Lily of the Valley wedding invitation / Invitatie de nunnta cu lacramioare

Spring is here, or it`s almost gone?! Lily of the Valley was all over the town, at every corner, sold by old ladies or by gipsy ladies. And I love them so much that I wish they never abandon this activity :)

Nici nu mai stiu daca e primavara sau daca s-a si terminat! Cred ca ati vazut si voi tantile batrane sau femeile rrome cu lacramioare la colturi de strada. Imi plac atat de mult incat mi-as dori sa fie intotdeauna cineva cu flori de vanzare la coltul strazii :)

This season I had a special client who wanted wedding invitations with Lily of the Valley. Now, that was a challenge because I wanted something delicate and beautiful yet strong and resistant.

O clienta foarte deosebita mi-a cerut anul acesta invitatii cu lacramioare. Si a fost o mare provocare pentru ca vroiam sa creez ceva delicat si totusi rezistent.


I came up with two designs, many color combos and she chose this:
I-am propus doua modele si mai multe variatii de culoare, iar ea a ales acest model:

I`ve noticed that my clients request bring out of my head the most beautiful creations and no matter how much I create new designs, the ones that they suggest will always be the best ones!
Am observat ca propunerile clientilor mei scot din mine cele mai frumoase creatii si indiferent cat de mult creez eu singura modele noi, cele sugerate de ei sunt intotdeauna cele mai bune!

I like everything about these invitations - the green of the cardstock (a little bit pearlescent), how it goes with the ribbon, the embossing pattern, the delicate stem and of course, the delicate and beautiful lilies of the valley.
Imi place totul la invitatiile acestea - nuanta de verde a cartonului (e putin sidefat), cum se potriveste cu panglica verde, modelul embosat, tulpina delicate si bineinteles minunatele lacramioare stilizate.

I am not very active with blogging... as there are so many wonderful things happening in my life that the blog is now somewhere at the end of the list...
De multa vreme blogging-ul este in capatul listei si nu prea am activat cu postari noi... asta din cauza ca in viata mea se petrec tot felul de lucruri minunate si nu mai am timp pentru toate... dar poate si pentru ca realizand invitatii multe mi se pare ca nu e chiar atat de interesant pentru voi.

Enjoy your quilling and keep creating with passion!
Savurati la maxim quilling pe care-l faceti si creati mereu cu pasiune!
Anca

Cobalt and sunflower invitation

My dear friends,
I have to confess I feel guilty because I post only wedding invitations lately, especially with sunflower, but this is what I do these days...
When I started quilling I`d never thought I`ll get here, running an etsy shop and having so many clients who search for my sunflower invitations. But this is what happened and even if there are many ideas and projects that I begun... the quilled sunflowers keep coming.

So, for today, a new design, with one of my sunflowers, put on different colors. I believe cobalt and sunflower is a strong combo and that cobalt keeps haunting my mind. Just imagine a wedding with elegant, cobalt accents, beige and yellow flowers or sunflower.

I tried the same flower on green and brown too. Take a look.

The green and cobalt combo are my favorite!

This is my quilling from these days, I`ll try some autumn themes and I tried some daisy themes too, but I`ll show that in my next post.

Hope you like them, and hope you quilling makes you happy!

Hugs,
Anca :)

Burlap sunflower invitation / Invitatie cu floarea soarelui rustica

Now, which one is your favorite? I prefer the one with burlap and the one with orange raffia. I used the same recycled cardstock for all the designs, actually it`s the same card and the same flower I only changed the ribbon.

How is your summer? I enjoy these days, I enjoy reading and I enjoy the good light that helps me take beautiful pictures!

Here they are...


Burlap and sunflower invitation

Beige satin ribbon and sunflower invitation

 Yellow satin ribbon and sunflower invitation

 Orange raffia and sunflower invitation

Hope you like them,
even if they look natural it took me a while until I arrived here.

Hugs,
Anca :)

Yellow and grey wedding table numbers

Hello friends! Lately I`m more and more aware about the importance of colors in the creations I see. For my creations the only rules are: I have to like the combination and sometimes I have to use some materials I have or some colors that a client wants. How do you choose the colors that you use? Do you know the theories?   Now, here is this combo that I like so very much. I made it last summer and I just love the way green and yellow look on gray. The same piece can look so different in various colors and shades! It`s amazing!

