One year Wedding Anniversary

Did you know that paper symbolises the 1st year of marriage?  I've only had a few requests on this celebration, but they are always unique and wonderful.  You can see my first commission for one year anniversary here. And now, I can share the second with you as well!

I met Emma at the Little Fox Market in Rickmansworth last month, we had a quick chat on the day and she followed up with an email with some more details.  She had a tight deadline - anniversary coming up quickly! And through the details she shared with me I designed a floral wreath, featuring the flowers and plants from their wedding and honeymoon.  Emma let me know what text she wanted, and after a rough draft was agreed on I got painting and popped it in the post for a speedy delivery (thank you Mr Postman!).

Due to the tight deadline we kept it small, and it's really super sweet, perfect.  I can work to bigger sizes if small isn't your thing, and the text can be anything you'd like.  If you're interested in seeing these in my shop as a personalisable illustration, then leave a comment please.

Garden Illustration

Over the course of the summer I've taken on a few commissions to do Illustrations of gardens.  Maybe you know someone who is very proud of their garden, fond of it, enjoys spending a lot of time there?  Or maybe you threw a great party and want to thank everyone for making it a special day!  These lovely gardens are a few that I have had the pleasure of illustrating.  They have made it onto gift sets of greeting cards as well as being gifted as framed illustrations.

I can work from photographs and visit the garden in question personally (I've been known to travel quite a distance for a good illustration opportunity).  However, if it's a secret, i will work from snap shots that you can provide on the garden's behalf.  These gardens obviously show off their summer colours, this doesn't limit your garden at all, what ever may be your preferred season - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter - I will illustrate it at it's best.

It's quite nice to have an original illustration + a set of greeting cards of the garden, go hand in hand together.  But if you're just interested in just one or the other, then thats fine too!

Please contact me on charlotte_vallance@hotmail.com 

I'll happily answer any questions you may have.  And if you know the general size of illustration you would like, and maybe have an image of the garden (so I can see how much there is going on that I'll have to work with), I can give you a quote.

Thank you x

One Year Wedding Anniversary Bespoke Illustration

Yesterday was the One Year Wedding Anniversary for Andrea & Cassie.  Andrea commissioned me to illustrate their wedding day for Cassie for their Anniversary as One Year is 'Paper'.  What a lovely idea and a great brief.  The colours are 'their' colours that they had at their wedding, along with the flowers and the cake of cheese.  The butterflies, birds and shoes were personal touches present at the wedding also.  

Andrea wanted 'a big mish-mash' of everything at the wedding, which had me a little skeptical at first because I normally work quite neat and tidy.  After doing my research with her wedding photos I landed on the idea of a big bouquet of flowers with everything intertwined into it.  

I'm really pleased with the outcome, it was a challenge and the finished piece is just a bit smaller than an A1 size, on lovely watercolour paper, with fine detail added in with a fine liner.

Most importantly Andrea loved it, and so did Cassie!

The Final Piece