While I am relatively new to working in the wedding stationery industry, I have built my design and illustration skills for many years. I think being an illustrator along with a graphic designer gives me a unique perspective, and I loved creating these special, personalized wedding suite elements.

For this wedding stationery suite, the bride wanted her Persian heritage and love of florals and greenery highlighted in each element. The ceremony was a beautiful blend of two cultures and truly unique to the couple, and each piece of the full wedding suite displays that – the designs highlight and honor the bride’s heritage and the couple’s own personal love story.

Creating this stationery set was a challenge, but I’m honored to have done it!

invitations and save-the-date floral details

These designs were created for a recent bride who wanted to honor her Persian heritage at her wedding. For the invitation, I hand-illustrated common Persian flowers that the bride loves, such as saffron and pomegranate. The frame features a matte gold foil border. The bride and groom wanted to keep the text fairly simple, so we opted for mostly non-script font.

I hand-illustrated this floral wreath for their save-the-dates as the bride loves ferns and greenery, and it reflects their proposal location – by the creek where they first became a couple.

a special illustration of the sofreh aghd

The Sofreh Aghd is a Persian wedding tradition. Each item on the table symbolizes a blessing for the couple and their soon-to-be marriage. The bride wanted to create a guide for non-Persian guests explaining what each item symbolized.

She sent me photographs of each item and I composited them into this custom illustration. The bride was extremely happy with how this illustration turned out and it will be cherished as a keepsake! I am honored that I was able to create a piece of custom artwork that meant so much to her.

a custom hand-illustrated paisley print border

I also created a custom, hand-illustrated paisley pattern for the couple’s wedding program, based on images of Persian tablecloths and tapestries shared with me by the bride. Paired with the reds of the overall wedding color palette, the colors used in this border are pulled directly from these traditional tapestries. I truly had so much fun drawing and coloring each little detail in this border.

The bride and groom used part of their programs to describe the traditional Persian rituals that would be performed as part of their wedding ceremony and reception, as shown below.

interested in a custom wedding stationery suite of your own?

This was a very unique wedding suite to design and it both tested and allowed me to utilize my illustration skills in a super creative way! feel free to contact me here with what you’re looking for if you’re interested in unique wedding stationery of your own, and I will let you know if I’m the right designer for you, an estimated price quote, etc.