Wedding Shopping with Clients

One of the things that I do with clients is go shopping with them for supplies for their wedding and for the hand made designs they have ordered from me. The advantage of shopping clients gives me a chance to get to know them better and to make additinal suggestions on the design and decor of their wedding. Two of my favorite places to shop with my clients are AC Moore and Walmart. With only a month left until their BIG DAY, I recently went shopping with Kevion & Antoinette and we got a lot accomplished. We bought all of their jars for their Candy Bar, the centerpieces for their cocktail hour, tulling for the church and the supplies I needed to design their aisle runner, pew cones and their unity candle.

Sneak Peek: Robin and Sonya's Bling Petal Cones

Recently we have been thrilled to work on petal cone projects for two of our clients. They each have a different color scheme and theme, and each of their petal cones will enhance their ceremony.


Robin is using a color theme, Rosewood, Mahogany & Silver and I designed her monogram using those colors in Photshop:





Sonya's theme is Tiffany Blue, Silver and Black & White Damask:




Now your guest will be able to shower you ladies with petals after I DO!

Sonya's Aisle Runner!

Our client Sonya is a very organized bride who knows exactly what she wants! Her tiffany blue, silver and black wedding with hints of damask scheduled for summer 2009 is going to be stunning. This is the second of several items we are designing for Sonya's wedding and it is exciting to see Sonya's vision come to life project by project.








Sonya it has been a pleasure working with you thus far and we can't wait to get started on your next project!

Kaycee's Memorial Candle Samples

Memorial Candles are a great way to honor loved ones who are not at your wedding physically but are there in spirit. One of the items that we make in our Etsy Shop that is dear to my heart are our Memorial Candle Sets. I made these for my own wedding because my parents who were married for 30 years are both deceased and I wanted to create a way for their presence to be at the ceremony.




Our client Kaycee wanted me to design some Memorial Candle sheets on vellum for her, so she can honor her many loved ones during her wedding ceremony. This is the first draft utilizing various fonts that I created for her, so she can decide what she likes. Kaycee I can't wait to hear your feedback!

Celebrity Spotlight: Malinda Williams & Derrick "D-Nice" Jones

Our Celebrity Spotlight of this month is the beautiful actress Malinda Williams, 32, of the hit HBO Series Soulfood and her handsome new husband DJ/photographer/rapper Derrick "D-Nice" Jones, 38, originally a solo artists with Boggie Down Productions. We think that it is wonderful that these two lovebirds have known each other since they were 18! They make a beautiful couple and had a gorgeous wedding!

Date: August 23, 2008

Place: The Mezzanine Newark, New Jersey

Theme: Vintage Mod

Colors: Mocha and Chocolate

Highlights: It was a family affair as Malinda's son Omikaye and Derrick's daughter Ashli joined in the celebration along with Malinda's TV sisters Vanessa L. Williams and Nicole Ari Parker from Soulfood.

Celebrity Spotlight: Ray Allen & Shannon Walker Williams

The Celebrity Spotlight of this month is Boston Celtics shooting guard Ray Allen, 33, and his longtime girlfriend and mother of his three children Shannon Walker Williams,32, who was in the film Girl Fight. It is wonderful that these two have been dating for so long and have remained commited to one another for 10 years, because often times the NBA can make long-term relationships difficult. They chose a serene waterfront setting for their nuptials and had a simply stunning wedding!

Date: August 16, 2008
Place: A private estate on Martha's Vineyard
Theme: Beach Elegance
Colors: Ivory, Purple, Blue
Highlights: Ray propsed to Shannon with Brian McKnight's hit song Never Felt This Way About Loving and Brian McKnight sung the same song at the wedding as Shannon walked down the aisle. The aisle was covered in rose petals and both Ray and Shannon were barefoot.

Brianne and Barry's Pew Cone's

Our client Brianne wanted to incorporate pew cones in her upcoming wedding this October and we were excited to create these focal pieces that will line the aisle by using her color scheme of bronze, chartreuse, ivory and hints of gold.

The first thing we did was create a monogram for the base layer of the pew cone in Photoshop:

Next, we created a digital mock-up of the pew cone so Brianne could get an idea of how the pew cone would look visually:

Finally we created a sample cone for Brianne to see, and this is how the finsihed pew cones will look: