WET PAINT!! Michelle Mospens just hand painted this sweet little blue bird for a private client. The wedding stationery will be soooo tweet. More photos coming soon… Until then view Michelle’s custom and TRULY unique wedding invitations >

Credits: Mospens Studio Beach Wedding Invitations, Jeff & Julia Woods, Studio Foto LLC, Elizabeth Messina

I adore STYLE CIRCLE at Style Me Pretty! I wanted to prove beach theme can certainly be BEACH CHIC!

WEDDING COLOR IDEAS FOR YOUR BEACH WEDDING:

Aqua blues, gold, light gray, beige, dusty pale mauves and buttercream colors are the perfect color palette match!

WOW! {Just In} We have achieved graceful, elegant beach theme wedding stationery:

“We received so many compliments on our wedding invitations that you prepared for us that I decided to have handwritten matching notes for each guest in their rooms at the destination houses on Hatteras Island where they are staying. The invitations far exceeded my expectations! We planned a casual beach chic wedding and the invitations I ordered from mypersonalartist.com you were elegant, yet not too formal. They were timeless, perfectly worded and prepared with trimmings. Invitations are a guests first impression of an event. Your artwork conveyed the exact message I wanted to send to my guests about the type of event we had planned – which was that even though this is a seaside wedding, it will be very beautiful, stylish and graceful. Your artwork is just simply beautiful. Thank you, Tracy B.” Read more client testimonials >>

Today, I’m loving light lavender / lilac with black! Adding the pop of the color papaya / coral creates a fun fresh wedding color combo for your spring or summer wedding!

The closest Pantone(R) color matches {by viewing on a computer screen} are:
Black
Lavender 264 / Lilac 263
Papaya 702

Cake from Ron Ben-Israel Wedding Cakes …   Hand Painted Wedding Invitations by Michelle Mospens at Mospens Studio, Bridesmaid dress from Melissa Sweet STYLE MS110 in Orchid … BRIDE’S Bouquet from TheKnot.com Ron’s Flowers and Gifts in Ulysses, KS photo taken by Jenna Walker Photographers in Denver, CO. Since the bottom of the bridesmaid dress is lilac, I would use a bouquet that features papaya, and a very small amount of lilac.

We get this question every day in the studio.

When should I send out my wedding invitations?

You can order wedding invitations and stationery a minimum of 4-6 months prior to your wedding date.

Mail out your wedding invitations about 8 weeks before the wedding. Never less than 4 weeks prior to your wedding date.

If guests will be traveling from afar, you can send earlier or mail save the date cards up to 1 year in advance. This will allow your guests to mark their calendars and take the necessary time off work for traveling.

Best wishes!!

As you may know by now, I love to incorporate a fresh, modern palette of colors in my wedding inspiration boards. I just love this orange and silver gray color combo for Spring, Summer or Fall!

Bridesmaid dress from Priscilla of Boston Vineyard Style 1502 Titanium … Cake from Elisa Strauss of Confetti Cakes … Bride with bouquet from MarthaStewartWeddings.com

Looking back at 2009 in My Personal Artist Custom Invitations Studio, I reflect on all of the positive growth and blessings we had. First, I am truly grateful and feel so fortunate to again work with my husband James EVERY DAY in the studio. And LOVE working with my mother Pam, she hand tears edging, scents stationery, hand sparkles and hand ties the best bows ever!! Oh and we love the cakes and treats she brings into the studio!

My Personal Artist celebrated 11 years in business this year! Hard to believe, I know. You can certainly say we are pioneers in the custom, handmade invitation industry as only about 7 of us were online back then. (In the beginning I started our website on a free area AOL offered, then bought the domain name in 2000 and built our own site.)

2009 brought the most lovely clients yet! However, we are THRILLED to have started a fan page on facebook and see MANY of our fabulous past clients finding us now. I created many new custom hand painted motifs for clients this year. My personal favorite the hydrangea for JoAnn. And my favorite custom invitation design is Jillian’s moss filled box invite with the hand painted Italian statue.

Facebook and Twitter allowed me to connect personally with many OUT OF THIS WORLD wedding vendors and wedding industry greats. Wow. I adore all of you and I am truly grateful to have such great new friends.

We were recently named ONE of the “BEST OF 2009 WEDDING ECO-FRIENDLY DESIGNERS & VENDORS”! In 2010, we will continue to offer 100% recycled papers, wind mill manufactured papers, cotton letterpress invitations, tree free save the date cards and recycle all scraps of paper. We will also continue to buy and have trees planted!

This new blog *a wedding sketchbook* will continue to fill with my colorful inspiration boards weekly! Please bookmark us and check in daily!

