will you be my bridesmaid?

Check out the cards I created & sent to my dear friends and family to ask them to be a part of our wedding... every girl had their name printed within that tiny hanger. So cute!

Thanks to Jana, Heather, Chelsea, Stacey, Brie & Ali for graciously accepting! You were all beautiful bridesmaids.

Materials used:

-Crumpled tissue paper of cut florals
-Sinamay leaves
-Black irridescent beads
-needle & thread
-glue gun
-black cardstock
-custom printed inner notes

These cards come in various colors & florals to match your wedding theme. Everything at alk.emy is happily custom made!

you're invited!

Invitations are the spice of my life! To me there's nothing better than a little surprise in the mailbox... starting with the envelopes (see below!) and then moving to the inside goodies. I have had the opportunity to make some really fun invites for myself & others and thought I'd share some of my designs with you. Much more to come!

our wedding florals

I was an ambitious bride last June who tackled the daunting task of doing my own wedding florals. While it wasn't my first time "doing flowers" it did happen to be my wedding weekend which made for an interesting few days, but wow was it worth it! I had the ultimate creative freedom I love and thought I rocked a style that was laid back, spunky and still elegant at the same time. The Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla is an amazing venue and one that begs to be enhanced by the subtlety of the right floral design. I played on the Museum's existing landscape of natural succulent gardens and added a pop of color with the yellow crespedia balls & a bit of softness with white dahlias, fragrant hyacinth & billowing millet.

Here are a few images by my photographers, (then "theorie") but now known as Betwixt Studio!

::ceremony magazine:: floral design spread!

I need to pick up the latest copy of Ceremony... where am I supposed to find this?! While I'm on the hunt, here are some designs I created for Modern Bouquet a few months back that are featured in this months San Diego Ceremony Magazine.

Succulents, dinner plate dahlias, spray roses... I love this ever so soft & beautiful rustic design.

the lily font

I tried out some new font combinations with my Christmas card envelopes, inspired by the "Lily Wang" font:

1. "little lily across" This is an impactful script that takes up the length of an envelope. Done in all lower case, this style lends itself well to large envelopes (5x7 and up, perhaps?).

2. "lily & the city" Here's a nice combination of the Lily font used for the name, mixed with an uptown, all upper case address. Kinda stylish!

3. "lily proper" For the person who likes proper nouns done... properly. Lily font is used throughout.

4. "left to write lily" My favorite! The name done in 'little lily', stacked on the left side, with the address in the 'city' style, stacked on the right.

* Just click on the image to get a closer look at the fonts... Enjoy!*

m o d e r n calligraphy

Lettering is probably one of my favortie things to do. These fonts are a modern spin on old-school calligraphy that adds a personal touch to anything that requires numbers, letters or an explanation of some sort... Envelopes, RSVP cards, place cards, menu's & menu boards, gift tags, dessert signs, table numbers, thank you notes, monograms, well, you get it- just about anything!

the alk.emy design studio

"we are a boutique design studio based in sunny san diego specializing in custom stationery: graphic design meets with fine art to create every eco-friendly paper good & stationery need from invitations and beyond. we can provide you with the finest in event design and styling from photoshoots to weddings and everything in between, including your florals to tie it all together perfectly. we would love to meet with you and collaborate on a unique design!"

- the alk.emy website blurb