Custom Save the Dates, Unique Wedding Invitations & Personalized Stationery

I love an outdoor wedding! Sunflowers just add the perfect, cheerful touch. Just look at the bright golden yellow sunflowers, they make me smile!

Stephanie wrote: “Michelle – just found this site, it’s gorgeous! I’m getting married in September of this year (I know, very short engagement = stressful wedding planning!) Dying to have sunflowers, thinking about pairing it with coral. Any thoughts / better recommendations? I’m a little averse to blue bridesmaids dresses… nothing personal! Thanks so much :)”

Thank you for your kind words Stephanie! I whipped this inspiration board up a while ago. I thought of it immediately when you mentioned sunflowers and coral! Notice the light splash of lilac/purples with this color scheme! Gorgeous. Best wishes and good luck!

Credits:  Mospens Studio Sunflower Invitations, Jenne Hohn Events,  Andre Niesing,  Lisa Franchot

Vintage, Custom, and Fun! Michelle Mospens creates custom silhouettes for YOU to enjoy!! Use Michelle’s silhouette art to print your own invitations and stationery or have us, My Personal Artist, print your stationery!

Michelle recently had the great joy of creating hand drawn custom silhouettes of Thomas and Jill for their truly unique invitations and wedding stationery! Aren’t they sweet! Today, you too can enjoy our Custom Silhouettes service >

Wow! I have to say my mouth dropped when I set my eyes on THIS lovely bright aqua and pink dessert table scape by Amy Atlas in BRIDES wedding magazine! My favorite color combo EVER!!! Andrew McCaul‘s photography is loveeeely!

Today when I hopped on Facebook. THERE she was… AMY ATLAS. THE dessert table designer herself. A delightful sugary genius if you ask me! So, I asked her personally, May I share this on my blog? And she gave me permission to share! Yay! Wow. Wow. Wow! What do you think. Beautiful and yummy right?

Interested in MORE? See Amy Atlas at work behind the scenes!!! Delightful and amazing work, HATS OFF to Amy and her team!!!

Wow! It is hard to believe that 12 years ago I started ‘My Personal Artist’ from a tiny sunroom in our home. Making hand made, hand painted and scented greeting cards, custom invites, corporate stationery, drawing portraits, and more!

Today we are grateful to work in a large studio on the main street in our small lakeside town. We even have a lovely public custom invitation showroom we call La Invita attached to our production studio!! Thank YOU to all of YOU who support our business. James and I feel so blessed. Thank you. xo ~ Michelle Mospens, Founder of My Personal Artist

Now, go enjoy our sales!

I had an absolute blast hand painting the lime green watercolor starfish motif for Ali and Jamie’s wedding reception stationery! Ali’s father shipped the out of town guest tote bag to me to match the color. EACH piece is actually hand painted. Complete awesomeness! I adore fun projects like this. xo ~ Michelle Mospens

What’s HOT! Our Gerbera Daisy Wedding Invitations!! Modern and fresh! Daisies in white and you choose the background color! Colors proving to be popular this week: hydrangea, purple, and pistachio/apple green. The white hand torn edge pops on these creative handmade wedding invitations with daisies >

One of the MOST popular questions asked here at My Personal Artist Handmade Wedding Invitations, “How do I word we want money for our wedding gift?” or “How do we word we do not want any wedding gifts?” or “Is it proper to add gift registry cards to our wedding invitations suite?”

It is NEVER okay to add a gift registry card to your wedding invitation suite.

According to Peggy Post, wedding invitation etiquette: registry and gift giving information is spread by word of mouth or can be given by inserting into a shower invitation. This information should NEVER grace the wedding invitation. This puts to much emphasis on the gift and not the guest attending which is the most important part of your inviting and hoping the guest can actually attend. Inserting such information can be a turn off for your friends and family. Gifts are the guests choice.

Adding a gift registry card in with or on your bridal shower invitation, that is a different story. The person giving the party is allowed to give their guests gift ideas FOR YOU! That is fantastic. Your guests should remember where you are registered for your wedding day then. Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and bridesmaids can verbally tell the guests gift ideas when asked. If you still feel your guests do not know what to give you on your special day tell a vociferous relative and they will certainly get the word out for you!

Another popular idea is to include your wedding website on your alternative card this way your guests will go to your website and see your personal REGISTRY link there. Many of our couples we have worked with do this. Many wedding websites off ‘free wedding websites’ for you to enjoy!

For more wording ideas for your wedding invitation and stationery please feel free to view our exclusive collection of wedding invitation wording >>

I just LOVE light lemon yellow, coral and a splash of orange! A SPRING delight!

The tie, suit photo by Corbin Gurkin Photography. The lovely flower cone photo by Daria Bishop Photography. The dress by Ann Taylor in Lemon Twist STYLE #240588. Last but not least the fabulous spring cake by Ron Ben Israel Cake.

