The simple most obvious solutions always get me. I found this comb package in a vending machine in a hotel lobby. I stared at it for a few moments, in all the color and noise of the objects being sold the simple comb really stood out, I had to have it to add to my collection of things!

The drawing is an exact replica of what is inside, genius!

I tested many different paints, then washed them all to see how they would hold up. The fabric paints ended up fading too much. In the end, I used fluid acrylics with a textile medium which gave it a nice watercolor look.

Because the banner was already made by our friend Marcella, I couldn’t risk messing it up. I scanned the hand lettering and blew it up to make a stencil.

The banner was really huge! I’m kind of more of a no-stencil type of gal, but because of the size, the stencil really helped. For smaller pieces I think it would look nice to just paint it right on.

The finished product!

For a special wedding suite we have been working on, we have had to do research on wax seals. Wax seals, surprisingly, come in many forms–the original sealing wax with a wick, wax sticks that you can apply with a glue gun, and wax seal stickers (not a preferred option, but it does exist). At first, we were a little skeptical about the glue gun wax, but it is the most widely available in town, and it comes in so many different colors that we decided to give it a try. Some of the colors came across too plastic-like for our needs, but we finally found one that worked. It will go perfectly with our custom stamp (the stamp below is one we use for testing, not our design)!