When my partner and I got married last summer, I’ll be honest. I was most excited about the wedding stationery. Not the flowers, not the food, not even the dress (okay, maybe the dress). But the stationery! As an illustrator, I naturally and immediately gave this job to myself. I then spent a completely reasonable amount of time planning and thinking about every detail.
We’d been together ten years. We already had a couple of kids and a full, busy life. So the vision was always to keep things easy and simple. Which, in practice, meant an open invitation to overthink everything.
But I did know a few things going in. A bright and colourful wedding. And pink! Lots of pink. And as an artist bride, I thought how lovely it would be to have some printed illustrations as gifts for guests. Something to take home that felt a little more personal and lasting.
The night before the wedding, it poured. And somehow, the morning of, I was calm. Not performing-calm-while-quietly-spiralling calm. Calm, happy and genuinely chill, in a way I hadn’t quite anticipated. A brunch wedding with our favourite people will do that, it turns out.
The best compliment I got on the day was that the whole day felt so Meg. Which, really, is the only goal worth having. Not perfect. Not pretentious. Just unmistakably yours.
Here’s the Meg & John 2025 Wedding Suite. Colourful, modern, floral, garden party. Very Meg.
Photography | Melanie Gauer
Venue | Park by Sidewalk Citizen
Florals | Peasblossoms
