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Friday, 15 November 2013

Purple Themed Weddings -Kerry & Ryan - Lisa & John

Purple... and in particular

Cadbury's Purple is one of the most popular colours.

So much so, that this year all the UK stockist of Hot Foil were out of stock

and as the supplies come in from the US we were all on a wing and a prayer as to whether we c0uld get any more.

More worryingly for me... I had 3 orders in a row... asking for purple.

Lisa & John went for a Purple and Lavender Post Box

The 2 colours went well together

and took some of the over powering intensity out of things.

Don't get me wrong... I'm a girl that believes,

you can't have too much Purple...

While Kerrie & Ryan needed a seating plan....

And Kirsty & Paul also needed their seating plan....

If like me you LOVE purple,

pop over and see my Pinterest themed board

CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES

If you are thinking of using Purple as your theme,

why not mix it with a little bit of Peacock Blue

TAKE A LOOK AT HOW GOOD IT LOOKS!

Thursday, 14 November 2013

Red Themed, Wishing Tree Themed Wedding Invitations - Stacey & Ben

Stacey & Ben are getting married

among Cherry Trees!

While she liked the Wishing/Blessing Tree design,

I suggested I'd try another design or 2 and see what she liked best.

So.. I set to work drawing some stylised Cherry Trees

in a similar style to the blessing Tree....

The rule of thumb here is... the more black there is on the design,

the more red and therefore the more stunning the card will look.

Nope.... she wasn't convinced and we went back to the

Wishing Trees... but added a couple of butterflies...

Stacey & Ben chose Folded Invitations for the Day Invites

and Flat for the Evening

Here's a close-up of the design....

hey! Just going to mention here... if you colour theme is RED

Pop over to my RED THEMED PINTEREST FOLDER

There's some great ideas!

Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Hot Pink & Black Themed Wedding Post Box - Lindsi & Kyle

Lindsi & Kyle had already sent out their Wedding Invitations....

but came back to me for a Wedding Post box

Again in their Hot Pink and Black colour Theme

As with the invitations...

the printing was in Black and the Ribbon in hot pink

As always I sent Lindsi a photo for approval,

and she then decided she wanted some small hearts on the box,

I think they worked pretty well :-)

CLICK HERE to see more Wedding Post Boxes...

And also CLICK HERE to see even more on Pinterest

Oh... and in case you're wondering...
here's the 2 Proofs I created for their Invitations...

Hey! If your Wedding Theme is Hot Pink or Fuchsia Pink

Take a look at my Pinterest board for Inspiration!

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Hot Pink On The Day Stationery - Victoria & Andrew

The date on the top of this seating plan...

shows you just how far behind I am!

Although Andrew was against

'Too much hot pink'

we soon won him round and in fact...

he was more than keen with the idea

once we could show him how stunning

the colour can look.

I had already made the Wedding Invitations

some months before.

So these were the little extras that people

like to have which we call

'On The Day' stuff.

PLEASE NOTE: 'Stuff' is a great Yorkshire word for

Bit and Bobs and items too numerous to mention

Here's the Wedding Post Box

And the place cards...

Andrew had seen my display vase

and decided that instead of the usual Tent Cards,

The numbers would look good like this....

I think Vicky and Andrew managed to get hold of some cream coloured jugs,

And filled them with natural flowers.

The table numbers could then be hung from the handle.... cute eh?

Monday, 11 November 2013

Large Butterfly Wedding Invitations - Hannah and Lionel -

Hannah & Lionel got married at the beginning of November.

Hannah was keen I kept her invitations, ordered way back in February, a secret.

So... it's only now I can let the cat out of the bag :-)

Hannah chose the largest butterflies

foiled in Silver on Ivory.

Folded Invitations for the Daytime Guests

& Flat Invitations for the Evening Guests

Here's a close-up of the day invites

Later she needed a Silver Butterfly

Wedding Post Box

To match the Invitations and her general, overall, theme

One of the nicest parts of my job,

is making all the Invitations and Stationery to match

Thursday, 7 November 2013

Vintage. Art Deco, Chalk Board, Inspired - Save The Date cards & Tags

Vintage. Art Deco, Chalk Board, Inspired

Save The Date cards & Tags

It's been one of those 'funny' weeks. I'm thumb twiddling

while I wait for couples to get back to me with final details of their orders,

which can take some time :-)

So... for a long time, I've been wanting to get on with some

SAVE THE DATE ideas.

