Hot on the (Giuseppe Zannoti wedding) heels of Kim Kardashian is Sarah Cluney of the Paper Doll, local lovely and wedding stationer extraodinaire.
Always keeping up with the ever changing trends to whet her bride's amorous appetites, Sarah's most recent design is the Oh-So-Cool-Old-Hollywood-Glamour-Old-School, a replica of Kim Kardashian's beau-ti-ful wedding invitation, and of course, at a kimth of the price!
Bespoken Dreams caught up with Sarah and her sparkly world of crafty creations to find out more...
"I accidentally ‘fell’ into the wedding business! I have always be crafty and loved to create various bits and bobs which led me to having part time jobs in both Craft Central and The Paper Mill. I was at these shops while completing my degree in Psychology. I took on the role of wedding co-ordinator at The Paper Mill and it all started from there. I began to develop my passion for wedding stationery running appointments and teaching brides how to create their own wedding stationery, giving tips and advice on materials and tools required. It was at this point that I decided to put one of my table plans on Ebay - the classic bow design that has now become my biggest seller. I remember selling one three days after the item had been listed and I was so excited to create the item, then the next day I sold another, and another and it all took off from there! In June 2010 I completed my degree and when I started to develop an order book for wedding stationery I realised there was no looking back.
I've not long celebrated The Paper Doll’s official birthday and I would never in a million years have thought that something like this would have been possible. One of the most exciting things to happen was when one of my brides went on Four Weddings. I didn’t actually know when her episode would be shown; it was just lucky that one night while I was watching the camera suddenly zoomed into the stationery and I screamed the house down when I realised it was mine, then to top it off... she won!
Every day I get excited about designing and creating items. I don’t really think of this as a job, its more like a life style as I really do eat, breath, sleep weddings and wedding stationery.
SO! Firstly I just want to say that I am a huge Kardashian fan. While I’m designing and creating I am usually watching (with my ears) E! and the Kardshians tend to dominate this channel.
So when I found out that Kim Kardashian was getting married I had to know every little detail including the most important of all - the stationery!
I managed to find out the company designing K&K's stationery was Invitationers to the Stars Lehr and Black. Their celebrity client list is endless, including invitations for Gweneth Paltrow & Chris Martin, Seal & Heidi Klum and now Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries. Sadly many of these celebrity couples are no longer married but I guess thats Hollywood for you! My favourite design in fact is Britney Spears and Kevin Fedderline’s, I love that its vintage, girly and romantic all in one, so I would definitely like to create something inspired by this in the future.
Although we haven’t really seen most of the wedding footage, from short clips that I have seen the logo/embelum is followed right the way through the theme, its even on the carpet as Kim swished down the aisle! It's a really classic, elegant and effective way of tying all items of stationery together. And it doesn’t just have to be done with identical initials, any two letters can fit together to create a unique personalised image.
I also LOVE how this style of invitation comes in its own box. This is such a simple way to really make an impression for your wedding - its like a little present for each guest to open.
I’m certainly looking forward to seeing all the extras to match this theme! x
Us too Sarah! Thank you for the inspiring invite insight,
Much love and Happy Planning x
Always keeping up with the ever changing trends to whet her bride's amorous appetites, Sarah's most recent design is the Oh-So-Cool-Old-Hollywood-Glamour-Old-School, a replica of Kim Kardashian's beau-ti-ful wedding invitation, and of course, at a kimth of the price!
Bespoken Dreams caught up with Sarah and her sparkly world of crafty creations to find out more...
"I accidentally ‘fell’ into the wedding business! I have always be crafty and loved to create various bits and bobs which led me to having part time jobs in both Craft Central and The Paper Mill. I was at these shops while completing my degree in Psychology. I took on the role of wedding co-ordinator at The Paper Mill and it all started from there. I began to develop my passion for wedding stationery running appointments and teaching brides how to create their own wedding stationery, giving tips and advice on materials and tools required. It was at this point that I decided to put one of my table plans on Ebay - the classic bow design that has now become my biggest seller. I remember selling one three days after the item had been listed and I was so excited to create the item, then the next day I sold another, and another and it all took off from there! In June 2010 I completed my degree and when I started to develop an order book for wedding stationery I realised there was no looking back.
I've not long celebrated The Paper Doll’s official birthday and I would never in a million years have thought that something like this would have been possible. One of the most exciting things to happen was when one of my brides went on Four Weddings. I didn’t actually know when her episode would be shown; it was just lucky that one night while I was watching the camera suddenly zoomed into the stationery and I screamed the house down when I realised it was mine, then to top it off... she won!
Every day I get excited about designing and creating items. I don’t really think of this as a job, its more like a life style as I really do eat, breath, sleep weddings and wedding stationery.
SO! Firstly I just want to say that I am a huge Kardashian fan. While I’m designing and creating I am usually watching (with my ears) E! and the Kardshians tend to dominate this channel.
So when I found out that Kim Kardashian was getting married I had to know every little detail including the most important of all - the stationery!
I managed to find out the company designing K&K's stationery was Invitationers to the Stars Lehr and Black. Their celebrity client list is endless, including invitations for Gweneth Paltrow & Chris Martin, Seal & Heidi Klum and now Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries. Sadly many of these celebrity couples are no longer married but I guess thats Hollywood for you! My favourite design in fact is Britney Spears and Kevin Fedderline’s, I love that its vintage, girly and romantic all in one, so I would definitely like to create something inspired by this in the future.
Although we haven’t really seen most of the wedding footage, from short clips that I have seen the logo/embelum is followed right the way through the theme, its even on the carpet as Kim swished down the aisle! It's a really classic, elegant and effective way of tying all items of stationery together. And it doesn’t just have to be done with identical initials, any two letters can fit together to create a unique personalised image.
I also LOVE how this style of invitation comes in its own box. This is such a simple way to really make an impression for your wedding - its like a little present for each guest to open.
I’m certainly looking forward to seeing all the extras to match this theme! x
Us too Sarah! Thank you for the inspiring invite insight,
Much love and Happy Planning x
