inspired patterns ~ art nouveau
Welcome to a new week. I hope you are recovered from that missed hour early Sunday morning. Time for some Daylight Savings…what ever that means.
Today I want to share with you a few pattern designs I’ve created.
This first batch (of quite a few I’ll be sharing throughout the week) is inspired by one of my favorite Art History movements, Art Nouveau.
These were all designed as inspiration for this popular Art Nouveau-inpsired Wedding Invitation; you’ll recognize the two patterns above from it.
These last two (above and below) were inspired by Art Nouveau Jewelry as well, but were not as intricate as we wanted them for the Wedding Invitation.
Stay tuned for more examples of my decorative pattern designs. Tomorrow, creations inspired by one of my favorite cities…can you guess which one it is? (hint: the city glimmers in the night.)
{ Images Via :: Lizzy B Loves }
how international design awards
The year started with a great surprise for Lizzy B Loves. Just before the end of last year I received the great news that the Mexican tile-inspired 50th Anniversary Invitation I designed for my in-law’s celebration was a Merit winner in HOW’s 2012 International Design Awards. It surely was a great New Years surprise, and just a few weeks ago, the actual printed magazine came to the newsstands.
It’s an honor to be featured among such talent, not only in Invitation design, but in many forms of print design in over 264 winning entries from around the World. I’ll share the link to the online gallery of winners when it becomes available.
{ Images Via :: HOW Magazine’s 2012 International Design Annual }
a new lizzy b loves look
Welcome to the new Lizzy B Loves! It’s been many years in the making, but the new website/blog is finally ready for its unveiling.
With a new logo and icon to differentiate Lizzy B Loves from the grand array of Wedding Invitation & Social Stationery Designers, the new website and blog will be home to an assortment of visual + sparkles, Lizzy B Loves take on inspiring visual boards as well as the popular color palettes. While we continue to polish each and every feature of the site, we will be showcasing our Invitation designs under the ‘Collection’ category. Here you can get inspired through the diverse designs of patterns and motifs which make Lizzy B Loves one of a kind.
Coming in the near future we will have an assortment of ready-designed Invitation Suites where you’ll be able to choose the most appealing to you and change the color to fit your needs. For now, if you see an invitation you like and would like to make it your own, send us an email via the Contact page. We’d be glad to work in collaboration with you to make the design uniquely yours.
We’ll also have a complete section under ‘Need To Know’ with important information you may find useful in the planning of your big event. For now, you can find a description of our Paper Selection and Printing Options.
Stay tuned for more from Lizzy B Loves.
vibrant beachy visual + sparkle
Starting this mid-week day with a beachy visual + sparkle = inspiration which reminds us of what’s to come this summer with its vibrant colors.
squirrel baby shower decor
Last Monday I shared with you the squirrel Baby Shower Invitations I designed for my sister-in-law. Well, now I have for you a few of the decorative elements I created for the centerpieces, wall decor, games, favors and corsages.
As you can tell, the theme of the whole event was Squirrels. She’ll be using the soft, rosy pinks and browns for the future nursery, so I went with the same color palette for the Baby Shower, but added a dazzling of gold here and there.
All of the signage, menus, and notes used the same graphic elements as the invitation. For the centerpieces above I painted the vases gold, used pink Carnations and Baby’s Breath from the Farmer’s Market, filled the empty space with pink tulle and tied a bow out of brown ribbon with pink polka-dots.
I inserted the squirrel motifs I illustrated everywhere to tie everything together. These above were a simple doily cut-out I created to place in front of the helium balloon base. It’s all in the details, right?!
For wall hangings throughout the venue, I created these paper fan arrangements out of the leftover invitation paper. Paper fans were another recurring theme in the decor; from the wall hangings to the corsages. Of course, the squirrel was a must here too, so I traced the shape on glittery, metallic gold card-stock and cut it out to place over a doily.
Smaller pink paper fans with a gold polka-dotted cut-out circle hung in a strand below the larger one with the squirrel.
And yet again, more paper fans. These were created out of another great find of hand made paper with pink and gold designs.
A squirrel printed on textured paper was a simple addition to the paper fan, and these were cut with a doily-shaped punch. I just added a corsage closure to the back and these were set.
