We´re almost in February and I know it wouldn´t be appropriate to post any kind of “Happy New Year” – messages anymore. Instead, I wanted to send You – my Clients, Social Media Followers, Company Partners and Everyone who took part in Willow visuals´s journey – a big THANK YOU for 2018! It must sound like a broken record, but I am so glad to see that my work resonates with You! Thank you for coming along with me! Now that I´ve had a little bit of time to reflect on the past 12 months, I thought I´d sit down and write about it. In 2018 I designed lots of lovely stationery… Keep Reading
Freebie: Christmas gift tag printable
Christmas is less then a week away and the festive mood is starting to really set in. I enjoy all the buzz with the city lights and pretty decorations in the shop windows, but one my favourite parts of the preparation is the time when I can sit down with a cup of hot glög, put on Christmas songs and start wrapping the gifts. It might sound crazy, but to me it is a way to relax and I love adding a little extra touch to the bundles to make them more personal. So, this year I made some watercolour elements with brush calligraphy texts and I used them for… Keep Reading
The good change
Some days ago I had a discussion with H about change. For a while we´ve been thinking about moving to a new home, so let´s put it this way, the word “change” has popped up very often in our talks nowadays. As much as we love our tiny apartment, working and living in such a small space is becoming more and more challenging. At one point he told me “…yea, in some stuff you REALLY don´t like changes!”. For a moment his words felt quite startling. Hah…you think so?! “…are you kidding?” – he asked back. It got me thinking. He is right, in some things I don´t like it, however… 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
Where love is…
Image: Rita Miklán Photography One of the things I really love about my job is to be part of amazing styled projects. There is a certain positive vibe in the air, when creative people work together and share their passion and love for beautiful weddings. When everyone gives their 100%, it isn´t just about image making. It is storytelling, something that you can relate to. I know, I start sounding like such a cliche for getting excited about every little detail, but what can I do? 🙂 I´m an addict to pretty things, a fan of everything natural and a hopeless visual enthusiast. Today I wanted to show you the… Keep Reading
Where to start with your invitations?
(Pictures: Just My Type ) Let´s start from the beginning: Congratulations! 🙂 You are preparing for one of the most profound and beautiful experiences of your lives surrounded by your beloved ones. You have the date, booked the dream-venue and probably you have started the search for The Gown. So it is very soon time to think about the invitations. But actually, where to start? What are the elements of the stationery suite? Honestly I would say that there are no exact rules or right answers to this question. Every wedding is different, so every suite will be different. However, it usually includes a primary invitation asking your guests to… 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
Colors of 2016: rose quartz and serenity blue
Probably it´s no news anymore that Pantone picked rose quartz and serenity blue as colors of 2016. However the year has just started, so why not still talk about it? I´m personally glad to see that this year´s winner hues are softer and the tones are pastel. 🙂 As I am a big fan of “color blending”, I think it´s a very nice touch of the Color Institute to choose two complementary hues that can be washed together in countless ways. NBCNewYork.com Picking the color of the year is an interesting topic for lots of designers and wedding professionals, so I have been very curious to see how they envision… Keep Reading
Willow visuals is…
People often ask me where did the name “Willow visuals” come from? It´s very simple actually, but it needs a little bit of explanation. For a very long time, I had been contemplating taking a turn in my career. I studied business and I have been working for companies for some time, but in the past years I realised that I wanted to do something more creative. Art (especially photography and illustration) has always been my passion. Besides working, I took art and photo classes that I really-really enjoyed, so little by little the idea of changing my career path towards photography and design felt like the right thing to… Keep Reading