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A Real Momental Wedding – Elizabeth Messina at Beaulieu Gardens

Sharing this wedding was a long time coming, but hopefully worth the wait.  Elizabeth Messina is an icon in our industry.  One who has the gift and magic of capturing light through her lens.  She seizes time and crystallizes heartfelt moments with a click and the charm of her gifted eye for composition.  When our […]

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Inspirations – On Being Literal…

In the studio, the word literal has no shelter.  In my world, the stuff of making art, creating impressions with something tactile like paint requires a need for embellishment both literal and figurative.  We strive to paint a picture of our couples’ love everyday without necessarily painting the whole picture.  Do you know what I […]

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Behind the Scenes – Opulent Ocean Wedding Shower for C Magazine

Been dying to share some never before seen shots of this Seaside Wedding Shower recently featured in C Magazine!  Leila of Be Inspired PR produced the entire event and chose a team to collaborate  for Nati, the lovely bride. This shell encrusted private estate in Malibu was the inspiration for a pencil sketched pattern of […]

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My Story is Art – Church Shot by Elizabeth Messina

I stumbled upon this wedding yesterday on Style Me Pretty.  Nestled deep in the galleries was this perfect shot.  I want to be there.

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My Story is Art, Painted Beautifully

Elizabeth Messina Every so often I feel the need to wax poetic; please forgive me in advance…today is one of those days.  After creating handmade, hand painted wedding invitations for over 7 years, building a team of 8+ employees and traversing the many highs and lows that owning a business can bring; this girl needs […]

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A Peek Inside the Studio – A Midsummer Night's Tree Wedding Invitation

Earlier this year Kathryn contacted me with an idea.  Her wedding she explained was to be inspired in part by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  How lovely.  Her ideas were clear but Kathryn reached out to me to bring the vision to life and I am SOOO glad she did! We decided a new Vintage […]