When I was designing my wedding with my husband, the words we used to describe our vision were “colorful,” “whimsical,” and “playful.” We both really love the color blue, so we knew we wanted blue to be a main color in our palette. But we couldn’t decide which shade of blue. 

So we decided not to decide, and instead used a wide palette with several different shades of blue along with a few complimentary colors like peach, yellow, and pink. From there, everything I designed or painted for our wedding used those colors. 

Everything I made had a bit of variation on that theme, and it all came together so incredibly beautifully!

First up, the invitations. I painted a design with watercolor for these which I then uploaded to Canva to design. I went through a few iterations of the design before I landed on the one we used. I ended up individually placing each flower in this design, and I love how they turned out! We printed them through Canva on their hemp paper and were so impressed with the quality!

Next, my coach purse. My initial idea was to paint my wedding shoes. I bought my gorgeous blue, heeled sandals from the Coach outlet and wanted to add some florals. But I was nervous to paint on Coach shoes! When I found this matching bag, though, I decided to buy it as well. This was a less crucial detail than the shoes, imo. I could get married without a purse, but not without shoes! So it felt a little less daunting to paint on the purse. 

 I painted my Coach purse with acrylic paint mixed with fabric medium. I am absolutely obsessed with this purse, and have used it so many times since our wedding! I hope I get to paint on many more pretty leather purses for many more weddings! 

From there, I painted so many more details including: a hanger for my wedding dress, a ring box for photos, our seating chart (with almost 250 guests’ names on it!), stainless steel tumblers for my bridesmaids, 30 table numbers, a table runner for the head table, placemats for underneath our florals, signage including two welcome signs using old windows from Greg’s childhood home,  and a giant Backdrop!!

This backdrop deserves its own moment, so keep scrolling for more on that!

Overall, I made wedding planning SO much more work that it probably needed to be. But we wanted the details in our wedding to be thoughtful and personal, and this was the only way I ever imagined doing things! I just don’t think I would have been happy any other way, and now I have all these incredible details in keepsakes, photos, and videos to remember this joy-filled day!!