Cuireadh©

Below you will find a titled list of some of my creations with a brief description and a Price Guide link.

Please remember that the styles and colours shown are examples of what I can and have created,
if you want something that is nothing like anything here or any other supplier,
I'll do my utmost to make what exactly you want - even if you don't even know what it is yourself yet!
 

Agapanthus© - Tall slimline Design featuring, as the name would suggest, a single Agapanthus flower.
A narrow band of coordinating handmade paper delicately frames the centrepiece.  Available in a selection of colours and other flower variations are possible with some shown.
Price Band C

Alba© - Single Fresh thistle rests elegantly on a raised authentic tartan background. Example shows 'Muted Leslie'.
Most Tartans available. Tartan can also be replaced with a fabric of your choice e.g. to compliment Bridesmaids colours. 
Price Band A

Ard-eailley© - Square gatefold card which opens from the centre to reveal the wording. To decorate, a single thistle rests upon layered handmade paper in a colour of your choice. Thistles are also available in a selection of shades and sizes.
Price Band B

Autumn Maple© - Ideal for those marrying during the Autumn months, this design has the natural qualities of handmade mulberry paper and a delicate pressed leaf. This design can be adapted to suit a wedding during any season simply be changing the variety of leaf or flower and coordinating the handmade paper.
Price Band B

Beau© - An understated collection in the purest white.  A fine white satin ribbon runs down the left hand side of each card and is set with a simple white bow.  This is then accented with a small pearlised heart.  This design can be made up to incorporate any colour of your choice and an extensive selection of ribbons and cards are available to choose from. 
Example photograph also shows a selection of possible fonts.
Pearls may be coloured or alternatively  replaced with gems or any other decorative embellishment of your choice.
Price Band B

Brave Heart© - Taken from an original photograph, this design has a softened image of a wild thistle to give a subtle, almost dreamlike quality. Print colour may be adapted to suit your own requirements. Example shown - purple image on classic cream textured card.
Price Band C

Caledonian Cala© - A striking image of lilies layered over a tartan of your choice creating a design that mixes modern with traditional. Tartan can be changed to any other fabric or why not opt for a different image to tie in with your own flowers.
Price Band C

Celebrate 'with Style'© - Black and Silver and Black and Pink. An ideal design for those who are looking for something a little different. Black Textured card is in a 'Gatefold' design whish opens from the centre to reveal your Invitation, Order of Service etc. Two metal champagne flutes are framed in silver to overlap the centre. Available in an extensive colour range along with a variety of other metal charms available e.g. daisies, hearts, initials/letters and many more - just ask!
Price Band B

Celebrate!© - As above but with Regal Purple Marbled card and Two metal champagne flutes are framed in rich gold. Also available in an extensive colour range along with a variety of other metal charms available e.g. daisies, hearts, initials/letters and many more - just ask!
Price Band B

Celtic Hearts© - Another elegant design with a Scottish flavour. Celtic hearts design hand embossed on a square colour coordinating mount with the edge raised over a ribbon border. Wording e.g. "Wedding Invitation" is also raised. Extensive colour combinations available and a selection of other Celtic/MacKintosh etc motifs.
Price Band B

Celtic Love© - This design has an embossed Celtic Love Knot set on a background of coloured Angel Hair paper
and is finished with the phrase "We're Tying The Knot!" in Celtic Font. This sample uses cream coloured card and Dark Purple Angel Hair paper complete with gold embossing. All colours can be changed to suit Wedding themes and alternate wording is also possible.
Price Band B

Charmed© - This simple yet eye-catching design combines a silver heart charm and deckle or straight edged card to create an unusual 3-Dimensional effect. Extensive selection of designs and colours available.
Price Band C

Contemporary Thistles© - A modern twist on a traditional theme. Three coloured thistles hand tied in a ribbon or card of your choice and mounted on a skeleton Buddha leaf. Thistles and leaves available in a selection of colours and card colour can be altered to compliment embellishments. Example shown - Red thistles with a red chiffon ribbon on a gold leaf.
Price Band B

