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Real Wedding: Emily & Robbie

Clients: Emily & Robbie

Married October 5, 2008

Color Scheme: Fuischa & Lime Green

Emily & Robbie were married this past Fall in a fun and modern wedding at The Factory at Franklin.

 

Both the ceremony and the reception were held in the same room, Jamison Hall, so we had the unique challenge of converting the room into a different look for the reception. They were married on a stage and I designed a custom lighting gobo that was cast behind them. For the reception, this same gobo lookedfabulous as a backdrop for the dance floor. Nashville Event Lighting did a fabulous job with the lighting for this event!

Booklet programs featuring a shimmer fuschia cardstock and lime green ribbons were at every seat for the ceremony.

Beautiful modern florals by Rhonda Patton Weddings.

 

Emily & Robbie had a buffet style reception with Breakfast foods! It was delicious! Think belgian waffles, yogurt parfaits, omlette station...it was hit! I made food signs for every food station.

A peek at the inside cover of the program:

Magnet Save the Dates

Rather than just sending a magnet alone with your Save the Date information, I like to present it in a more formal and creative fashion! Here the magnet is adhered to an linen notecard with aqua shimmer backing to give it a more elegant feel. For the custom notecard, shimmer cardstock backing, custom magnet and matte envelope, this suite starts at $3 each.

Other design option for a magenta & navy theme:

 

Real Wedding: Megan & Kyle

Clients: Megan & Kyle

Married July 12, 2008

Color Scheme: Lemon Yellow, Apple Green & Chocolate Brown

When I first met Megan, I couldn't wait to assist in the design and color scheme for her classic Southern summer wedding! We (A Delightful Day Event Planning) dreamed up a fresh color pallette that was carried throughout the event and the wedding stationery complimented so well with perfect July day that it was. Megan & Kyle wanted their circle monogram carried throughout everything in the wedding decor...and indeed we did!

Florals by Fresh by Carry Ann

The invitation backed on a lemon colored cardstock:

The folded tea length programs were printed on a luxe ivory shimmer stock:

Their stunning cake (that matched the sash and brooch on Megan's dress) (The Bake Shoppe) was perfectly accented with a gobo light (Nashville Event Lighting) that utilized the monogram:

Fun stadium cups for the bar:

Delicious home-made chocolate chip cookies were the favor...a favor sticker designed with the monogram and "Love Is Sweet" messaging for the guests to take home:

We designed lemonade jar labels for the bar...can you tell how warm it was that day? :)

A shot of the fun decor in the carriage house of Belle Meade Plantation:

Special thanks to the wonderful Marcia and Cade of Inara Studios for these images.

Maples Wedding Cakes : 2009 Website Update

I had the honor of designing Maples Wedding Cakes' website last year and we had the wonderful Whitney Carlson of Dove Wedding Photography shoot some of owner and designer Jay Qualls' fabulous couture wedding cakes. Did I mention how unbelievably tasty his cakes are too?!?

This year's set of cakes did not disappoint and are even more stunning than the ones we featured in 2008! Be sure to check out www.maplesweddingcakes.com to see some of the updates I have made for 2009. Here are a few of my favorites from the new gallery images:

Holiday Card for A Delightful Day

As many of you know, I'm Creative Director over at A Delightful Day. I was so excited to do a modern design for the holiday card this year - it was printed on a super luxe linen paper that had a pearl shimmer sheen to it (a paper stock I'm recommending to a lot of my clients these days!) Paired with a bold red envelope, we received many raves from our clients and vendors who received it! :)

Real Wedding: Allison & Mark

Clients: Allison & Mark

Married July 5, 2008

Color Scheme: Royal Purple & Apple Green

When Allison and Mark came to me with the request to design their invitation suite and several elements for their 4th of July weekend wedding, I was excited to work with their bold color combination! They were wanting a truly fun, fresh and modern celebration and the invitations to evoke that same style. I designed a royal purple damask invitation pocketfold suite the featured a modern damask print and flirty font monogram.

The pocketfold featured a bold satin apple green ribbon.

 

The inside of the invitation included coordinating reception and response cards.

We featured their monogram with a gobo light (Nashville Event Lighting) that was cast on the main stage of the reception, behind the wedding cake.

The ceremony programs also mimic'd the square design format of the invitation suite. All were bound with apple green satin bows.

The inside first page of the program featured a beautiful engagement photo.

These monogram squares were also featured on the candy bar buffet bags that were the favor for the guests at the reception.

 

 

Welcome!

Welcome to the new blog of Sweet Life Designs!

I hope you'll enjoy this little behind-the-scenes look at the design process from start to finish of our design studio! Here I'll feature the designs of Real Weddings and other events, new trends in invitation design, as well as showcase some of the other design services we offer.

Thanks to all the wonderful support from clients over the past two years, Sweet Life Designs has grown and been apart of so many sweet celebrations! I am so excited to share new designs and expand our offerings in the coming year!