Wedding Monogram: One of the first, and one of my favorite things I was able to create with Kara Anne was our wedding monogram. Personalized monograms are a great little extra detail that can be used to personalize many things needed for a wedding, like: the invitations, koozies, cups, napkins, welcome bags, cake, or even on a large oversized mirror. Our monogram featured the first initial of both of our names interlocked, and I asked Kara to create and edit many different wreath options (which she willingly did) until I felt that one looked just right. I loved the feminine, organic look of the monogram.

Wedding Invitations: Part of the beauty of Kara Anne’s work is that she uses her own personal calligraphy for her designs. I was able to carry her calligraphy throughout most aspects of our wedding paper, including the envelope addressing (which I loved). I decided to go with white, scalloped paper with the calligraphy printed with gold foil. I then wrapped each suite with pink ribbon (that Kara Anne took care of ordering as part of my invitation package) and pulled it all together with our wedding monogram. I felt that this suite represented the overall look that I wanted for our wedding – do you agree?

Programs: I actually had little to do with our wedding programs (other than the wording), but absolutely LOVED them. They highlight just another one of Kara Anne’s talents, painting with watercolor! She surprised me by creating the beautiful watercolor florals on the cover of the program, and I tied the program pages into a booklet using white ribbon.

The Dinner Menu: As silly as this may sound, our dinner menu was actually probably my favorite paper detail of the whole wedding. After browsing Style Me Pretty and Pinterest for different menu ideas, I asked Kara to create a menu with calligraphy on gold scalloped paper (matching the shape of our invitation), but also requested the writing be tilted to the side. These were placed, along with name tags in gold calligraphy, at each place setting.