Custom Hand Painted Wedding Invitations from Crimson Letters

Moody Rococo Italian Wedding Invitations gold on gold artwork

Black tie anniversary invitations with black and gold luxury invitations

I focus on converting your dreams, your vision into statement, wow factor custom invitations that demand attention.

Renaissance Style Custom Wedding Invitations
timeless beauty

I specialise in telling the story of your love, the journey of YOU through meticulously crafted artwork and intricate paintings and illustration by an actual human being.

Luxury Dark green and gold custom envelope design for a New York Black Tie wedding

INTRODUCTION

THE PROCESS

WORK WITH ME

QUESTIONS + ANSWERS

CONNECT

Renaissance Style

Moody maroon and red hand painted menus design with fringe

Authentic Hand Painted Touches

Thick black on black floral painting with texture for a modern black tie, luxury Italian wedding at Villa Balbiano

Uniquely You

Luxury black tie wedding invitations, die cut with hand torn edges, hand painted with gold shimmering ink and finished off with gold foil leaf

Tailored.
Timeless.
Exclusive.

A bespoke approach to custom, luxury invitations.

Every couple is different, incredibly unique and so is every wedding and every couple’s wedding invitations.

To start, what are custom hand painted wedding invitations?

Custom or bespoke design that means that your invitations will be customised and highly personalised to you both as a couple! Whatever your colour theme may be, your particular creative concept, whatever you desire, even if your design has never been attempted before, I can help bring translate your vision into reality, through luxury, refined stationery. No detail is overlooked — each luxury wedding invitation suite is crafted to reflect your individual style and the luxury of your day.

You are looking for a design that is not in existence yet. You would like a striking design made specifically to reflect your personalities and your passions as a couple. Perhaps you’re having a wedding in a palace, a grand stately home of a historic villa or chateau and would like details from the interior to be used throughout your design. Or perhaps there are particular flowers in bloom around the wedding venue that you would like as a watercolour painting and used throughout your handmade invitations and other wedding collateral.

You work one to one directly with myself- immaculate wedding invitation designer extraordinaire who has worked on wedding at the Opera Garnier, Le Meurice & The Ritz Hotel in Paris, France, The Bowery Hotel New York, Villa Balbiano, Lake Como, Italy, Villa Palmieri, Florence, Italy, Ballyfin Demense, Ireland, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles and many more.

A GLIMPSE INTO

the process

The invitation design consultation is our chance to get on the same page and make sure every detail is perfectly aligned with your vision. We’ll chat about your creative concept, the scope of your ideas, your needs and any special details ( such as a watercolour venue painting, a crest design) or specific artwork that you want to have created. This is where I get to know you both better, so I can both tailor the custom design experience to your unique style and vibe, understand your goals and clarify what you can invest in with regards to luxury printing techniques ( think raised embossed impressions, de-bossing and multiple layers of luxury gold foil printing. By the end of our meeting, you’ll understand what’s expected, feel confident, excited, onboard and ready to start the collaborative design process!

VISUALS, VISUALS, VISUALS!!!

As a luxury invitation designer I absolutely work best from visuals. After our consultation and hearing your ideas I will ask you to provide a range of visuals or a clear and concise mood board sharing your wedding vibe for the day as well as invitation designs you have come across that you love, including any designs you can find from my own portfolio. Upon my portfolio page there are three sections, Portfolio, Editorial & Real Weddings. You can view designs here and find design elements that you love and may wish to adopt.

More importantly, I’d like to see your key ideas and design preferences for your wedding stationery. Once I completely understand what you are aiming for, I will immediately start work on developing a range of original artwork including anything from intricate watercolour paintings, calligraphy artwork, custom lettering and more. Alongside this I will also find the best papers and card stock that will show your invitations off in their best light.

This will take about 2-3 weeks after which I will provide a design presentation to share my ideas. You make the final choices and once signed off it’s off to the races and production time.

