Wedding Crest

Meet the Sweet Couple

Hello, friends! Allow me to introduce you to two special people – Naina and Josh, a fun-loving, adventurous couple from Maryland and Washington, D.C.  I had the pleasure of painting a watercolor wedding crest for them to represent their wedding celebration and who they are as a couple. I absolutely love the way it turned out and they were such wonderful people to serve! Below, Naina explains why they chose all the crest details, how they planned to use their crest, and what it was like to work with me! 🙂

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Aren’t Josh and Naina the cutest?! Photo taken by my friend, Rachel Hegarty of Rachel E.H. Photography.

Their Story Represented

What do you love most about your crest?

It’s so beautiful! We love that our crest incorporates various aspects of our personalities and our histories, such as the scales of justice (I am a lawyer) and the staff of Caduceus (Josh is a doctor) (and we’ve both always aspired to have these careers), the Maryland and DC flags (where we both are from), the giraffe and elephant (our favorite animals and those that have meaningful symbolism to us both), and our wedding flowers.

How do you plan on using your crest on your wedding day/years to come?

We’re incorporating our crest into our welcome sign, our welcome baskets, and cookies to be served as part of our dessert spread. We hope to use our crest for many years to come to symbolize our family. When we have kids, it’s something we plan to share with them.

What did you enjoy about working with Alicia (The Welcoming District)?

Alicia is so easy to work with and once we explained our vision for our crest, she made it come to life. Alicia is so responsive and on top of things–we always knew where our project’s progress stood and expectations were clear.  And her work is so beautiful! Our families love the crest, as do we! 

Thank you so much to Naina and Josh! It was truly an honor to paint this for them and I love the ways they have and will use this for years to come! Are you interested in a custom watercolor crest of your own? Email me, Alicia, at alicia@thewelcomingdistrict.com or contact me here to get started. 🙂

Naina and Josh’s crest looked so beautiful on the tote bag I gifted them!

How sweet are these watercolor wedding crest thank you notes?!

The couple made their own welcome notes with weekend itinerary and gift tags using their custom watercolor wedding crest! Captured by Rachel E.H. Photography.

Their crest was (almost) too pretty to eat! My friend Tiffany of Sugar Studio created these beautiful cookies that you’ll see in an upcoming welcoming video for my site! Pic by Cait Kramer Photography.

On the left, you can see the floral details I painted to match the vision Naina gave to her florist. And on the left is her stunning bouquet designed by Stems and Sweets and captured by Rachel E.H. Photography.

Get Started on a Custom Crest

Want to learn more about the process? Start here. Or if you’re ready to book, contact me here. You can also reach me at alicia@thewelcomingdistrict.com.