Blog – Page 17 – Hand-Painted Weddings

Cartagena Watercolor Save-the-Date

September 23, 2015
by Allison

When my client gave a photo of a shopping bag as inspiration for her custom save the date, I knew it was going to be a fun project! This is my first client who specifically requested an abstract watercolor design for their save the date, which was extraordinarily exciting for me!

This watercolor save the date design is light, bright, and joyful, as destination weddings on the beach ought to be! I love the way the paint colors are layered on each other in a fluid and organic way. The script Love is playful and loose. Oftentimes script and calligraphy fonts can feel very feminine but the font used in this watercolor save the date isn’t gender specific. I can’t wait to design their invitation next!

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Named 1 of 10 Philadelphia Wedding Vendors You Should be Following on Instagram by Philly in Love

September 21, 2015
by Allison

Hand-Painted Weddings Named 1 of 10 Philadelphia Wedding Vendors You Should be Following on Instagram by Philly in Love

I am so excited to be included as one of the top 10 instagrammers to follow in Philly by Philly in Love blog.

I follow A LOT of Philly wedding vendors on Instagram so I know the competition is steep to make it to this list! Check out the full blog post to see my fellow Philly wedding vendors to follow on Instagram.

For Hand-Painted Weddings, Instagram is a place to get a behind the scenes glimpse of what is happening in the studio, from inspiration, to close-ups of (still wet) watercolor paintings, or photos of finished pieces hot off the press. From time to time you will even get to see a time-lapse video of me painting, which is always fun!

If you aren’t already following me, you can follow me here.

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Philadelphia Wedding Inspiration

September 18, 2015
by Allison

There are a few Philadelphia wedding landmarks that you will always see bridal parties taking photos at during the wedding season weekends. We are so lucky in Philly to have so many hotspots for perfect Philly wedding photos! In the middle of Broad Street with City Hall in the background is a must! It is so much fun seeing the cars swoosh by the happy couple. Just up the street is LOVE park, which is the inspiration for the design of the Love Park wedding invitation and the ice sculpture, and offers a fantastic wedding shot. There are also a few parks throughout the city that are wonderful ways to get some nature into the set of mostly urban photos, such as Rittenhouse Square and Washington Square. Amanda and Derek, along with Campli Photography, did a beautiful job capturing a few of these Philly wedding landmarks.

Here is day two of Amanda and Derek’s Philly wedding. See day 1 here. Here is one final question for the bride on her choose of Philly Love Park wedding invitations.

Allison: How did your wedding invitations tie into your wedding?

Amanda: The “LOVE theme” tied it all together. City of brotherly love and two people in love getting married. We made sure we took pictures at L ove park.

Amanda and I also worked together on some wedding day-of paper such as their dancing shoes sign on the flip flop basket and the guestbook sign by the guestbook. It is so nice to add little signs to help your guests navigate your wedding. I also worked with her to design her thank you cards to her wedding party as well as to her wedding day letter to her husband (so sweet). I also worked with her on escort cards (AKA table name cards). The wedding day signs were all inspired by the pink bridesmaid gowns as well as the other colors in the florals at the wedding.

And let’s end with a super fun dance floor photo because it is Friday! Have a wonderful weekend friends!

Photos courtesy of Campli Photography.