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My Quilled Custom framed Wedding Invitation keepsake is a wonderful wedding or anniversary gift. This is a custom piece, handcrafted by me in my New Hampshire studio. Send me the wedding invitation, let me know the favorite color, and I quill the flowers, mat and custom frame under glass in a gold frame. I ship back to you to give to the Bride and Groom. A very special gift. This purple invitation is a custom ordered invitation, and the last one is my own. All are different and special. I can incorporate any color or color combination. Other frames are available at an additional $25 cost for wood or silver. Please notice that I have included many samples here.

I usually can ship within 2 weeks of receiving the invitation. If you wish I can gift wrap and ship directly to the Bride & Groom for the wedding. And the first anniversary is paper...

More designs and samples are on my website at www.quillingbysandrawhite.com.

What is Quilling?
Quilling is a very old craft. Its name comes of the old practice of trimming the gold edges from books, and then winding the narrow strips of paper around feather quills, using the quill for the tool. Once rolled into circles and pinched into various shapes, the paper is used as texture and detail in pictures.

My own technique uses the quill work as a background and details to cut-outs of wildlife. The quill work simulates the feathers in the duck and birds, the scales on the fish, the veins in the wildflowers, and the fur on the moose. Please see my other work for my original technique. The wedding invitation is decorated with traditional quilling.

I have been making custom wedding invitation keepsakes since 1973, when I did my girl friends invitation for her wedding. In having made over 2500 of these during the years, I have found that every one is different. And I love it that way.

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A little more information about my work -- I do everything from the beginning to the end of each and every piece...Just Me. I start with the design work, the cutting of the overlay with an exacto knife, the rolling of the quilling paper, by hand, the glueing, the cutting of the mats, the cutting of the glass, the putting-it-all-together in the frame under glass, the photographing and all the website work.........if you have any questions, please email me.