Thank you all for your blog, fan, and/or twitter love! We are grateful for you! We wish you all a very HAPPY and HEALTHY NEW YEAR!!! xoxoxox

MANY of the brides I’m working with for SUMMER 2010 weddings are LOVING Cobalt blue, Yellow and Silver for their wedding colors!

The closest Pantone(R) color matches {by viewing on a computer screen} are:
Blue 281
Yellow 123
Silver or Gray Cool Gray 7

Bridesmaid dress Priscilla of Boston — Vineyard STYLE 1504 — Color Horizon … Wedding Flowers bouquet are from Beautiful Blooms, LLC via TheKnot.com … The table setting idea is from PartyRental Ltd via TheKnot.com … The yellow cake with white flowers are from MarthaStewartWeddings.com

Mixing modern textures with nature and art! This fresh palette of coral, ice blue and buttercup wedding colors are perfect for your spring or summer wedding!

Coral floral bouquet from ProjectWedding.com … Calligraphy by Jennifer Gillespie … Bridesmaid dress via Priscilla of Boston Melissa Sweet ms223 … Cake by Nevie Pie Cakes …

The closest Pantone(R) color matches {by viewing on a computer screen} are:
Coral 1785
Ice Blue 278
Buttercup Light Yellow 1205

I just LOVE teal and buttercup yellow together! Perfect for a spring or summer wedding!! Fresh, fun and elegant!

Cake by tanaphotography.com … Yellow floral bouquet from TheKnot.com … Dessy Bridesmaid dress   2795 in ocean blue from Dessy.com… Flower girl dress FL4021 in buttercup and oasis sash from Dessy.com …

The closest Pantone(R) color matches {by viewing on a computer screen} are:
Teal 3025
Aqua Blue 312
Yellow 1225

This invite is a great match! Our Yellow Watercolor Hibiscus wedding invitations!

SANGRIA or wine is super HOT for late summer, fall and winter weddings! Paired with light dusty pink and mauve with a splash of green is simply refreshing and fabulous!

UPDATE! Sangria is still HOT!! This new MODERN sangria watercolor save the date is perfect for your cranberry color scheme.

Custom save the date by Mospens Studio … Cake by photo by Jeremy Hess Photographers found on TheKnot.com … Dress by Priscilla of Boston in Wine … Tie by JCrew in Sangria … Bouquet by SwankProductions.com via TheKnot.com

Black and Dark Graphite look fabulous with Sangria Wine. If you are having an early fall late summer wedding beige suits would look beautiful.

The closest Pantone(R) color matches {by viewing on a computer screen} are:
Sangria / Wine 229
Mauve 675
Dusty Pink 684

I LOVE how sky blue POPS next to lilac! Perfect for a spring or summer wedding! Modern and FRESH!

The wedding cake is by TheSugarSyndicate.com … Lilac dress by JCrew … The wonderful hydrangea bouquet photo taken by Studio Tran Photography constructed by Bella Blooms-Floral, photo via TheKNOT.com

The closest Pantone® color matches {by viewing on a computer screen} are:
Lilac 256
Pistachio Green 367
Sky Blue 543

Weeeee!

This is my very first wedding color inspiration board on my BRAND NEW BLOG *a wedding sketchbook*!

Recently, after I was quoted in two wedding magazines, and after helping HUNDREDS of brides daily {{for several years}} with their wedding color inspiration … I decided to move my old blog to a fresh, colorful ‘blog home’ full of delight!

I am so super excited to share with you my daily wedding color inspirations that flutter through my creative mind. You will also find wedding inspiration ideas, CURRENT modern wedding invitation wording etiquette, my brand new and current wedding invitation designs, and more! So are you ready for more wedding color inspiration? Bookmark us now! I can’t wait!

The closest Pantone(R) color matches {by viewing on a computer screen} are:
Magenta 234
Cobalt Blue 2766
Purple 669

Flowers photo by stephaniewilliamsphotography.com … Dress found at theslightlyobsessivebride.blogspot.com … Seating card board found at theknot.com

James and I bought our original Heidelberg Letterpress Printing Machine in May. We use to outsource our letterpress division to a large invitation vendor. Since May, we’ve printed our exclusive signature letterpress wedding invitations under our very own roof. We are very excited to SHOW you the quality of impression we can achieve. Shown above is a 110lb. 100% cotton card with black ink. As ALWAYS our hand painted wedding invitations and most of our exclusive signature collection designs can boast letterpress printing! Letterpress wedding invitations are TRULY LUXURIOUS and INVITING! Wouldn’t you agree?