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Fun in Key West with a Custom Map

Fun in Key West with a Custom Map

Our first wedding of the 2017 season was one of my favorites!  Meredith, the bride, reached out to me in August of 2016 through a referral from another great client.  She had seen our maps and was interested in having us create her wedding stationery...including a custom map of Key...

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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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Autumn Wedding in Kennebunkport, Maine

Autumn Wedding in Kennebunkport, Maine

Jane and Addison first reached out to me about creating invitations for their October 2014 wedding, when they were passing through town and were hoping to schedule a time to meet.  They were so flexible and came to meet me at the Greenland Craft Show!  Despite the crazy parking situation...

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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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Camp Wedding with Fun Floral Details

Camp Wedding with Fun Floral Details

We met Erica and Tony at an event in Weare, NH. They had booked a venue that had all kinds of neat cabins for the guests and was situated on a gorgeous lake! We worked together on all of the wedding stationery, starting with the save the date, and ending...

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Two Seating Charts are better than one!

Two Seating Charts are better than one!

It was my pleasure to create Kate and Ryan's wedding stationery for their September 2015 wedding!  Anyone who knows me, knows my favorite element of the wedding to create is the hand painted seating chart with calligraphy.  This is one of our signature items!  Imagine my excitement when asked to...

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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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Hydrangea Details in Kennebunkport ME

Hydrangea Details in Kennebunkport ME

It was my pleasure to create some custom hydrangea inspired Wedding Day paper goods for Gracie and Tim's Kennebunkport wedding. The bride had something specific in mind for her wedding tables, and I was happy to put paintbrush to paper to design something special just for this couple. For this...

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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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Kerry and Derek at Hidden Pond in Kennebunkport

Kerry and Derek at Hidden Pond in Kennebunkport

It was my pleasure to be a part of this beautiful October wedding last year. Happy One Year Anniversary, Kerry and Derek!  I first met with Kerry and her mom, Mary, in the spring.  Shortly after that we sent out Kerry's calendar save the date. We gave the autumn trees...

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Bold Peonies for a Boston Wedding

Bold Peonies for a Boston Wedding

It was my pleasure to meet Colleen about 10 years ago at JetBlue.  We were working together as inflight crew members based in Boston.  When it came to be time for Colleen's wedding invitations, she got in touch with me right away. It was very flattering because Colleen is a...

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Ria and Ross in Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Ria and Ross in Cape Elizabeth, Maine

  Meeting Ria and Ross and working with them on their wedding stationery was wonderful!  Ria was so open to my ideas...I had been wanted to create a Maine map wedding invitation and they both loved that suggestion. We tied in their wedding colors of blue and yellow and I...

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Wedding Day Lovebirds in Portsmouth, NH

Wedding Day Lovebirds in Portsmouth, NH

  Hi El,Just wanted to send you a thank you for the amazing work you did for our wedding in May and wanted to attach some photos of the items on the big day. So grateful for you kindness, endless talent and creativity! You were truly a joy to work...

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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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Silver & Blue Wedding Details in the DR

Silver & Blue Wedding Details in the DR

I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Rosie when we worked together at Jet Blue. When she met Danny, and they got engaged...Rosie came right to me about creating a special invitation for their wedding day in the Dominican Republic. Rosie loves hydrangeas, so I created a special white...

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A Dreamy Naples, Florida Wedding

A Dreamy Naples, Florida Wedding

Bob and I have been lucky enough to visit beautiful Naples, Florida a couple of times...once for a birthday trip (Thanks to our friend, Debbie!), and the other time for our wedding anniversary trip.  After our second trip there, I was so in love with all the colors or the...

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