The birds are twitting and the sun is shining here in Ohio! I am truly feeling SPRING is in the air! And isn’t this color inspiration board just perfect for your spring wedding? Enjoy. xo

Dress by Ann Taylor in the color watermelon STYLE 240588. Cake and flowers photos by Jacki V.Photography. Cake by Buttercream. Flowers by Violet’s Flowers.

Well it is March 17th. St. Patrick’s Day! I couldn’t resist creating a GREEN color scheme wedding inspiration board today! Of course it just had to be a tropical green!

Wedding invitations with hand drawn orchids by MyPersonalArtist.com. Dress is from Jcrew.com. Hair and chair photos from TheKnot.com. Tie from ties-necktie.com. Cake from ProjectWedding.com no not of baker.

For each petal on the shamrock; This brings a wish your way -Good health, good luck, and happiness; For today and every day. ~Author Unknown

And friends, if you drink … do not drive. Have fun! Be safe. xoxo

Ahhh Navy and Pink! I just LOVE the solid color of navy with a POP of pink! Perfect for your Spring, Summer wedding!!

The wedding cake is by Jennyfer Mancino Sugar Suite. Calligraphy by Michelle Mospens {that’s me!}. Remaining photos from The Knot.

For the mens suit coats I would stick with light grey or for an early spring wedding, tan is perfect.

Fake Moustaches are they Hair to Stay?

This morning as I awoke, I thought FAKE MOUSTACHES at weddings! Where did this idea come from? I made it my mission this morning to tackle this tickly trend. And why oh why is this trend sticking?

It turns out. It’s all in the name of FUN!

Fake moustaches on a stick, on your finger, or painted on. There are many ways to wear them.

{Vivienne Westwood}

Fake moustaches appeared on the runway in 2008. This look reminds me of Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean. Step back a bit further in time to about 1910 when Charlie Chaplin first sported the fake moustache in efforts to disguise his youth. Groucho Marx first drew on his fake moustache with grease paint. See a trend? All of these chaps have made us laugh. Therefore my conclusion, humor is where it’s at. Why are they wearing fake moustaches at weddings? They do it for the laugh. They have a great sense of humor. So if you find yourself sticking your nose up in the air at this trend. Loosen up a bit. Give a giggle and enjoy. Laughing is GOOD for you!

If you are featuring the fake moustache at your wedding, send us photos! Later we will post what we have. :-{D

Where to buy the ORIGINAL moustache on a stick >

A big shout out ‘thank you’ to my twitter friend  Barb McMillen (aka DrSophi)  for helping me research this trend in a quick manner. As I only wanted to dedicate about 1 hour to  this subject.

Resources

First photo by :: Carl Zoch Photography :: http://www.carlzochphotography.com

Second photo by :: http://fashionindie.com/trend-spark-moustaches/

http://offbeatbride.com/2008/10/wedding-mustaches

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_moustache

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700010866/All-of-a-sudden-mustaches-especially-fakes-are-everywhere.html?pg=1

Fine artist, Michelle Mospens, creates original hand painted hand drawn wedding maps for your guests that are fun and easy to read. Her exclusive hand painted signature watercolor style is NOT found anywhere else. Only at My Personal Artist. Hand drawn wedding maps pricing …

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Sara received her custom blue crab pocket wedding invitations and just emailed us!!! …

“Thank ya’ll so much for all of your work on the invites. I just put them all together and I couldn’t be happier!”

The blue metallic pocket folder invitations open to a 2 layer invite with lovely navy raised ink. The watercolor blue crab grabbed Sara’s attention right away! So fun and creative.

How did this custom wedding invitation design start? Sara wrote to me and said, “I LOVE the blue crab artwork you did. … What else can you put the crab design on?  Do you have any other samples with the crab on it?  Thank you! Sara.”

I asked Sara what style of invite she loved on our site… she replied she loved a pocket folder wedding invitation. From there she told us the colors, and where she wanted us to place the blue crab motifs. Not ONE of her friends had ever seen this design as it was custom created for Sara. Now THAT makes her wedding invitations TRULY unique!!!

If you crave creative and handmade wedding invitations check out our unique wedding invitations collection. If you don’t see the colors or motif you love, email me! michelle {at} mypersonalartist {dot} com I would LOVE to help you create a custom design that meets your specifications.

Express yourself! It’s your special day. At My Personal Artist Custom Invitations & Stationery, we make invitations YOUR way!

WET PAINT! New hand painted stargazer lily watercolor for Jennifer’s wedding invitations using our exclusive folder style card > I LOVE floral paintings for wedding invitations. They take about 8-15 minutes for me to paint depending on the flower. View my other Stargazer Lily Wedding Invitations with a 2nd layer. If you have a flower you adore, I would love to hand paint it for your wedding stationery! Email me what flower you’d love and I will give you a quote. michelle {at} mypersonalartist {dot} com

xoxo

Michelle Mospens