Michelle Mospens is the founder of My Personal Artist where she has created custom invitations for over 11 years. Within this blog you will find her: wedding colors, wedding invitation ideas and invitation wording. Enjoy!

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We are so delighted to share our brand new website design with you!

James and I work together every day at My Personal Artist Custom Invitations. We wanted our site / brand to reflect this. We are thrilled with the change. We love the fun, retro, preppy style! Just in time for SPRING!! We hope you love it too. xo

Navy and Pink Wedding Colors – Wedding Color Ideas

Ahhh Navy and Pink! I just LOVE the solid color of navy with a POP of pink! Perfect for your Spring, Summer wedding!!

The wedding cake is by Jennyfer Mancino Sugar Suite. Calligraphy by Michelle Mospens {that’s me!}. Remaining photos from The Knot.

For the mens suit coats I would stick with light grey or for an early spring wedding, tan is perfect.

Lucky Red Envelope for Wedding Stationery

Our client Karen just asked that we add a lucky red envelope to her ocean wave wedding stationery. The red envelope is a Chinese and East Asian tradition. Symbolizing good luck and considered  to ward off evil. More on lucky red envelopes

Resource :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_envelope

Fake Moustaches are they Hair to Stay?

Fake Moustaches are they Hair to Stay?

This morning as I awoke, I thought FAKE MOUSTACHES at weddings! Where did this idea come from? I made it my mission this morning to tackle this tickly trend. And why oh why is this trend sticking?

It turns out. It’s all in the name of FUN!

Fake moustaches on a stick, on your finger, or painted on. There are many ways to wear them.

{Vivienne Westwood}

Fake moustaches appeared on the runway in 2008. This look reminds me of Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean. Step back a bit further in time to about 1910 when Charlie Chaplin first sported the fake moustache in efforts to disguise his youth. Groucho Marx first drew on his fake moustache with grease paint. See a trend? All of these chaps have made us laugh. Therefore my conclusion, humor is where it’s at. Why are they wearing fake moustaches at weddings? They do it for the laugh. They have a great sense of humor. So if you find yourself sticking your nose up in the air at this trend. Loosen up a bit. Give a giggle and enjoy. Laughing is GOOD for you!

If you are featuring the fake moustache at your wedding, send us photos! Later we will post what we have. :-{D

Where to buy the ORIGINAL moustache on a stick >

A big shout out ‘thank you’ to my twitter friend Barb McMillen (aka DrSophi) for helping me research this trend in a quick manner. As I only wanted to dedicate about 1 hour to this subject.

Resources

First photo by :: Carl Zoch Photography :: http://www.carlzochphotography.com

Second photo by :: http://fashionindie.com/trend-spark-moustaches/

http://offbeatbride.com/2008/10/wedding-mustaches

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_moustache

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700010866/All-of-a-sudden-mustaches-especially-fakes-are-everywhere.html?pg=1

Blue Wedding Invitations

Blue wedding invitations are super popular right now. Whether you love aqua, navy, teal, tiffany blue, french blue, or royal blue… it seems any shade of blue is HOT!

All blue wedding invitations shown here are from My Personal Artist Unique Wedding Invitations.

Custom Made Hand Drawn Wedding Maps

Hand Drawn Wedding Maps

Fine artist, Michelle Mospens, creates original hand painted hand drawn wedding maps for your guests that are fun and easy to read. Her exclusive hand painted signature watercolor style is NOT found anywhere else. Only at My Personal Artist. Hand drawn wedding maps pricing

Custom Blue Crab Pocket Folder Wedding Invitations

Pinch me!

Sara received her custom blue crab pocket wedding invitations and just emailed us!!! …

“Thank ya’ll so much for all of your work on the invites.  I just put them all together and I couldn’t be happier!”

The blue metallic pocket folder invitations open to a 2 layer invite with lovely navy raised ink. The watercolor blue crab grabbed Sara’s attention right away! So fun and creative.

How did this custom wedding invitation design start? Sara wrote to me and said, “I LOVE the blue crab artwork you did. … What else can you put the crab design on?  Do you have any other samples with the crab on it?  Thank you! Sara.”

I asked Sara what style of invite she loved on our site… she replied with this yellow pocket folder invitation. From there she told us the colors, and where she wanted us to place the blue crab motifs.  Not ONE of her friends had ever seen this design as it was custom created for Sara. Now THAT makes her wedding invitations TRULY unique!!!

If you crave creative and handmade wedding invitations check out our unique wedding invitations collection. If you don’t see the colors or motif you love, email me! michelle {at} mypersonalartist {dot} com I would LOVE to help you create a custom design that meets your specifications.

Express yourself! It’s your special day. At My Personal Artist Custom Invitations & Stationery, we make invitations YOUR way!

WET PAINT! Brand New Stargazer Lily Wedding Invitations Art

WET PAINT! New hand painted stargazer lily watercolor for Jennifer’s wedding invitations using our exclusive folder style card > I LOVE floral paintings for wedding invitations. They take about 8-15 minutes for me to paint depending on the flower. View my other Stargazer Lily Wedding Invitation with more greenery. If you have a flower you adore, I would love to hand paint it for your wedding stationery! Email me what flower you’d love and I will give you a quote. michelle {at} mypersonalartist {dot} com

xoxo

Michelle Mospens

Founder of My Personal Artist Unique Wedding Invitations