Eileen Hull

Three dimensional art... with heart

Wedding Invitations

Today we hop! Click on the blue Designer Connection logo and take a trip around the webring to see what our talented group has come up with today. The theme is wedding projects. And how convenient for me- we have a wedding coming up within the month 🙂 Here’s a peek at the invitations I designed for my daughter’s wedding dress.

She really liked how they came out. I love the colors she picked (although I was pushing for aqua…) and her theme is hearts. So I created some heart flowers in Illustrator and laid everything out.

Normally I would have printed them myself but because these were a very important job, I sent them to a Signature Printing to be printed on nice heavy cardstock. When I got them back, they looked pretty plain. Jess happened to be home that weekend so we went to town with some adhesive backed half pearls which we added to some of the flower centers for a 3D effect. We also decided to use a bellyband to hold the packet together. Their wedding logo was printed and punched from a scalloped circle.

If you look closely at the logo, you will see that the cakestand base is two J’s back to back (one is reversed). I used the Mandolyn font from Duetica. This is my fave font! So elegant and flowing but still readable. This font system is amazing because you can select from 10-20 options of each letter in a font family so that no two are alike- so many options to customize your layout and make it just the way you want it.
When I think about it, the stand is a cool metaphor for marriage. Two individuals working to support what they will build together- their life, family and dreams. sniff sniff. Hard to believe I will have a married daughter in less than a month! Will be posting more as the day draws closer…

Wedding Card Box

My very good friend’s son is getting married on Saturday and was in need of a box to hold the cards. Originally, I was going to kind of copy the cake but as things happened, this is what emerged. I used my Logan mat cutter to cut and score the box. It measures 10″ x 10″ x 8″- hopefully they will receive a full box of cards and good wishes. I will post the gift I made for them after the wedding. I love the subtle texture of the embossed matboard. They seem like a fairly contempory style couple so I didn’t add a lot to it but PA did say there is a monogram on the cake. It should be a fun party- weddings are always fun when you are a guest!

Still have orders and a major project due tomorrow night but I must sleep! The storms were crazy last night plus too much diet Coke 🙁 Still haven’t finished the matted project I did with Pam- have to do the paying jobs first!

Handmade wedding invitations

I’m baaack! My granddaughter Trinity and I have been adjusting to each other’s sleep schedules and a balance has been (mostly) achieved. After she goes to bed, I run downstairs and attempt to get caught up on work, allowing me 6 hours of sleep till she is telling me, “Wake up Mimi! It’s morning out!”

Tonight I am working on 70 custom wedding invitations which are due this weekend. The bride really liked a design that involved a pocket envelope so I am cutting them all myself since they are not a standard size. All I can say is, thank goodness for my Logan mat cutter! I set the paper up in a assembly line process to cut, score and fold them all into envelopes and they are coming out perfectly square! Now I have to figure out a way to punch a circle in one corner consistently so an initial logo may be seen from the inside. Matching up everything has proved quite tricky but I am persevering…

I would ask all of you to keep our military serving overseas (especially my son Chris, Trinity’s dad) in your thoughts and prayers this Memorial Day weekend. The sacrifices they and their families endure for our freedom is truly above and beyond.

Special congrats to my friend who became a grandmother a few days ago! Love you Kimmie 🙂

Have a safe and relaxing long weekend!