Weddingbee Blog

If you recall my inspiration board, I really liked the idea of animal illustrations instead of traditional table numbers. I envisioned cute pencil and watercolors of different rabbits sort of like this:

Image via FreeSpiritArt / “Cottontail Bunny” by Glen Loates

However I couldn’t find enough given the number of tables we’d need. It’s been years since I’ve painted anything, but I busted out some watercolors and gave it a go. My results were, um…less than stellar. It wasn’t quite this bad, but you get the idea:

From The Kline-Carey Measuring Scale for Free-Hand Drawing, published by The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Education, Baltimore, MD, 1923. Image via Public Collectors

I was frustrated and threw together some table numbers in illustrator just for kicks. I had planned on giving the watercolors another good old college try, but I was really happy with my results. I used the same pattern and colors from our invites as well as a darker purple for a little more variety. The font is Burgues Script, which was also used to address our envelopes.

The illustrations would have been too much for these cute little frames. I’m not sure what I was originally thinking.

Has your inspiration changed at all during your planning process?