my friend alex is the the awesome sort of friend who will address all your wedding invites in her amazing handwriting, in exchange for a few home cooked meals and some wii tournaments. she also will do mini sketches for you to hang in your house, and take tons of pictures of jali screens during her study abroad in india, so you can decorate your family room with them. a wonderful person to know.

when she graduated from UNC this spring, and moved all the way to miami, i knew i wanted to make her something special. but for weeks i was stuck on what exactly that would be. she’s artistic and fashion forward, i knew it had to be just right. and then i thought about how she always talked about this dress, from tillvaro designs, a line created by her highschool classmate.

and i thought, hey, something in that color scheme would go great with both that dress and the one she wore to our wedding! (i love multi use pieces!)

and once again, alex was awesome enough to set up a photo shoot and get really great pictures of them.

i really love designing for a particular outfit, or outfits. knowing how the colors and proportions will work gives me such focus and inspiration.

and of course, she  loved them.