Month: June 2012

  • Hand-Painted Invitation: Sunset

    Sunset Invitation by Hand-Painted WeddingsSunset Invitation by Hand-Painted Weddings

    The Sunset Invitation exudes warmth and would be perfect for a summer wedding. It would also work quite nice for a destination beach wedding. Speaking of beach weddings, when I was looking for wording inspiration for a beach wedding invitation, I found the holy grail of cheesiness! Do a google search; it is a hoot!

    The Sunset Invitation is available for ordering under the Hand-Painted Weddings Shop Invitations tab.

  • Inspired by Sunsets

    Every summer growing up I went to Florida with my family to stay with my grandparents in their home in St. Pete Beach. Sometimes we would go for the entire month of August! Now, it is just my grandmother and my mom goes down there numerous times a year, but my trips have gotten more sporadic.

    One of the traditions we kept intact on our trips to Florida was making sure we made it to the beach for the sunset. My very stoic father would always rush us through dinner clean-up to view the sunset. It was a nice tradition.

    There is something very magical to watching a sunset. For one, no two sunsets are the same so you never know what magic will appear. The other is that often the more interesting clouds, the more colorful sunset. It is the same way with relationships. No two relationships are the same, and often the more interesting journeys make the more colorful couples.

    Sunset wedding invitation and Sunset Birds Save the Date now available in the Hand-Painted Weddings shop.

  • Made My Day: Peonies

    This bouquet of peonies made my day, so I painted them. Peonies are fairly challenging to paint because of they are relatively monochromatic and have tons of layers to their petals.

    I clearly have a thing for painting flowers. I believe it has to do with the bright colors, the portability of the subject matter, and the organic nature. It is for these reasons that I will be adding a section to my shop where you can purchase my flower painting prints.

    Enjoy your day and be sure to smell the flowers!

    Painting and photo by Hand-Painted Weddings.