Copper Thistle© - A long slimline design featuring a thistle hand embossed onto burnished copper and framed in a coordinating handmade paper.
The same technique can be applied to many styles of image and also on different types of metal to give a wide variety of colour schemes.
Price Band A

Corsage© - An elegant miniature bouquet on a chiffon ribbon border over textured card. Embossed initials complete the design.
Price Band B

Country Heart© - An unusual red gatefold design tied closed at the front with a matching chiffon ribbon. The centrepiece is a wooden country-style red heart with floral details set on a plaid design paper. Other colour combinations are available.
Price Band B

Daisy, Daisy...© - Individually hand cut daisies with accent bead centres set on a strip of coordinating vellum. Elegant rope design cut into leading edge. Available in most colour combinations. (Purple shown).
Price Band B

Dargavel© - Cream hammered effect card with tartan ribbon of your choice.  Centrally placed is a thistle layered over matching card with a distressed, colour dusted edge. Can be recreated just about any colour and texture of card. Several different colours and sizes of thistle available.
Price Band B

Elegance© - 'Elegance' is something a little bit different from any of my other designs in that it has moving parts!  Above, below and across the band of ribbon at the top of each piece are three delicate threads, each strung with pearls which gently glide along as the card is tilted. To further catch the eye are twinkling gems in a complementary shade.  To complete the look, all card and papers used have a subtle metallic finish.  The invitations come supplied in cut-away wallets as well as matching envelopes allowing a little of the decoration to be revealed.
Images show examples made in Cappuccino and Ice cards, antique gold ribbon and red/brown gems although the set can be recreated in any colour to match the theme of your Wedding Day.
Price Band A

Entwined© - Traditional illuminated initials, embossed and layered on a hammered textured square card. Available in most colour combinations.
Price Band B

Erin© - A simply striking design which will have guests talking about your stationery for years to come! This design has your stationery wording  printed onto a layer of translucent vellum paper and hand tied onto a card mount with a pretty bow. 
Invitations are then slipped inside a slimline wallet revealing only the bow at the top and embossed with 'We're Tying The Knot' on the Day Invitations and 'We've Tied the Knot' on the Evening Invitations. 
(These can of course be changed to read Wedding Invitation, Our Wedding Day or any other message of your choice!) 
Matching envelopes are also supplied with Invitations.
Example set shown made up with black smooth heavyweight card and silver  vellum and chiffon ribbon.  Embossing is also in silver.
Price Band B

Fanciful© - Simple yet elegant. Gold wording embossed and layered over a cream 'hammered' textured card. Available in most colour combinations.
Price Band B

Fleur© - Single flower made from layers of handmade paper and set on a coordinating mulberry paper background.
The torn edge of the handmade paper is echoed on the leading edge of the card and colour-dusted to match.
Variety of colours available.
Price Band D

Frosted Lily© - A variation on the ‘Inspired©’ design, this time with a more formal look. The lily stems can be gold or silver but the background possibilities are endless as can be seen from the variations shown.
Price Band B

Heritage Thistle© - Hand Embossed thistle in a colour of your choice - extensive selection available - and layered over a delicate "Angel Hair" mount in a complimentary shade. Design can be further embellished with "Wedding Invitation", "Order of Service", "RSVP" etc in either Celtic or Rennie MacKintosh font styles, also hand embossed in your colour choice.
Price Band B

Initial Attraction© - A multi-layered design featuring your own initials, embossed on semi-transparent vellum over traditional card. Held together with a coordinating bow.
Price Band B

Inspired….© - Loosely based on the works of Art Nouveaux, this design combines frosted lilies on a wire stem with tiny pearls at their centres. MacKintosh style embossed lettering completes an elegant design. Other colour combinations available.
Price Band B