For a fun game, I created the pacifier charm necklaces with more brown and pink polka-dot ribbon.
And, finally, as favors, I attempted for the first time to make cake pops. After much research on the wonderful Bakerella site and praying that they turned out ok, the pops were a hit…and they were delicious too!! Of course they had to be chocolate with pink chocolate coating (as you’ll see below).
Another pacifier charm tied on a pink ribbon accompanied the favor tag and polka-dot paper cone (luckiest find ever: I found the craft paper with brown and pink polka dots at my local Dollar Store. It’s as if it were calling me when I saw it from the corner of my eye as I asked the store attendant a question. A total last minute find!).
This event proved to be a testament to my creativity under pressure…and under budget, too!! Many great surprises were found after some of the initial decor plans had to be scrapped. Always let yourself go with the flow when things don’t seem to go how you envision. I can honestly say everything you see in the images above were plan b, and it turned out to be better than I had imagined.
{ Images Via :: LizzyB Loves }
squirrel baby shower invitations
Many great things are coming to LizzyB Loves. A new site for the coming Spring (with a new sneak peek in a few weeks) and much more, but in the meantime, take a look at the cutest Squirrel Baby Shower Invitations I designed for my sister-in-law’s Baby Shower.
She is now considered the Snow White of the family with all the little critters that flock to her (amongst them dogs, squirrels, and butterflies), so I based the custom illustration on her current pet, Squeeky the squirrel.
The color palette was a soft, rosy pink combined with a chocolate brown. I shared the visual + sparkle = inspiration with you here.
All the illustrations were brought in together with graphic elements of chevron patterns and crest shapes.
The invitation consisted of a metallic pink folder which held the invitation card on one side and double-sided registry card in the folder slot.
The Squirrel Baby Shower invitation was held together with a chocolate brown belly band to give contrast with the soft pink, combined with a floral patterned paper band to add a touch of brightness to the palette. And of course the squirrel motif could not be left out on the front as the first thing the guest saw as they received the invitation.
I’ll share the decor pieces I created with the same chevron and squirrel theme in the coming days.
{ Images Via :: LizzyB Loves }
soft pink baby shower visual + sparkle
Hello hello, I’m still here. I’ve been busy like a bee completing a few invitation suites in the Frank Lloyd Wright style which I’ll share with you in a few weeks; you won’t believe the fabulous color palettes these awesome brides came up with.
For now, I leave you with this pretty in pink, with a touch of brown and tan, visual + sparkle = inspiration which I put together in preparation for my sister-in-law’s baby shower invitation. Soft and sweet, right?
winter visual + sparkle with a pop
I’m working on another set of FLW-inspired invitations with this wintery color palette made cheery with an oh so BRIGHT pop of pink. Great color options, right? And what about that gorgeous illustration by Gemma Lilly…lovely!!
On Oh So Beautiful Paper
Oh So Beautiful Paper, my favorite paper design blog!!!
What joy I felt while scrolling through a beautiful invitation by Rifle Paper Co. on the Oh So Beautiful Paper blog and suddenly seeing a very recognizable yellow and charcoal logo…the one found on my in-law’s Mexican tile-inspired 50th Anniversary Invitations. Just want to take the time to thank Nole for featuring my in-law’s 50th Anniversary Invitations on her fabulous blog. They look beautiful…check them out!
{ Image Via :: LizzyB Loves }
an arts & crafts wedding :: the extras
As promised, the freshly shipped Arts & Crafts Extras comprising of thank you cards, place cards and table numbers, which finalize the Wedding Invitations I shared with you on Monday.
Taking inspiration again from the Gamble House architecture, I designed a structural placard which you might find at the house in the Arts & Crafts style.
The table numbers were placed inside frames so they were single-sided, and the place cards were a folded tent with the table number on the back side (you can see in the left-top corner of the second image above).
The back side of the thank you cards had the same logo as found on the Wedding Invitation. A metallic charcoal envelope with its accompanying address label finishes this Arts & Crafts Wedding Invitation Suite nicely.
{ Images Via :: LizzyB Loves }
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