Salutare fetelor! In ultima vreme acord tot mai multa taentie culorilor pe care le vad in diferite creatii. Pentru creatiile mele, singurele reguli: trebuie sa-mi fie pe plac combinatia si uneori trebuie sa folosesc niste materiale pe care le am sau niste culori pe care clinetii le cer. Voi cum alegeti culorile pe care le folositi? Stiti teoriile?
Asa ca, iata o combinatie care imi place foarte, foarte mult! Am facut vara trecuta numerele acestea si imi place asa de mult cum mereg verdele si galbenul cu gri. Aceeasi creatie poate arata cu totul altfel daca sunt folosite culori diferite! Mi se pare uimitor!

Va imbratisez si multumesc pentru vizita :)
Warm hugs and thank you for your visit!

Black and red wedding invitation & table numbers / Invitatii de nunta cu rosu si negru & numere de masa

Hello again :)

During the last months wedding invitations, table numbers and money envelopes were my main activity. It was a pleasure and I want to share with you my work, hope I won`t be boring... 
This red and black sunflower wedding invitation is for a wedding from a medieval location. It`s my old design (with brown and green from here) but with other colors (black and dark red).

Dragele mele,

in ultima vreme am lucrat la invitatii de nunta, meniuri si plicuri de bani. Cam aceasta a fost principala activitate. Am mai multe poze, sper sa nu fiu plictisitoare :)
Acest model cu negru si visiniu este un model pe care l-am facut pentru o clienta care va avea nunta intr-o locatie medievala. Este o adaptare a modelului cu maro si verde de aici.

Many hugs,
Imbratisari,
Anca :)

Wedding cake invitation / Invitatie de nunta cu tort

Salutare :) Imi dau seama ca folosesc in ultima vreme prea mult cuvantul nunta, dar imi plac atat de mult toate creatiile pentru nunti incat nu pot sa nu-mi imaginez aceste felicitari cu tort sub forma unor invitatii de nunta. E drept ca domeniul nuntilor reprezinta o intreaga industrie, dar ca si Craciunul, e ceva atat de frumos!!!

Hello there :) I realize that I use quite a lot the word wedding lately, but I just adore all the beatiful things that are created around this event, so that it`s imposible for me to avoid the comparison between these cards and weddin invitations. It`s true that an entire industry was created around weddings, but, like Christmas, it`s sooo beautiful!!!

Iata minunatiile pe care le-am creat. Adica o parte din ele pentru ca am facut aproape 40 - jumate cu vanilie si jumate cu ciocolata.

Here are the beaties I created. I mean a part of them since I`ve made almost 40 cards - half with a vanilla cake and half with chocolate cake.

As face anumite modificari ca sa fie potrivite pentru invitatii de nunta, dar ideea mi se pare super de tot ca si simbol.

I would change some things to make them look like wedding invitations, but the cake theme seems so great for a wedding invitation.

Lot of joy from here,
Cu multa bucurie,
Anca

Invitatii de nunta cu sah / Chess wedding

Iata una dintre invitatiile tematice pe care le-am pregatit pentru Nunta la Palat de la Cluj. Georgiana de la Deco Life are niste idei super originale pentru decor! Cand mi-a spus sa fac un set de papetarie - invitatii, numar de masa si place card - cu tema sah am fost incantata. Am facut mai mult modele, am incercat si sa ilustrez piese de sah cu quilling. Iar cea cu quilling i-a placut cel mai mult! Am avut si alte idei pentru piesele de sah quilling insa mi-a trebuit ceva rapid (stiu, totul e pe repede inainte azi, poate din cauza ca vrem sa incercam mereu muuulte lucruri).

Here is one of the wedding invitations that I`ve prepared for the wedding fair I told you about. Georgiana from Deco Life has some super-mega original ideas! When she asked for a set of wedding invitation, place card and table number with chess theme I was delighted! This is not the only design, but the only one with quilling for thi theme and was the one she prefered. I had some other ides for the chess pieces but there was no time for sophisticatd things (I know, there is always little time in our days - I believe we have too many things we want to try).

Mie imi place foarte mult cum arata si decorul pune atat de frumos in evidenta creatia mea! Aici poze de aparat simplu. E aceeasi lucrare!
I like a lot the way they look and the table decorations makes everything look even more beautiful! Here you can see pictures with my camera. It`s the same work!

Imi plac mult aceste provocari. Si imi place ce iese cand mai multi oameni lucreaza impreuna!
I just love these challenges. And I also love the fruits of good co-working!

