• Made my Day

    Sending Love

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    Sending love to all my fellow mid-Atlantic bloggers and readers who are getting hit by Hurricane Sandy today into tomorrow. I hope you all stay safe, your homes stay dry, and your neighborhood trees stay in the ground. Today my husband and I are bunkered down in our home, which I must admit has been a welcome, relaxing break to the hustle and bustle of life lately. But I am still having a bit of anxiety to those that aren’t lucky enough to live in a third floor condo and are struggling with massive flooding, electricity outages and evacuation. My heart goes out to you today!

    A little history about this photo I am holding above. There are a couple of hearts that have been spray painted on the street on a local college campus. I noticed the hearts right away, adored them, but kept the observation warmly to myself. My husband, who is a fanatic observer of found art, also saw the hearts at a separate time and took a photo of one of them, printed the photo on glossy paper and set it on my desk for me to find later. It was such a nice surprise! I love that we both saw this beautiful little symbol of love and that we shared it separately and now together.

    Photograph by Hand-Painted Weddings.

  • Hand-Painted Reception

    Hand-Painted Pumpkin Reception

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    This has been a busy week/weekend, but I didn’t want you to miss out on the Hand-Painted Pumpkin Reception ideas which completes Pumpkin week, so here is a rare Sunday night post.

    Whether white or orange, whether painted, decoupaged, or naked, pumpkins are a beautiful element to add to your festive fall wedding. They work beautifully as escort cards, in table settings, or lining the aisle at your ceremony. They would also be very cute as guest gifts.

    Pumpkins can be paired with their traditional counterpart colors, burgundy and plum, or they can be paired with bright, cheerful colors like fuchsia and bright green. If you opt for white pumpkins, they pretty much go with any color palette, but look particularly great with neutrals like beige, brown, and black.

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  • Hand-Painted Invitations

    Hand-Painted Pumpkin Invitations

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    The Hand-Painted Pumpkin Invitation features a couple of orange pumpkins, one a bit smaller than the other. As I had stated before I think that the stems are the most interesting part of a pumpkin so I really zoomed in on the upper half of the pumpkin on the right in the invitation design. I think the design is cheerful but in a quiet Autumn sort of way.

    It is also the first Hand-Painted Shop Invitation that includes your very own hand-painted lettering for your names. The Pumpkin Invitation is now available for ordering.