalised wedding invitations and stationery?
Personalised wedding stationery is a unique, bespoke design, that is tailored to you and your wedding. Adding precious symbolisation throughout your wedding invitations, makes every element feel like a cherished gift. Personalisation will allow you to select your style of fonts, your colour scheme and most importantly the illustrative style.
The beauty of hand-drawn details
Hand-drawn details are where the magic can happens. Where personalised wedding stationery becomes an item of beauty and something you emotionally connect with.
Personal elements are captured using your details of yourselves, your hobbies, your family and the place you are going to exchange your vows. No shelf-bought images will ever capture that.
You may wish to include your favourite flowers, share a peek at your wedding bouquet or show your guests your stunning wedding venue and location just to name a few ideas.
Whether you choose watercolour or line and ink styles. I can capture these small details that mean so much to you both.
Illustration Styles
Line and ink style illustrations
I love to create vintage botanical sketches with the essence of modern simplicity. Line and ink drawings have an elegance, a grace like no other. Flowers, foliage, insects and venues are my forte. Using Mother Nature as my inspiration is where my passion lies. With a forever-growing interest in Floriography, adding hidden symbolism and meaning that only you know is a joy. Like a fern is a symbol of “magic, fascination and a secret bond of love”.
This style of illustration is ideal for venues or floral notes. All hand-drawn in my trusty sketchbook, before digitalising them on my computer. It may be a slower method than drawing straight onto my iPad, but I adore the freedom of a plain piece of paper. Every stroke is mindfully created. Love and care are poured into every mark. I can not quickly ‘Command Z’ and make it disappear if an error is made.
Watercolour style illustration
I have used watercolours since a young age. It was my medium of choice at art school. A beautiful way to create the blushing colours of each season. A subtle wash of pastels to create your favourite flowers. A dash of bright highlights to paint the summer fruits of Tuscany. A tiny brushstroke to add a dot of detail to pollen in a flower head.
Like with pen and ink, I will always choose my sketchpad and paint set over digital watercolours. Nothing beats lightly sketching out your vision in pencil before filling it in with a gentle sweep of my paintbrush.
Digital illustrations
I’m not against digital illustrations. There is always a place where this can style can work wonders and something I do enjoy. After years of working in graphic design, I am something of a whizz in Adobe Illustrator. It can be a delightful place to create initialled monograms for your invitations or icons for your order-of-the-day signs.
“Simone listened to my ramblings and came back extremely quickly with a mood board - which was absolutely perfect. As if she had climbed into my brain and seen my exact vision.”
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