Honored to be Featured on Style Me Pretty

I’m honored and excited to announce: my work was just featured on Style Me Pretty! Let me share a few teaser images with you. For example, I designed this illustrated thank you card series for a Tuscany inspired engagement party table setting:

For this French café inspired engagement scene tablescape design, I contributed a small illustrated “Will You Marry Me?” note card:

and for a clean-chic white-in-white wedding celebration table with this lush lace-adorned cake…

…I created wedding menu cards, and an illustrated plexiglas cake-topper statuette:

In this instance the couple was fictitious. To see examples of real weddings with custom-made illustrations for the couple, come visit my portfolio at AstridMuellerExclusive.com. Make sure to stop by on Style Me Pretty to see more photos of these three delicious tablescapes!

If you’re a wedding professional, interested in working with me on a styled photo shoot, email me! I love to work with talented professionals and develop unique new illustrated design accents. Especially new ones that no one has ever seen before. :-)

CREDITS:

For the above three table settings, my warm thanks go to the following outstanding and incredibly talented wedding professionals: Venue: The Tuscan Tea Room / Designers: Crinoline & Tweed / Photographers: Red Box Pictures / Flowers: Romanza Floral / Cakes & French Pastries: Tallant House / Cupcakes: Trophy Cupcakes / Ceramique Cupcake Stands: Clara French / Stationary: Designs by Astrid Mueller & Artisan printing by Digby and Rose / Cupcake Wrappers: Bella Cupcake Couture / Ring pillow and crystal embellished silk flower napkin ring: Emici Bridal

meaningful luxury inspiration

As promised, today I have a little treat for you. How about a historic art luxury item transposed as a unique wedding idea?

Fabergé… Even the name sounds intriguingly glamorous.

According to The Jewelry Blog, between 1885 and 1917, Peter Carl Fabergé and his assistants created 69 eggs as Easter gifts to the Czars of Russia at the time. Majestic, indeed!

Recently, one of my artistic friends mentioned there’s a romantic story to the first egg. Fabergé was commissioned by the emperor of Russia to create it as a stunning, memorable and romantic gift for his wife.

Mesmerizing, more likely:

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Each Fabergé egg has a unique theme and artistically composed story. For example, one is very nondescript, its outside white like a typical egg. The inside is another story. Playing on the concept of a Russian nesting doll, it opens to reveal a golden yolk hiding a tiny golden chicken treasure. What came first, the chicken or the egg? And I thought I had the answer to that. (Not.)

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What a beautiful multi-layered play of opposites. Nature and riches. Matte and shiny. Obvious and ambiguous. Static and repeating. Playfulness and complexity.

I’m intrigued by how much meaning is hidden in just this seemingly simple piece of art.

Wouldn’t it be lovely to incorporate such a multi-layered meaning into your wedding? Tell me your love story, and I’ll devise a Fabergé egg concept for you. Then I’ll find a jewelry designer who will make your love come to life. I’d love to play with this concept! Imagine your love story illustrated then encased in enamel? Accentuated with diamonds? Or, more affordably, embellished with Swarovski crystals? Or edibly, as a stunning eye-catcher on your wedding cake (as spotted on The Flirty Guide,  Fabergé cake toppers by the wonderfully talented Gabrielle Feuersinger from Cake Coquette)?

Fabergé egg cake topper by Cake Coquette

Fabergé egg cake topper by Cake Coquette

Nothing is impossible!

How Audrey Personalized Her Wedding with an Illustration

Before we paused for last week’s fashion cause, you may remember we were following the creation of Audrey and Nathan’s (headless!) invitation. Audrey had initially asked me to illustrate her and Nathan without their heads…but for a fabulously fun reason!

Using the headless illustration on their engagement party invitations, Audrey threw her guests off the scent.

Using the illustration (this time – hurray! – with heads) in wedding day details like place cards, a cake topper, party favors, and thank you cards, Audrey and Nathan cleverly revealed to their utterly surprised guests that their engagement party was actually a wedding!
To Audrey: Working with you was such a blast, Audrey (I know you are reading this!).  Thank you again for being so fun to work with, for actually turning into a friend, and for inviting me to be part of your celebration! I’m very happy that we’re still in touch – you are an inspiration. Wishing you and Nathan love, always!

And to all of you: Hope to see you again next Friday when I’ll share some of my latest wedding and style inspirations. I’m wishing you a fantastic and inspired weekend!

CREDITS:

Flowers: jennybfloraldesign.com

Dress: “Scarlet” by Monique Lhuillier

Venue: Surf and Sand Resort, Laguna Beach, CA

Photography: jimkennedyphotography.com

Rings: Cartier

Artisan Printing: Letterpress Light

Wedding Illustration, cake topper and stationery: Astrid Mueller Exclusive