Here's the first:

Based on a Chalk Board Style Font.

The 3 samples are in Pink, Purple and Blue,

but of course you can have anything you want.

The second is inspired by

Art Deco..

A particular favourite period of mine :-)

And the 3rd idea is a classic vintage.

Of course, these designs are simple jumping off points.

We at Inspired by Script, work closely with our couples

and use their ideas and our creativity

to come up with something that little bit different.

Do you like them?

Monday, 21 October 2013

Wedding Gift - Personalised Cut Outs

I LOVE LETTERS

and anything to do with letters. Much of my work is Wedding Invitations and Stationery.... but I also offer a gift service,

for those who are looking for something that little bit different.

Here's a couples favourite quotation....

cut from paper......

Two hearts,

that beat

as one

The couple had this printed on the front of their invites,

so it was clear they loved the quote....

So their Chief Bridesmaid

had it commissioned for them.

The piece was sandwiched between 2 pieces of glass, creating a floating frame.
The advantage of this is that any background you put it against, with naturally show through
so there's no need to worry about what their colour scheme is.

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Friday, 18 October 2013

Had I the Heavens - Concertina Book

I LOVE MY JOB!

Everyday can be different and while for the most part these days my work consists of Wedding Invitations and Stationery, I occasionally get the chance to brush up on my calligraphy skills.

I don't want to go into too many details about this commission, or in fact who it was for because to whole thing was pretty personal to the caller and the reasons are pretty sensitive.

So without much explanation... I'll just share the pictures....

It had been a while since I did a commission

where the words had such meaning.

The brief was Pinks..... of all shades....

For whatever reason... the words just didn't look right. They lacked flow and were all too stiff.

Perhaps it was my anxiety of having to portray someone's emotions across in a way that the recipient would understand the meaning behinds them.

I don't think people realise the pressure

a commission of this kind can put on an artist.

On the one hand you have your won ideas,

while on the other hand you need to convey theirs.

The best ones are the ones who say

"Just do it however you want.

You'll know what to do.

I mean... that's your job!"

I tried again......But still I just wasn't happy.

I left it alone for a few days....

but I was aware of the urgency that this piece needed to be done.

A marriage could depend on it :-(

I relaxed and ruled up once again.....

And this time chose Gold Gouache....

Much better.....

Softer, lighter,.... heaven like.....

The letters started to form and take shape....

Formal Capitals... with a twist.....

Which helped the piece loose it's stiffness...

And the tumbling squares....

which seem to be some sort of trademark with me

and have been for some years....

Here's the finished piece before folding....

(iPads take such crappy photos!)

And once folded, glued to 2 card covers...

forming a Concertina Card/Book

YOU CAN SEE MORE HERE

And here's the finished piece.... minus the

front plate which has the recipients name on it.

If you want to see more

Concertina Cards/Books

CLICK ON THIS LINK

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Yahoo! and Sony and World Smurf Day

I've held off posting this for a couple of months now... for reasons I best not go into.

When I first received the phone call I did want to lol. You have to understand that I get a lot of calls, companies masking themselves as clients and trying to sell advertising that you don't need at prices you can't afford and this one was no different. When the caller said "Hi, my name is ***** ***** and I work for Yahoo!"... "Ok... and?" (my usual curt reply... "Well we were wondering if you would make some tags for us, we are running a promotion to celebrate World Smurf Day and the launch of Smurfs 2"

(At this point I wanted to lol again

and was waiting for the sales pitch to kick in).

Now, because this could so easily have been a spoof or hoax, I asked for the callers number and company address and told them I would be back in touch Shortly.

On further investigation I did indeed find out, that there IS a world Smurfs Day and more to the point, people actually dressed up like Smurfs! (Even more lol.

Here.... see for yourself....

Here's their promo: Yahoo and Sony Pictures invite you to showcase your Smurfy antics this summer to win tickets to the London premiere of the movie Smurfs 2

I have to say... the deadline was tight and with

a few emails back and forth... the job was printed and cut

The ribbons tied on.....

Bundles made......

And shipped off to Yahoo!

I still can't get my head around WHY they chose me out of the 1,000's of printers out there and I'm sure they thought I was part of some large outfit... but never-the-less, work is work. Whether I'm doing work for the Armed Forces, Royalty, Big International Corporations or Brides on a Budget.... it's all the same to me.We don't give preferential treatment and everyone is treated equally.... that's what makes us 'Us'.