Lilacs to start the New Year!

Happy New Year! My goal this year is to get back into the blogging mode and be more consistent on sharing with you what I'm working on. 2012 was a good year, but filled with many challenges. I'm very excited about 2013 and things are really looking up. Ready to kick it into high gear for my winter brides. 

The first big order for the new year is out the door. Stay tuned as I will have some really exciting news in a couple weeks. It's BIG! :)

Until then, I wanted to share this project I worked on for a dear blogging friend, Susana of citrusandorange blog. She asked me to create lilacs for her. It's been something she's wanted for a long time, ever since I made it for a bride a couple of years ago. Susana is an amazing designer and can put together the most stylish table top designs and decor. She has used my flowers in the past which has gotten me noticed on Design Sponge and Amy Atlas.It's always a delight to see what she does with my flowers and how versatile she makes them.

I think I must have gotten quicker at making lilacs because the first time I made them it took me forever. Susana had a time restriction and because she lives in Portugal there's also a shipping lead time to factor in for a special project she is working on. So, I turned these around in 3 days. Even the leaves and foliage are all out of clay as well!

This arrangement definitely makes the cold wintry days seem brighter and definitely motivates and inspires me to make 2013 the best year yet for DK Designs. I'm looking forward to sharing more projects with you in the near future.

Carrying Your Color Palette & Theme from Your Invitations to Your Wedding Day Details

Many of my clients come to me solely for invitations. However, when it gets closer to their wedding day, they often realize that they need place cards, table cards and various signs for their ceremony and reception. I always tell my brides that it definitely adds a nice touch if you carry your theme and color palette from beginning to end because it tells a "story" in a sense. Granted, I've had brides who want to change the colors/theme, but it's important which ever theme, design or color palette you choose, be consistent.

These are some pictures from my client's invitations to her place cards, table cards and guestbook sign-in. Again, she gave no indication on whether she wanted any additional items, but she came back to me and asked if initially I could do place cards and then I asked her about whether she has table cards already taken care of and she decided that it made sense to be consistent.

I tell my brides, use wedding websites to guide their guests to a site where they can get more information on the wedding events versus spending a lot of money on 3 inserts on their invitations. Rather use that extra money you save on the invitations towards wedding day details.