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Fun in Key West with a Custom Map

Fun in Key West with a Custom Map

Our first wedding of the 2017 season was one of my favorites!  Meredith, the bride, reached out to me in August of 2016 through a referral from another great client.  She had seen our maps and was interested in having us create her wedding stationery...including a custom map of Key...

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Emily & Jon's Cottage Style Maine Wedding

Emily & Jon's Cottage Style Maine Wedding

I was so thrilled to hear from Heidi Brissette at She Luxe Weddings last winter. She was working with this lovely couple on all the aspects of their Biddeford Pool, Maine wedding and the bride was interested in El's Cards creating the stationery! Emily and I were introduced via email...

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Wedding Details on Martha's Vineyard

Wedding Details on Martha's Vineyard

Claire reached out to me about her Martha's Vineyard wedding with not a lot of time to spare!  Martha's Vineyard is one of our favorite places (we went there for our anniversary trip last year) and I was so excited about creating some beautiful wedding day paper goods for Claire...

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Customized Invitations in Ogunquit, ME

Customized Invitations in Ogunquit, ME

Allison reached out to me last summer to create a custom invitation and we put together something special for her wedding paper goods. She liked the Sunset Sky invitation and the Salty Air invitation, so we combined the two so it was totally customized just for this couple.  The envelopes...

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Two Seating Charts are better than one!

Two Seating Charts are better than one!

It was my pleasure to create Kate and Ryan's wedding stationery for their September 2015 wedding!  Anyone who knows me, knows my favorite element of the wedding to create is the hand painted seating chart with calligraphy.  This is one of our signature items!  Imagine my excitement when asked to...

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Special Watercolor Program of St. Ann's Church

Special Watercolor Program of St. Ann's Church

Creating custom church ceremony programs for our couples is one of the highlights of what we do at El's Cards. So I was happy to hand paint beautiful St. Ann's Church in Kennebunkport, Maine for Jenny and Tom's September wedding! The church is a beautiful stone structure and has beautiful...

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Lobsters in June on Cape Cod

Lobsters in June on Cape Cod

It was a real pleasure working with this couple on their wedding stationery. It was exactly a year from today that I first heard from Kayla! This lovely bride was referred to me by one of my craft show clients who we had met in Ogunquit, Maine a couple of...

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Mussel Shell Wedding Decor in Rye, NH

Mussel Shell Wedding Decor in Rye, NH

It is always fun to create something unique for a seating chart. Calligraphy is such a classic look and it can be used on all pieces of the wedding day stationery. Bob is the mastermind who assembled the hand written calligraphy table assignments behind the windowpanes....and it was much harder...

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A Custom Nautical Wedding on Peaks Island, ME

A Custom Nautical Wedding on Peaks Island, ME

When Katie asked me to do the wedding save the dates and invitations for her Peaks Island Wedding, I was honored!  Katie was an art teacher at my alma mater, Kennebunk High, and I was thrilled to be asked by such a creative person to be a special part of...

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A Dreamy Naples, Florida Wedding

A Dreamy Naples, Florida Wedding

Bob and I have been lucky enough to visit beautiful Naples, Florida a couple of times...once for a birthday trip (Thanks to our friend, Debbie!), and the other time for our wedding anniversary trip.  After our second trip there, I was so in love with all the colors or the...

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Autumn Trees Invitation in Rye, NH

Autumn Trees Invitation in Rye, NH

I first met Jessica and Matthew in November of 2014 about their October 2015 wedding. They had recently chosen a gorgeous venue...Wentworth by the Sea Country Club. The couple was so enthusiastic about working together-we hit it off immediately.  We had a productive conversation about some great local vendors. I...

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St. James Church in Prouts Neck, ME

St. James Church in Prouts Neck, ME

Some years ago, I was approached to create a map of Prouts Neck, Maine for a local shop...so I was especially excited last spring, when I was asked to customize that map of Prouts Neck for a wedding that would take place there in June! The sweet mother of the...

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