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    Day of Calligraphy · Day of Designs · Invitations · Invitations · Real Weddings · Stationery

    Pittsburgh Wedding at the Riverfront

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    Day of Designs · Invitations · Stationery · Styled Shoots

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  • Wedding Thank You Cards: A Love Letter to Your Guests
    Stationery

    Wedding Thank You Cards: A Love Letter to Your Guests

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  • Pittsburgh Wedding Day Designs: Fairytale at The Frick
    Real Weddings

    Pittsburgh Wedding Day Designs: Fairytale at The Frick

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    Planning · Wedding

    Wedding Guest List: How to Create Yours!

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Can you be a girls girl? Then you already know wh Can you be a girls girl?Then you already know what to do when your friend gets engaged and has no idea where to start with invitations 👀I’m a wedding stationery designer and calligrapher creating suites for couples in Pittsburgh and beyond, and this is what one can look like when it’s made just for her.Tag your engaged besties.Cover photo: @sarahmccloskeyphoto
kinda chic that I get paid to make people cry over kinda chic that I get paid to make people cry over an envelope.This job is a lot of small, unglamorous things. Ink smudges. Redoing a line six times. Answering emails at 11pm during busy season. But it is also this. Handwriting that means something. Paper that gets kept.(And okay, maybe a few of those envelopes were addressed to myself. No shame.)I would not trade it.Tag a couple who deserves handwriting like this!Styled shoot
Venue: @wiglewhiskey
Planner: @belovedeventco_pgh / @cara_melll
Photo: @stevendaltonphotography
Film Photo / Video: @corey.taylor.photography
Tableware: @eventioneers
Linens: @partymosaic
Bakery: @bellachristiessweetboutique
Florist: @the.floral.touch
Jewelry: @studebakermetals#
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Every pet portrait I do starts the same way, with Every pet portrait I do starts the same way, with a stack of photos the couple has sent me, usually with notes like “this one shows her personality best” or “look at that cute nose.”Then I sit down with my iPad and start creating, layer by layer, until it feels like them.Zelda was one of my earlier portraits, and she’ll always have a special spot in my portfolio.So be sure to send me the photos of your pet if you want them featured in your wedding stationery!weddinginvitations custominvitations petportrait weddingpetportrait cocktailmenu signaturecocktail weddingcalligraphy weddingstationery weddingdetails digitalwatercolor
Rich in life because I get to make the first offic Rich in life because I get to make the first official piece of someone’s wedding.Before anything else happens, before the dress, the flowers, the seating chart, there’s this. A name, hand lettered, sent out into the world for the first time.
Still one of my favorite parts of this work, every single time.Anyone else get this attached to their work?
Things I love: wax seals 🤍 There’s something abou Things I love: wax seals 🤍There’s something about the process that gets me every time. Poured by hand, pressed one at a time, never quite the same twice.This is still one of my favorite small details to make by hand for invitations and wedding day stationery.I’d love to know one of your favorite embellishment on wedding invitations - comment below!

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