The Weekend Artist Series #3-02: Wedding DIYs

Oh how I love doing DIYs specially when I had my wedding!

Even the ones we coordinate we try to put in some DIY 

or personal touch into making it feel more special.

Here are my fave DIYs because they are all from my wedding!

For the 1st Photo above we used some of our favorite paintings 

by Masters as the table numbers. 

It symbolizes both our passion for the arts 

and where we met which is while studying Fine Arts in a University.

This is a packaging I made for the entourage Save-the Dates. 

It's made of craft envelopes which i tied with twines and beads. 

I printed out labels with the logo 'The Secret Garden Party' 

which I found on the internet and added the 'keys' logo with our initials on it.

Here is my DIY project Save-The-Date for our wedding entourage. 

It's a mini corkboard which you can hang on your desk. 

I made different versions of this for the entourage

and mini versions for the rest of the guests I often see 

while others got cards in the mail. 

The ones who live really far got an e-invite version of this.

Here are the menu cards DIY.

One side contains images which we also used for our actual invites.

Last but not the least I designed the gowns for my wedding.

I'll probably just save that for another post. =)

But before I say have a great weekend 

I wanna leave you with a last photo 

from my cousin's wedding in Hawaii.

This photo just shows you a glimpse of the back design.

It looks really great specially because my aunt made it for her.

I'm specially proud of this eventhough I didn't design it 

because I helped source all the materials with my aunt. 

She brought all the sourced materials back to the US.

It's a special family DIY you can say!

P.S. I was also the one who designed the invite for this wedding.

See the photo of the invite here(white invite)

Have a great weekend!

-the weekend artist-

the weekend artist series: Paper Art #1: Wedding Invitations Designs

Who doesn't love weddings? I so love them I organize them as a sideline. 

What's funny is I still always get teary-eyed whenever the Dad walks her daughter 

down the aisle, whenever the couple say their vows, 

as well as during the couples first dance!

 So that is what I have been busy with during my time away from my blog 

for almost 2 months now apart from my job.

Actually I was at a family gathering recently when one of my aunts 

asked me about my blog and why I haven't been updating.

I told her that I haven't been working on it because 

I have been too busy with my day job 

and coordinating weddings during my free time.

 I haven't been painting lately or even finish my old projects. 

She suggested that I just share what I have been working on right now.

So here I am sharing a bit of what I am doing 

and for the coming weeks I will keep on sharing more.

Aside from wedding coordinating I have been accepting commission work

 for wedding invitation designs as well for a couple of years already. 

I think my love for paper is evident on why I still keep on accepting invites designing.

With weddings I still get to exercise my creative side from coordinating, 

selecting flowers, wedding gown designs and specially the invitations. 

I would be more than willing to share my experiences about starting a wedding coordinating business of your own here for those who want to ask. 

You can just drop me a note.

(All pictures included here are invites designed by me)

How about you wanna share what's been keeping you busy?

-the weekend artist-

the weekend artist big idea #2: Mad Tea Party moodboard

Just joined my first ever virtual party as a blogger.This is my next big idea just seeing what Vanessa has done over at her blog has made me oh so excited. Head on over to afancifultwist.typepad.com she is hosting the Mad Tea Party! Being a newbie I really don't know where to start.Seeing all the previous parties was quite overwhelming... I don't even know if I can manage to come up with something half as good =(. So while browsing the net for some inspiration(been down sick lately so been bumming around the house). I found some pics to inspire me...but wait... it kind of reminds me of something. The red roses, the red carpet, the sword parade, the velvet details, the lights, the candelabras, the desserts and opulent chairs! It reminded me of my wedding day not too long ago(did I ever mention I was married? and still am!) So I opened all my wedding files and lo behold I was able to put together an inspiration moodboard.

Here's a pic I found on the net:

and here's my own moodboard from my wedding

If you wanna see what I'll be posting hop on over on the 25th and visit A Fanciful Twist and the rest of the blogs who joined for a whole day of Mad partying!

I leave you with a kiss...au revoir!

-the weekend artist-