Kione-lettyr © - The photograph shows several variations of the same design featuring the couples names embossed within a Celtic Knot work border. This can then be layered over a tartan, fabric or ribbon of your choice or kept as the simpler Celtic design. Any font or border style can be created based on your own design if you wish. Extensive colour combinations available. 
Price Band B

Light Hearted© - A simple yet elegant design featuring 3 glistening read hearts appearing to 'float' on a curling golden stem. Example shown is made from dark white textured card. Other colour combinations are available.
Price Band B

Lily and Bow© – 3 straight stemmed lilies tied with a chiffon bow in a colour of your choice.
Leading edge has been given a rope border and a complementary background colour added. Extensive colour/flower choice available.
Price Band B

Lustrous Lily© - A simple yet elegant with a hint of sparkle. 
The lilies on this design are made from dough and are set in the centre with a sparkling diamante. 
Due to the delicate nature of the flowers, the invitations for this set are supplied in postal boxes
rather than envelopes with a matching tissue wrap to complete the luxurious look. 
The examples shown here show the design made up using an metallic ice gold linen textured card.  The lilies are off white.
The lilies are also available in both silver and gold with the diamante or alternatively a little colour of your choice may be added to the edges of the white lilies. 
Panels of colour may also be added behind the flowers. Card can be chosen from our extensive colour and texture range.
Price Band B

Lily and Rose - Description to follow
Price Band B

Love Bugs© - No description required - just have a look!
Price Band B

Love me knot...© - Celtic inspired design based on traditional knot designs. Embossed in a colour of your choice, the design is layered over coordinating ribbon and completed with Celtic style wording.
Price Band B

Mackintosh Heart© - This design has a Scottish flavour and is based on the works of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. A Hearts and Roses motif is embossed on a square of textured card then raised over a coordinating ribbon. Example shown uses Navy Embossing on White Textured card, finished with Black Watch tartan ribbon. Extensive colour ways are possible and a selection of motifs are available also........or why not design your own?
Price Band B

Modern Thistle© - A single everlasting thistle....with a twist. Bold and eye-catching Celtic-style wording trimmed in a coordinating colour completes the simple, yet stunning design.
Price Band C

Mulberry Twist© - This is a delicate design featuring a single curled stem thistle layered over matching mulberry paper. Colours can be changed to suit any scheme and a huge selection of flowers such as roses, lilies etc are also available.
Price Band C

Natural Rose© - An unusual design featuring a large preserved rose head layered over a coordinating mulberry paper. These invitations are supplied boxed with a matching tissue wrap to protect during posting.
Price Band POA (Seasonal variations apply but approximately Price Band A)

Oh, Lily!© - Two stylish designs incorporating Red Cala lilies in a rather unusual, contemporary manner.
A different mood can be captured by simply changing colour or texture of the card. The lily heads can also be lacquered to give a 3-Dimensional, glossy effect.
Price Band C

Petals and Pearls© - A square card in delicate complimentary shades of shimmering pearlescent card, petal and pearl detail. 
Other colour combinations available.
Price Band B

Posy© (White) - 3 delicate paper roses and skeleton leaf layered to form a posy and set on a handmade paper in coordinating colour tones. Wide variety of colour combinations available.
Price Band C

Posy© (Pink) - 3 delicate paper roses and skeleton leaf layered to form a posy and set on a handmade paper in coordinating colour tones. Wide variety of colour combinations available.
Price Band C

Rose Bouquet© - Three long stemmed paper rosebuds hand-tied and set on a large natural skeleton leaf. Wide selection of colours and flower varieties available.
Price Band B

Roses & Pearls© - The invitation is a square design featuring three rose heads with pearl centres, layered over a matching mulberry paper with distressed edging. The place name card shows a single pearl centred rose with a curled stem. Guest names can be added over the stem.
Price Band B

