rose
Huge thanks to Anne for featuring my garden rose card in her Valentine's Day card round up. Best way to give flowers this Valentine's. Actually scratch that. Give this card AND flowers. That's the winning combo.
handwritten rose invitation via courtney khail stationery and design
Just wanted to stop in to give you all a glimpse of a wedding invitation I painted a little while back for a couple having a intimate under 30 person wedding. (P.S. I love the idea of an intimate dinner party wedding.) I was so honored to be able to create these for them! Next week I'll show the gifts I made for their guests...
"Lilac & Rose" copyright courtney khail stationery and design (feel free to share, but please give me credit and link back to my site.)
Week three of my new design introductions is the design "Lilac & Rose." I love how unique the lilac is- the color gradients, the shapes, the "petite-ness" of them. While they all follow the same basic design (petal numbers, growth patterns, etc) there are such beautiful nuances in them. I wanted to balance those nuances with the familiarity of a common everyday rose. By playing with scale and deconstructing the plant, I was able to bring focus on the individual lilac blooms as opposed to the entire plant. Once I did that, I arranged them in an almost dance-like pattern around the rose in order to keep your eye bouncing around the composition instead of getting stuck in any particular section. And given that I'd already taken a lot of artistic leeway with the lilacs size and shape, I decided to go ahead and play with color as well- morphing the normal purple into a warmer magenta, then a purple-ish orange and finally into a yellow.
Since the design itself has a lot going on, I opted for a simpler, clean layout that focused on the names of the couple and utilized a lot of white space so your eyes wouldn't get overwhelmed.
I love this color combination- it reminds me so much of Paris. I know it's best suited for a fall or winter event, but I couldn't wait anymore to post it! Together these colors create an incredibly romantic and elegant feel that perfectly mesh together modern and traditional decor. I love the idea of a candlelit entrance as well as simple anemone touches in the centerpieces and on the cake. What do you think?
row 1: photo via simply seductive, invitation via green wedding shoes