Birth announcement / Geboortekaartje

A while ago I was contacted by a young woman, Marissa. She saw my work on Etsy and asked if I made custom birth announcements. I never did one before but I'm always up for making illustrations. :)
I wanted to make something different. Most cards have only the baby on the front of the card while I think it's more about the creation of a new family.
I suggested this to Marissa and her husband and both liked this idea very much. They gave me a lot of freedom creating the card which resulted in a better illustration.

Welcome little Oliver!



Marissa and her husband are truly AMAZING people. They will make fantastic parents, without a doubt. To thank them for the lovely assignment I also printed the illustration on a cute onesie for Oliver.

Custom birthday invitation

I made this invitation for a friend of mine who lives in beautiful Bordeaux, France. Her little boy is now 1 years old!
They really loved the idea of their son in a circus. So I gave Axel a cute ringmaster outfit while floating through the tent and drew an elephant and a lion. In his hands he holds his favourite stuffed toy, a cute bunny.



Happy birthday Axel!

Custom wedding invitations / Persoonlijke trouwkaarten

EDIT You can now order custom wedding cards. I will make a portrait of the couple and the complete wedding card including printing of the card.
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I haven't updated in two weeks, sorry about that! I've been swamped with work.

In the winter of 2011 I came up with an idea inspired by American weddings. In the US people spend a lot of time and effort to their wedding day. I think it's amazing and inspirational. In my country, the Netherlands, it's not so usual to make such a big event of your wedding. I have no idea why because it's a once in a life time event (at least, I hope!).
A few weeks ago I made an illustration for wedding blog Velvetine Online. That brought to my attention that there really is a lack of creative wedding invitations. Time for a change, right?

The last couple of weeks I've been cooking up some ideas for personal, custom illustrated wedding invitations. My idea is to create portraits of the bride and groom, add handwritten text and create one of a kind wedding invitations!

I was aiming on the Dutch market at first but maybe it's something for other countries too? I would love it if you could let me know what you think of this idea.

In the meantime, here are two example invitations:

Wedding anniversary card

My parents have been married for 30 years. Isn't that great? I made this card for them, for inviting friends and family to a big party to celebrate 30 years of love.