Rustic Thistle© - This is a striking design with a truly Scottish flavour. A square of tartan is given a frayed edge and used as the background for a single, preserved thistle. These invitations are mailed to guests in a sturdy yet elegant postal box lined with tissue paper in a colour of your choice. Most tartans can be obtained or alternatively fabrics of Bridesmaids  dresses may be matched. 
Price Band A

Sinamay Thistle© - The original Sinamay Thistle design shows a lilac thistle and a leaf hand tied with a paper covered wire bow and layered over a strip of Lilac Sinamay. Second example shown uses Black Watch tartan but a wide variety of tartans/ribbon colours are available. Thistles also come in a selection of colours including red, gold, pink, navy and pale blue.  Alternative flowers may also be used to complete the design.
Price Band B

Spots n Dots© - A funky design for those with contemporary tastes. A long slim line card set with large iridescent sequin, gem and enamel 'pearls'. Available in a variety of colour schemes. Example shows turquoise decorations on a white, linen texture card.
Price Band B

Sweet Nothings© - Hand printed and embossed design given an antique edging effect and mounted at an angle on main card. Complimentary embellishment added to complete the design. Examples show 'Shimmering Red' finished with a coiled paper rose and 'Heritage Gold'  set with a hand tied gold chiffon bow.
Price Band C

Tie the Knot© - Traditional heart, bound in cord and layered over hand-made paper. Available in most colour combinations. (Red & Natural shown).
Price Band B

Togetherness © - One for the romantics amongst you! 
Two adjoining hearts embossed in silver metal are mounted on a layer of white, silver threaded mulberry paper and set upon a background of silver angel hair paper.  The natural appearance of the two papers gives a delicate effect which sets off the hearts making them a striking focal point.  The main body of the stationery is a bright white hammer textured card. Hearts in this style are available in silver and gold although all papers and cards can be matched to the colour schemes of your Wedding Day.
Price Band C (New Lower Price)

True Love© - Single heart, hand embossed on shimmering, pearlescent card and embellished with coordinating accent beads. Handmade mulberry paper frames wording. Available in most colour combinations.
Price Band C

Two Hearts© - This is a stunning, multi-layered design that cannot be fully appreciated through a photograph. Two entwined padded velvet hearts are mounted onto a layer of semi transparent vellum printed with hearts. This, in turn, layered over base card and , of course a double layered insert. Super-imposed wording has a deckle edge with coloured trim. Selection of colour combinations available.
Price Band B

Velvet Heart© - Plush velvet heart with intricate metallic design on a background of delicate angel hair, as is the wording. This example shows red and gold hearts on gold angel hair layered over shimmering pearlescent card.
Price Band B

Watercolour Thistle...© - Original hand painted thistle, reprinted especially for you.
If you would prefer another flower, scene etc just ask!
Price Band C

Wild Thistle© - Single everlasting thistle finished with a bow in the colour of your choice. Simple, traditional style.
Price Band A

Winter Wedding© - Red delphiniums sprinkled with 'glittering snow', finished with an elegant bow.
Price Band A

With a Twist© - Decorative heart shaped bead on copper wire and enhanced with tiny coordinating beads. Mounted on a copper coloured skeleton leaf.
Price Band B

Yvette© - Delicate initials hand printed onto squares of card and mounted over sheer chiffon ribbon. Tassel provides elegant finishing touch. Available in most colour combinations.   
Price Band B

If you would like any more details on a specific style,
have an idea for what you would like or wish to provide details for me to supply a Sample set,
please Contact me for more information.

Heart 2 Heart© - 2 Silver Hearts bound with wired pearls and set on a raised card. The smoky silver edging and outer print gives a distressed effect. Available in Gold or Silver.
Price Band B

Misty Cala© - Adapted from an original photograph the two lily heads are set on a rusty coloured background that fades to give a misty effect around the edges. A simple elegant design.
Price Band C

Love 'Bees'© - (Variation on Love Bugs©) Description to follow....

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