We thank you, Libby and Jamie for this lovely review!-Working with Ellen was such a joy. We found Ellen late in the planning process and we are so grateful that she was able to accommodate our timeline. She is creative, organized, and professional. She guided us through the design and...
Colorful Custom Wedding on Cape Cod
We genuinely thank you for this kind review, Beth and Kevin! Creating all your custom artwork was a special part of 2019.Working with El and Bob was truly a delight and highlight of planning our wedding. From the first time we met at their home, we knew that having El design everything...
Maine Seaside Stunner at the Newagen Inn
Thank you, Carmela, for your wonderful testimonial! Working with El and Bob was the highlight of planning this wedding. El very quickly understood the vision that Isabel had for her and Rob’s coastal Maine wedding that was being held in a location with special generational meaning for our family. El...
A Breathtaking Cape Cod Hydrangea Wedding
When I got an email from a long time friend, Cindy, telling me that her daughter was getting married, I was thrilled! Cindy and I knew each other when I lived in Milton, MA in the "pre-Bob years". I had just started El's Cards when we first met, and Tori...
A Gorgeous Shelter Island, New York Wedding
I was so happy to hear from one of our brides last year, to tell me that her wedding had been featured on the Love my Dress blog! And Hanna's dress was truly beautiful! What a great honor and fun article! Thank you so much for sharing, Hanna! And for your kind...
Custom Crest for a York, ME Wedding
It is always a wonderful compliment when a favorite El's Cards client contacts me about their wedding plans! In this case, it was Ann, the Mother of the Bride, who reached out to me last spring. To be thought of for these special occasions is by far the best news...
Custom Florals for a New York Lake Wedding
These colorful flowers were so much fun to paint! Crystal and John Michael had some great ideas for their wedding invitation custom design, and I was thrilled that this fun couple trusted me to bring their vision to life. Naturally, since we too are cat lovers, it was a perfect...
Hydrangeas and Sailboats in Chatham, Massachusetts
In May of 2018, I had a call from Julie about creating the invitations for her Labor Day weekend wedding. She loved one of our existing invitation suites and wanted to customize the invitation to be her very own. A fully custom invitation is wonderful, but it can be just as much fun to...
Kennebunkport in June with Map Booklet & Menu
We always love when we hear from one of our wedding coordinator friends who reaches out to work with us on a special wedding project. In this case, I had been communicating with the bride, Amy, about designing and printing the wedding program with the painting of St. Ann's Church on the...
Kennebunkport with Mussel Shell Details
Every year there is an invitation design that is our most popular! I can officially call 2018 "The Year of the Mussel Shell"! Elissa got in touch with me in autumn of 2017 about her September 2018 wedding. She loved the mussel shell design and was very excited about including our...
Casco Bay Wedding with Pine Bough Accents
A large part of El's Cards business is our craft show season. We love doing these shows because it gets us out in public (yes...wearing comfy clothes to work at home every day is great...but we do enjoy getting out of the house too!). One of the most fun benefits...
June Peonies on Long Island, NY
We love working with our couples from start to finish on their wedding stationery. Sometimes though, the bride might find us after the invitations are long ago sent to the guests. That was the case with the beautiful bride Michaela and the handsome groom Dimitri! Michaela reached out to me last...
Tropical Invitation for a Newport, RI Wedding
In 2006, about a year after moving to New Hampshire, I had a great opportunity to start a job as a flight attendant at Jet Blue. One of the first people who I met there was my friend, Debbie! I was so honored that when it came time for her...
Stunning Newport RI Mansion Wedding
I met with this lovely bride on an autumn day in to discuss a custom wedding invitation for her June 2017 wedding in Newport, RI with a reception at the Eisenhower House. Our first order of business was the Save the Date. Alysa liked a couple of our existing designs, so...
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...
Flourishing Greenery Wedding in Rye, NH
It was my pleasure to meet Lauren and her Mom in October of 2016 to plan Lauren and Mike's Save the Date cards and talk about the wedding invitations for their July 2017 wedding. Lauren was hoping for a design featuring greenery and planned to have me create a custom...
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...
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...
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...
Hand Painted Seating Chart with Florals & Bees
Of all that we offer at El's Cards, one of our signature items, the hand painted seating chart is my very favorite. Each one of these beautiful (and practical) items is totally unique. The names of your wedding guests are lettered by hand in calligraphy, then The entire piece is...
Creative Details at Maine Maritime Museum
I was so excited when Sarah Goodwin of Daisies & Pearls reached out to me to create all of the paper goods for Lauren and Justin's Bath, Maine wedding celebration! Sarah and I had worked together on a few wedding projects before this, but it was wonderful to be able...