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June Peonies on Long Island, NY

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...

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Tropical Invitation for a Newport, RI Wedding

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...

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Stunning Newport RI Mansion Wedding

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...

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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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Flourishing Greenery Wedding in Rye, NH

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...

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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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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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Hand Painted Seating Chart with Florals & Bees

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...

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Creative Details at Maine Maritime Museum

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...

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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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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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