Announcements

This was a big year for me. I had been talking about starting my own business for years and this year I conjured up the courage, momentum, and creativity to do it! Hand-Painted Weddings was born out of a brainstorm with my husband nearly a year ago, after a trip to the Lovesick Expo, which I am excitedly a featured vendor at this year! In reality Hand-Painted Weddings is a culmination of many moments before that brainstorm last year, just as anything in life is. 2012 was a year of drive, extreme learning, hard work, passion, exploration, and perseverance.

Here are a few of the highlights:

The launch of Hand-Painted Weddings on my 30th birthday and all the support and love from family and friends!

My first commissioned watercolor for a dear family member of this beautiful succulent.

The Harry Potter invitation was one of the most fun invitations I designed this year and remains one of the most clicked on.

Opening up my Etsy Shop was a big move for me this year and a great way to reach more audiences.

Italy Week was one of the most inspiring weeks for me where I just couldn’t get away from my paint brushes!

This year I have taken a stab at calligraphy and there is no turning back! I love it!

A couple of other big moments from 2012:

* 10,000 views on the Hand-Painted Weddings site

* Nearly 150 blog posts to date

* 24 Signature Invitation designs ready for ordering

* 17 Watercolor Paintings in the Shop

* Featured in Daily Candy’s Fall 2012 Wedding Guide

* A fantastic post in Philadelphia Wedding’s Bridal Bulletin

* Started tweeting on Twitter and sharing on Facebook

I would like to thank everyone for their support and encouragement of Hand-Painted Weddings in 2o12, and look forward to an exciting year in 2013! Cheers!

Photos courtesy of SimplyBridal.com.

Today is a very exciting day at Hand-Painted Weddings! We are doing our first ever giveaway (and it is a really good one!). You can win this beautiful 108″ Raw edge veil from Simply Bridal. This cathedral length veil is a perfect accessory for your wedding ensemble! I am a huge fan of cathedral length veils! They are unbelievably elegant and whimsical! Also, because this veil has a raw edge (meaning there isn’t any detail along the edge), you can easily get your seamstress (or a friend) to trim the length of it if is too long.

Cathedral length veils are not just for church weddings! I wore a raw edge cathedral length veil and I was going to get married outside in a courtyard (until it rained), and then actually got married in front of a romantic fireplace in a rustic mill.

Photo from my wedding taken by Hoffer Photography.

Be sure to check out SimplyBridal.com. Not only do they offer a wide assortment of dresses and accessories, but they are also a wonderful resource for wedding tips and trends! Check out their blog to read everything from child-friendly reception activities to the current trends in nails.

How to enter to win this beautiful veil:

“Like” the Hand-Painted Weddings Facebook page AND leave a comment below telling me why you want to win this veil! It is that simple!

Enter by this Friday, Dec. 21 at 3 pm. The winner will be notified Friday evening. Please allow 3 weeks for delivery. U.S. applicants only.

The Contest is Now Closed! Thank you very much for entering! Congratulations Katie Boal on being randomly selected to win this veil!

Who doesn’t love a good sale? I know I love a good sale, so in honor of Cyber Monday and this past Saturday’s Small Business Day, I am offering a sale under the Hand-Painted Weddings Paintings tab!

40% off all watercolor prints today only! So, if you had your eye out on one of my prints, now is the time to pull the trigger! These would be beautiful, unique gifts for your loved ones….so get shopping!