Hugs,
happy me :)

Imbratisari din partea unei bucuroase :)

Invitatie cu floarea soarelui / Sunflower wedding ivitation

A trecut un an de cand am facut primele invitatii de nunta si in acest timp am facut o multime de flori. Mai ales floarea soarelui! Iata inca un model pe care nu vi l-am prezentat, foarte drag mie.
It`s been an year from my first wedding invitations and during this time I`ve made a lot of flower. Especially sunflowers! Here is another sunflower quilling design which I didn`t show you. This flower is so dear to me!

Ceea ce fac imi da foarte multa satisfactie, dar uneori este atat de epuizant si de solicitant! Foarte interesant cum nimic din ceea ce facem nu este intotdeauna usor!
What I make brings so much joy, but sometimes the same work is so exhausting! Nothing is really so easy at it seems!

Si mai tineti minte floarea soarelui pe care am plantat-o in gradina? A inflorit luna aceasta :)
And, do you remember the sunflower from my garden? This month I saw its first flowers :)

HUGS!

The supporter of my dreams

Vara aceasta am colaborat pentru prima data cu Meda. Asa am creat mai multe variante de invitatii de nunta cu candelabru. Meda a publicat un articol despre toate acestea aici, ma simt onorata si ii multumesc pentru promovarea pe care mi-o face.
This summer I worked for the first time with Meda. So I made more wedding invitations designs having the chandelier theme. Meda wrote about this here, I feel honoured and I`m thanking her for the big promo she makes for me.

Dupa mai multe variante pe care vi le-am aratat va prezint azi varianta finala, aleasa de mireasa.
After more options (I`ve already showed you some of them) finally I show you today the invitation prefered by the bride.

Domeniul nuntilor are ceva magic, ma atrag intr-un mod irezistibil rochiile de mireasa, decoratiunile, buchetul, fiecare tema posibila... Oh!
This wedding field has something magic for me, I feel a huge attraction for the bride dresses, for the decorations, for the bouquet... for every new theme. Oh!

Chiar daca blogul meu are ca tema principala quillingul imi place sa lucrez si cu alte tehnici, stiu ca preferati lucrarile quilling de aceea voi incerca sa public mereu ceva pe aceasta tema.
Pentru aceste invitatii am folosit stampile - candelabrul nu este tiparit ci este aplicat cu o stampila (da, pe fiecare invitatie!)
Even if my blog is about quilling I enjoy usingother techniques too. I know you prefer quilling so I`ll try to have something from this field too.
For these invitations I used some silicon stamps (yes, on each one!).

Have a great day,
Anca

Sunflower wedding invitation 3

Va fi un post scurt cu niste cutii grozave in care invitatiile cu quilling merg de minune. Meda m-a ajutat (si incurajat).
Just a quick post with some great boxes, just perfect for the wedding quilling invitations. Meda helped (and ecouraged) me.

Vanilla

Lime

Pe care o preferati?
Which one do you prefer?

Sunflower wedding invitation 2

Iata un alt design pentru invitatii de nunta cu floarea soarelui. Am creat mai multe modele, va voi dezvalui pe rand cate un alt design. Cea de data trecuta se numea Vanilla. Aceasta se numeste Chocolate.
Here is another design for a sunflower wedding invitation. I`ve made more designs and I`ll share with you step by step another one. Last time I showed you the one named Vanilla. This one is Chocolate.

Cand le-am aratat pritenelor mele, doua dintre ele au preferat-o pe aceasta, spuneau ele ca le place contrastul. Mie combinatia de ciocolatiu si hartia sidefata mi se pare bestiala. Si, mai spunea o prietena "Vai, ar fi si pacat sa faci altceva, Doamne cata rabdare ai".
Two friends saw my designs and both prefered this one because of the contrast that it has. One of them said "Oh, it would be a shame for you to do anything else, oh my God how much patience you have!".

Ei bine, trec printr-o perioada mai sensibila a vietii mele, cu alegeri grele de facut, si totusi, in timpul putin care ramane aleg sa fac asta (quilling, designuri ai alte creativitati). Sa fie oare un semn? :)
Well, right now I`m going through difficult times, with hard decisions... yet in the little time I have I prefer doing this (quilling, designs and other creative things).

Florile nu sunt lipite definitiv de invitatii, am folosit burete cu lipici ca sa le pot schimba intre ele, adica sa folosesc aceeasi baza dar flori diferite.
I added the flowers to the invitations using a piece of glue foam because I wanted to use the same card for different flowers.
Hugs,
Anca