Production of your luxury renaissance style custom wedding invitations encompasses a range of processes depending upon the complexity of your design and how many invitation suites, whether that’s 30 or 200!

I’ll spend anywhere from 2-4 months on any given commission, via email communication, design presentations, hand painting, preparing files for printing plates, hot foil printing, embossing, tearing edges, gluing pieces together, adding hand painted finishes, touches of real gold foil leaf and more!

This is where all the hard work comes together as I work within my artistic style to complete the most immaculate, magical fine art invitation designs I can possibly create for you. My goal is to capture the raw detail and beauty throughout your renaissance style, luxury wedding invitations so you can deliver paper couture to your guests and build an enormous level of anticipation for your event to come.

Once the production process had been completed and everything has been assembled, wax seal stamped and finished off with original handwritten calligraphy envelope or box addressing I will arrange shipping out to you. I ship internationally and will handle the entire shipping process.

WHAT TO EXPECT

the experience

FINE ART, EDITORIAL-RENAISSANCE STYLE INVITATIONS TO TELL YOUR UNIQUE LOVE STORY
MOODY, IMPACTFUL ARTWORK AND CALLIGRAPHY DESIGN WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS OF GOLD AND COLOURED FOILING & EMBOSSING TO DELIVER STAND OUT PREMIUM STATIONERY DESIGN
SEAMLESS INTEGRATION, HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE DESIGN, CONVERTING YOUR VISION INTO REALITY IN A MEANINGFUL WAY
HIGH-END, CUSTOM DESIGN WORK – NO ONE WILL HAVE SEEN FINE ART, CURATED STATIONERY LIKE YOURS
HEIRLOOM QUALITY LUXURY INVITATIONS THAT ARE MORE LIKE INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF ART CREATED TO BE FRAMED
A LASTING MEMORY OF YOUR LEGACY IN THE FORM OF ARTWORK THAT WILL LAST FOR GENERATIONS

QUESTIONS +
ANSWERS

1. What makes your luxury wedding Invitations different from others?
To begin with my wedding invitations are NOT mass produced, they are certainly not for everyone and are reserved for the discerning client who values fine art and intricate artistic design. My approach blends old world European inspired renaissance style-classical design with luxury stationery to create epic, immaculate artful paper couture. If you love walking through French chateaus, Italian or Portuguese Villas and love the intricate, antique vintage interiors, old wallpapers, rich contrasts of colour and a coherent style, then you will love my design. With a background in Art and Design and my rich cultural heritage I create luxury and editorial renaissance style invitations that are like pieces of art.
2. WHAT TYPE OF ARTWORK CAN YOU MAKE FOR CLIENTS?
I have had the honour to work on a vast range of artwork over my 10 years in business and for past clients. There is no AI design here!!! I have gradually developed and hones my skill with original intricate watercolour paintings of flowers, luxury Italian/French style crest designs, couture-specialist bespoke envelopes, ink-work and fineliner drawings, wedding venue paintings, acanthus calligraphy artwork, custom calligraphy lettering that is digitised for logos and branding as well as larger scale wall paintings and large fine art prints for interiors.
For wedding invitations I convert my artwork to gold foil printing and embossing to enable me to easily produce luxury stationery for large amounts of 50-300.
3. IS EVERYTHING HAND PAINTED?
This is the most often asked question. This entirely depends upon the client, their investment level (hand painting requires much more time). Some clients that come to me adore texture and real hand painted art and crave that for their invitations. I rarely hand painted the surface of every single card, or insert. However sometimes I will hand paint two to three items such as a few hand painted touches upon the wedding invitation, details card, website card and all other surfaces of paper would be printed from a master-copy. This service is for premium clients who can invest in a higher level, painted finish. I work within your investment level to deliver the best possible results for you.
4. How do I place an order for some luxury, custom wedding invitations ?
Placing an order is simple! Once you’ve decided which package is best for you, you sign a digital contract, pay a 50% deposit via online banking. Once payment is received we will have an onboarding consultation via a zoom call and the process will commence. I’ll guide you through every step with confidence and dedication. The final 50% will be due before shipping.
5. What is the turnaround time for custom luxury wedding invitations & how far in advance do I need to book?
Turn around time – Each custom designed wedding invitations order is carefully produced and hand curated to meet the highest standards. Fully custom suites can take anywhere from 6-15 weeks from final design approval to delivery depending on a vast array of factors such as the quantity, hand painted additions, handwritten calligraphy and taking into consideration foil printing embossing or other printing techniques. Once the scope has been outlined, fully confirmed and the design has been signed off I will let you know what timeline to expect.
When to book – I recommend booking at least 9-12 months in advance for save the dates, 6-9 months before your wedding date to start work on your wedding invitations. This allow us to have the luxury of time and really donate enough curated, luxury design, make revisions and go through all the steps to hand produce and mail in time to meet your RSVP date.
6. can i see a proof before the full invitation order is approved?
Yes. We will work within a very close collaborative way where you will see a series of 1-3 design presentations where you will have design variations to select and choose from. I will only move ahead with final production once you are entirely happy and have signed off those final proofs.

