My First Wedding Seating Chart

THE STORY : My sister-in-law Colleen got Married this past weekend. The wedding was a blast and it was at the Ballroom at the Ben in Philadelphia! During the planning of the wedding I did their bachelor posters (previous story) and I also helped with a slide show in honor of Maryellen (Col's mom) who died on July 4th, 2011 before her youngest daughter got married. Col was searching for a unique way to do a seating chart and she wanted it centered around Philadelphia. So I decided to try and help her out.

THE POSTER: We began working with very cartoonish posters about Philly. Then Col got the idea to make each table a famous location in Philadelphia. "The Places We Love". So Colleen and T put together a list of those places, from her college (Drexel) to where her mom and her work (UPENN Hospital), to just plain cool places (The Liberty Bell). We didn't know if we should use cartoon images, or actual pictures...then I got an idea to find actual pictures and do rough-sketches of them to make it seem very Artsy-Fartsy...Col would make fun of me for this word later. What we wound up with was an amazing poster with the seating chart, the stage, the dance floor, the dessert bar, and the alcohol bars. And on each table we used the images from the poster to mark the centerpieces as well! One of the coolest posters to date.

REAL BRIDESMAIDS

THE STORY : So a blast from the past, Christina Guffin, hit me up and said she saw the blog. She was impressed with the work and wanted to get a poster done for her sister Jean Marie, who would be having a bachelorette party in AC! She sent me some pictures of the bridesmaids and some insight into the different girls and their personalities, and asked me to do whatever I wanted! She is my first real (Non Relative) customer! I think she loved it!

THE POSTER : For a while I have been wanted to do something with the REAL HOUSEWIVES...but housewives doesn't always apply to bridesmaids since some may be single, working etc...so we tired a mix. The REAL BRIDESMAIDS of ATLANTIC CITY. We threw the group on there, let the Maid of Honor name them with cool Oceans 11 names, and then acted like it was the premier of a new reality show about these girls and the bachelorette party they were going to!