As I have mentioned in other posts, I designed the pattern that we used for my reception blouse fabric, the cravats, the wedding stationery, the cake, and the website background (as you can see).
I have some sketches from my School Certificate art portfolio (from waaaay back in 1993), which I recently rediscovered as part of selling my house, and generally de-cluttering, so I started with them - Something Old...
I have some sketches from my School Certificate art portfolio (from waaaay back in 1993), which I recently rediscovered as part of selling my house, and generally de-cluttering, so I started with them - Something Old...
Using the botanical theme, I did a few more sketches, then I scanned them all, cleaned them up laboriously (using my advance MS Paint skillz), and started playing with the layout.
I inspired myself from pictures online and designed the striped backgrounds, then pasted my final layout over the top. It was a lot of work, but it gave me the design cohesion that I had been looking for to pull the whole wedding 'look' together.