Quilled Wedding Invitation - Gilded Leaves

Recently I created a wedding invitation mat for a Nashville couple by quilling a design to mimic the leafy branch motifs. Gilded white paper strips complemented the gold foil lettering on the letterpress invitation. There are many shades of metallic gold and I was lucky these two matched so well.

Quilled Wedding Invitation Mat by Ann Martin

Alternate side looping is my favorite quilling technique so I folded ASL leaves in a variety of sizes and filled in with shaped teardrop coils.

Quilled Wedding Invitation Mat by Ann Martin

A cool thing about gilded white paper is that the metallic shine is clearly visible when looked at straight on or if a light shines on it from above, but from the side, as you see in the photos below, it mainly appears white.

Quilled Wedding Invitation Mat by Ann Martin

Choosing a mat proved to to be the biggest challenge as the color of the invitation leaves was chameleon-like. I would study them and think 'oh that's gray' but with the next glance I was sure they were brown!

Quilled Wedding Invitation Mat by Ann Martin

Luckily my reliable frame shop had just stocked a line of mat board with an elegant sheen. It married well (pun!) with the dressy invitation and was even available in a color that solved the grey/brown conundrum.


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Comments

  1. The quilling is impeccable! Just lovely

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  2. I always enjoy seeing your quilled invitations. So beautiful.

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  3. So lovely. Beautiful work, Ann.

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  4. So elegant design! Ann, your wedding invitation is so beautiful! Love it!

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  5. Thanks everyone, I appreciate your kind comments.

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  6. Beautiful! I do wedding frames sometimes based on friends' wedding invitations and like you, do the quilling based on the design of the actual invitation. I love how your intertwining leaves turned out!

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    1. Thanks Honey! If ever there was an invitation just waiting for a quilled mat, it would be this one. :)

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  7. So classic and timeless Ann. It's a beautiful accompaniment to their invites.

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