Sex and the city style NY bride & girlfriends day

Recently, I created several design items for a modern, SATC inspired bride & girlfriend photo shoot in NYC. Today, it was featured on the most popular wedding blog of all times, Style Me Pretty! Here are a few sneak peeks… get ready – there are some illustrated design items and unique wedding celebration ideas that I have never made before!

The bride and her girlfriends having a ball at Gabriella New York bridal salon. I particularly love the white gown in the middle, with the gem patterns – it’s so unique, isn’t it! And it looks absolutely ravishing on the bride. Bridesmaids gowns by Two Birds Bridesmaid. Custom-made perspex rings with tailor-made illustration: yes, I made these for the bridesmaids! If you’re interested in more design items like this, visit AstridMuellerExclusive.com or email me.

As you see above, I also made matching illustrated perspex drink stirs for the occasion. For the concept of the gem illustrations as glamorous NYC style element, I drew inspiration from the recently auctioned Elizabeth Taylor jewelry collection. What inspiration that was!  I also created several hand-debossed velvet design accents, which featured the designs. You see above a napkin ring and a glimpse of another debossed fabric piece. I had also made a velvet scarf, chokers and hair accessories, as well as a tailor-made matching perspex clutch (not shown).

All of my design items you see above are tailor-made to order. If you’re interested in accentuating your celebration with your own unique design pieces, and in new wedding design accents and gifts that may have never been made and seen before , visit AstridMuellerExclusive.com for initial inspiration, or email me directly.

Hope you enjoyed the glimpses above! See more in the Style Me Pretty blog feature here and browse the full gallery with all photos here!

CREDITS:

Photography: Andrea & Marcus Couture Wedding Photography | Second Photographer: Helga Schaefer | Locations: Gabriella New York Bridal Salon + Tribeca Rooftop | Floral Design: Cornucopia Flowers | Illustrated Drink Stirrers, Rings + Debossed Velvet Accents: Astrid Mueller | Stationery: The Pink Orange | Furniture Rentals: Party Rental Ltd. | Linens: Nuage Designs | Table Styling: Swank Productions | Wedding Gowns: Legends by Romona Keveza, Marchesa + Jenny Packham via Gabriella New York Bridal Salon | Bridesmaids’ Dresses: Two Birds Bridesmaid | Hair: Keila Sone + Cha Cha Savoy | Makeup: Tanisha Faye | Fashion Styling: Lakeniya Kelly of The Dapifer

Unusual wedding design inspiration – Pucci

I bet you are all super crazed at this time – the end of the year is almost upon us, the holidays, and what with the cold weather! At least where I am (shiver). Here’s  bit of wedding inspiration to shake you out everything that’s on your mind these days:

As Annie Lee from daughter of design (one of my fav wedding designers!) says (see point 3 in these style tips from her): “Your inspiration can come from anywhere.” It can be one little thing that you love, which will get all your inspiration going. Or one big thing. How about PUCCI?

Pucci – Inspiration from Italy

In my book, this designer is a god of patterns. Just looking at them makes me think of ornamental accents for a wedding stationery suite. How about you? Another muse could be the materials you see above. Wouldn’t the gold embroidery be a lavish design element to use in your celebration? Or lace that’s brought to modern times through fashion inspired patterns like you see above?

If you’re in inspiration heaven now, fabulous! If not and you like help, contact me any time (specializing in sophisticated illustrations and celebration design accents, I’d be delighted to create a unique concept for you – click here to learn more).

Ode to Yolan Cris – fashion and pattern inspiration

Sorry guys, I have been a bit low on blogging time lately – I’m currently fully immersed in some very exiting wedding illustration projects. Hope to have more to share with you soon! In the meantime, here’s some high caliber fashion eye-candy for you, one of my favorites: Yolan Cris, what a creative and amazingly talented designer! Take a look!

2011 Yolan Cris Revival Vintage Bridal collection – gown: Copenhague

2011 Yolan Cris Revival Vintage Bridal collection – gown: Oporto

2011 Yolan Cris Revival Vintage Bridal collection – gown: Praga

2011 Yolan Cris Revival Vintage Bridal collection – gown: Almeria

2011 Yolan Cris Glamour collection – gown: 1109

2011 Yolan Cris Art Deco collection – gown: 1174

CREDITS:

1. all images composed by Astrid Mueller with courtesy from Yolan Cris website
2. Thanks to WeddingInspirasi to helping me stumble across the designer.

How I created Jennifer’s fashion inspired wedding illustration

Jennifer and Warren’s save the date cards and wedding invitation illustrations were whimsical, featuring the two of them dressed in wedding attire I had dreamed up!

However, for their wedding day artwork, I wanted their illustration to make a big entrance, and the couple agreed it would be lovely to depict them in their actual wedding clothing.

This was Jennifer’s amazing bridal gown:

gown: Ulla Maija, BIANCA couture collection

Just look at the stunning embroidery!

gown: Ulla Maija, BIANCA couture collection

It was quite daunting to illustrate this beautiful dress and do it justice. But I love a challenge!

I began with drafting the pose and arranging reference photos on my screen.
Then I zoomed in to start laying in details:

After applying the first dress details, I kept zooming in and out to make sure the overall design would be harmonious:

While constantly moving back and forth between reference photos, I kept adding further detail to the pattern, inspired by Jennifer’s gown. Since I didn’t have a photo in the exact pose of the illustration, I had to envision how the dress would fall and what the pattern looked like:

I kept refining all details of the illustration, and finally, I recolored the pattern in eggshell to soften it.

This was Jennifer and Warren’s wedding day illustration!

As soon as I can, I’ll share photos of their wedding so you can see how Jennifer and Warren accentuated their celebration with their unique wedding illustration.

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