how
to

WORK

WITH ME

Luxury Baroque Style Wedding Invitations

Boutique Semi- Custom Package

Using my portfolio collection as a starting point, you select a collection to adapt and add your information.

You may change colours, add one additional piece of bespoke watercolour design or new artwork, hand torn edges, 3-4 gold foil printing cards.

2-3 MONTHS OF WORK

3-4 LUXURY FOILING CARD

1 BESPOKE ADDITIONAL ARTWORK CURATION

HANDWRITTEN ENVELOPE ADDRESSING

£5,500+

The Couture-Luxe Package

As a luxury wedding invitation designer, this is my most premium package and reserved for high-end clients searching for highly artistic, curated invitations that are specifically custom designed within a close collaborative relationship.

Package includes, multi levels of luxury gold foil printing & embossing (raised impression), hand painted additions, hand torn edges, plasterwork and textured painting, shaped and die cut pieces and highly specialised design.

offer an unparalleled experience for couples who seek more than just wedding invitations. You’re not just getting a dedicated wedding invitation designer; you’re investing in artistry, elegance, and an unforgettable heirloom quality. Each invitation is a work of art, carefully composed with an eye for luxury, style, and sophistication.

2-4 MONTHS OF WORK / MULTIPLE 4-6 LAYERS OF FOIL PRINTING & LUXURY EMBOSSING.

LUXURY – CUSTOM ENVELOPE OR BOX DESIGN, MULTIPLE LAYERS OF HAND PAINTED DESIGN & BESPOKE CUSTOM DESIGNED ARTWORK.

£7,500-10,000+

Romantic Amalfi Style Invitations with couture gala style white and gold invitations

KIND
WORDS

3D floral white orchid menu with hand cut flowers paired with ornate gold leaves and gold calligraphy for a high end, luxury wedding at Villa Balbiano

“RUBANAAAAA! I am literally obsessed with our invitations!! We’re getting rave reviews from everyone, they are just purely magical!! Thank you for bringing the vision to life with your artistry and dedication!!I love them! “
ADRIANA & MICHAEL
“I can’t explain how uninspired I was by all other stationery options. I am so enamoured with your work & so grateful you took my dark & stormy, mixed metals vision & ran with it!!!!“
ERICA & KEVIN
“Thank you a million times over. I don’t think I have words to express how in love with your work I am and how much of a dream come true this is for me. Brendan and I will treasure this artwork forever. It’s easily the most beautiful thing I’ll ever own.“
ASHLEY & BRENDAN
“Rubana, thank you so much for the stunning invitations, we are beyond happy with them. You have created such a beautiful work of art and we would be very excited to work with you again.“
ADRIANA & STEWART

IT’S TIME TO CONNECT

GET IN TOUCH

From the first consultation to the final delivery where you get to hold luxury artistic stationery in your hands, I craft a seamless, luxurious experience that celebrates the uniqueness of your love story.

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