I can´t believe how fast time flies! It´s been almost a year since I first heard about the idea of this project, but it feels like it was only a few weeks ago. Now, more than 5 months after the shoot I´m so glad to see Jere Satamo´s beautiful images published in Hochzeitsguide! It really takes time for good things to happen. 😉 It was last December, when Saara from Pukuni and Satu from Aino told me about the photoshoot. I just started Willow visuals, so the opportunity to be part of this collaboration was more than an honour to me! The main concept revolved around the story of an intimate wedding… Keep Reading
Delivery day
Handing over the final prints of invitation suites to my clients feels a little bit like giving gifts during Christmas time. I like preparing the package nicely, pack the cards in little piles, wrap them in tissue papers. Why not simply putting everything in a cardboard box? Because of “that moment”. I know that for many couples, receiving their wedding invitations is a special, “things are getting real” -kind of a moment. Cards are ready to be sent, envelopes are ready to be addressed, names are written next to each other telling that the couple is getting married. Unwrapping is part of the experience and I think it´s more fun and… Keep Reading
Invitation design inspiration
“Organic “- inspiration (Pictures: Alexandra Grecco Bridal, Style Me Pretty, Pinterest, Oncewed, Pinterest, Style Me Pretty, Stephanie Fishwick) Finding inspiration is maybe the most challenging part of designing your invites. Wedding blogs, magazines and Pinterest are for sure very helpful. On the other hand, the more you check, the more you like and the more you like, the harder the choice is. 😉 So, as my second post in the “wedding papers”-topic, I collected some tips for you about inspiration, ideas and themes. Hopefully they help you kick-off the project. The theme of the wedding Probably you are in the easiest position if you already have a wedding theme in mind…. Keep Reading
All about wedding paper
For the last months I´ve been a little bit quiet on the blogging side. It is partially because of a busy working schedule (for which I am very thankful) and partially because I was in the middle of organising our own wedding. There are quite a lot of things that I learnt during that process and maybe some points are interesting for other brides as well, so I´m going to write a separate post about that experience. Anyway, my plan for now is to start a stationery-related topic, where I write about wedding paper. All about printing, embellishments, etiquette, texts, elements etc. There are a lot of aspects to it and going… Keep Reading
What it takes…
In the last weeks I have been asked about logos, calligraphy and even tattoo-projects, but most of the time the questions were about wedding invitations. I am always so thrilled to receive messages, because it´s nice to see that there is interest towards handmade stationery and calligraphy. 1.”Do you write and paint every invitation one by one?” 2.”Are all the elements handmade?” 3.”Do you use calligraphy fonts or pre-made, downloaded watercolour elements in your designs?” The very short answer to the questions: 1. mostly no 2. definitely yes 3. definitely no. However, I think there are some useful aspects to know about handmade designs, so I decided to dedicate a post… Keep Reading
Logo prettiness
I really love this new trend of simple yet pretty logos. They are light, fresh and it´s just good to look at them. 😉 When I see a good, catchy logo on a business card, on a website or as a watermark on a photo, I straight away check the company´s site, Instagram, etc. So, let´s just say, the whole idea of this little piece of graphic totally works on me! The fact that the company took the effort to create something nice to represent their work gives me a good impression of the business. Of course everyone has his/her own style and taste. I guess the most important is to… Keep Reading