Happy Monday, Penny Darlings!

I am back after a fabulous weekend of relaxing and working and being a busy little bee!

But, as everyone who checked out my gown search post (Thank you, Bombshell!) – you know that Preston & I are deep into wedding planning and making the most whimsical thing of all time be a reality!

We are actually getting married at the theatre where we met, had our first kiss, and where he proposed! I am so excited!

But since it’s a more artistic space (and we looked at a few art galleries for our venue!) we wanted to go a little more artistic with our decorations.

So I reached out to a few Insta-friends (who are also AMAZING artists!) to help us with our decorations for the wedding! After receiving some amazing fan art from some amazingly talented artists, I knew that I wanted to have some easels at our wedding to display some of these artists’ renderings of Preston & myself!

So, pleasepleaseplease – support artists! This group is full of AMAZINGLY talented people! I will be linking to their Instagram/Etsy shops/Society6 – so please check them out! (also, these couple portraits are PERFECT for Valentine’s day, just saying!)

 

1.) @randy_van_der_vlag

This lovely guy has some amazing art & doesn’t mind showing curvy gals in their best light! Check out his Society6 page here!

2.) @artistbrittneyg

This gorgeous gal and I met and definitely have bonded over some serious Modcloth love! She based this on a picture of Preston & I at the lake! Check out her website here!

 

3.) @jpanart

This gorgeous doll did one of my absolute fave of me! So she did this adorable drawing of Preston & I at this fall foliage heaven! E-mail her here for commission questions!

 

4.) @liztaylorcreative

This gorgeous doll did a drawing of me from over the summer (ft. Harvey, theatre masks, & ice cream – my three favorite things!) and she did this awesome ice skating illustration for us! Check out her Society6 page!

 

5.) @designed.by.shea

This is one of my absolute faves! This gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous drawing is an amazing pic of Preston & I! Shea is an amazing artist with such unique style! Be sure to check out her Etsy page here! 

 

6.) @heatherfoxart

This amazing artist is actually a friend from college, but she went on to be a children’s book illustrator! You need to check out her books, Butts are Everywhere and Llama Destroys the World, for this delightful artist!

7.) @artofcloudy

The ever-lovely, Claudia, did this AMAZING technicolor drawing of one of my favorite pics of Preston & myself! And my shoes weren’t featured in the shoot, so she improvised and I’m 99.9% sure that those are my dream shoes. Check out her Society6 page here!

 

That’s all for now, I’m hoping to have a round 2 feature in the spring of more artists! If you are an artist and would like to participate in this, please send me an e-mail at pennydarlingtheblog@gmail.com and we can definitely chat more about it!

 

Thank you to all of these amazing artists for sharing their talent for mine & Preston’s big day! Please check out their pages, give them a follow, get an illustration done of you and your loved ones!

 

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How Very,

Abby