My brother-in-law got married this weekend in London, and it was a beautiful day.
I sketched as much as I could, and loved seeing how my designs were used on the day.
For Luke & Amy's wedding stationery, I started with an illustration of the happy couple on a London bus, with pink flowers in the background, which was used for the Save the Dates. I started them off in casual clothes, and added a simple hand-drawn pink border around the card.
I developed this motif and drew a more detailed background for the formal invitation, including important places from their life together and secret elements from the wedding reception, like the ice-cream cart, the bowling pin and neon arrow, to hint at what would be in store on the day. I also put them in more traditional wedding attire.
For the welcome reception, before the wedding, I created a simpler version of the illustration, with a celebratory bottle of champagne...
....and then for all of the other stationery, another version with just a few of the details from the full invitation illustration.
It was used on the menu
for the wedding lunch, which was delicious, and the table where I sat was full of interesting and beautiful people to draw.
There was dancing and cocktails...
and an awesome sweet bar: check out the sweet bags! 
I hadn't seen this, but the bride was given a special dressing gown with the illustration embroidered onto the back. Isn't it amazing!
I also made a square-bordered version of the illustration (with an added heart detail) to have printed onto a pillow for the bride and groom as a gift.
I have more drawings of the day, but this is my favourite of the bride, my new sister-in-law. Welcome to the family!
