Nancy & Kevin’s Save-the-Date

January 13, 2010 by Budget Savvy Bride

Nancy is a longtime friend of mine so I was so excited to design a save-the-date for her and her fiancé! She and Kevin are so cute together. :) Their wedding theme is black and white damask with yellow accents. I love the way this turned out and I think they did, too!


Fun fact: I shot their engagement photos, too! :) All the photos on the card were taken by yours truly. Yup… I’m multi-talented. :)

Dandelion Suite

January 8, 2010 by Budget Savvy Bride

This is a suite I designed for a client last year that I am totally in love with! She ended up deciding to go in a different direction for her wedding but I still really loved this design. If you are working with a sunny yellow color scheme this would work perfectly. :)

Gold Suite

January 6, 2010 by Budget Savvy Bride

Often times when creating suites for clients, I end up coming up with extra ideas that don’t get used. This is one of those ideas that I fell in love with, but ultimately the client decided to go with something else. The stripes, the text, the decorative border. Love :)

All of my designs are fully customizable to your color palette. I plan to open my Etsy shop soon selling templates that I will customize with your text and colors so all you have to do is print! Very cost effective for all you budget savvy brides out there. :) Is that something any of you might be interested in?

Baby Lakyn’s Announcement

January 4, 2010 by Budget Savvy Bride

Here’s a baby announcement I did for an Evin Photography client. So sweet! :)

I am obsessed with Adios Script Pro right now. It’s incredibly beautiful.

JessLehry Designs mentioned on Style Me Pretty!

December 8, 2009 by Budget Savvy Bride


I can’t believe I didn’t post this sooner- I am so flippin’ excited to share this news- however small- but my design company, JessLehry Designs and this little blog BSB were mentioned on the uber fab and famous wedding blog Style Me Pretty! :) JLD is credited with designing the programs for the fab wedding of Tosha and Will, which I’m hoping to feature here as a BS-WOW sometime very soon. :)

Check it out: the mention:

The programs weren’t pictured, but here’s a pic I snapped before I delivered them to the lovely bride:

It’s the little things that make my day. :) Too cool!

Drew & Mary Ellen Save-the-Dates

December 7, 2009 by Budget Savvy Bride

Another beautiful Evin Photography couple’s save-the-date! My job is so easy when I have good photos to work with! :)

I love the postcard idea- such a great way to save money on postage! :)

Our Christmas Cards

December 4, 2009 by Budget Savvy Bride

As dorky as it sounds I was super excited to design our Christmas Cards this year for our first year as husband and wife. Here’s what I came up with! I am ordering them through White House Custom Colour and they are printed on a pearlized paper. Holy Moly they are gorgeous! I’m so excited about them!!

the way the photo is blurred on the front almost makes it look like a hologram on the sparkly paper. LOVE

can you see that sparkly sheen? *swoon* :)

Will and Jenn’s Save-the-Dates

November 18, 2009 by Budget Savvy Bride

I’ve been doing alot of save-the-dates lately for Evin Photography! It’s so much fun to incorporate a couple’s engagement photo into their Save-the-date… it makes them so fun and personal! It always helps to get inspired by beautiful photos like Evin’s! I actually assisted her on this couple’s engagement shoot so I got a good feel of their personalities before I even started on their save-the-dates.

Will and Jenn are getting married next July at the Loveless Barn in Nashville! I wanted to incorporate a little of that southern, rustic feel into the save-the-date so I used a distressed stamped typeface, but I kept it chic in black and white which made their photo against the red barn really pop! This was designed as a postcard so half of the back side is empty for filling in the address… but I can also do flat cards with envelopes!

I definitely think Save-the-dates are essential when planning your wedding to let your guests know ahead of time about your wedding plans. Everyone likes to have a heads up so they can make their plans accordingly! :) And doing a postcard like these is a cute AND affordable way to share the news with your guests! Not only do you save on printing, but you save on stamps! :)

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…

November 16, 2009 by Budget Savvy Bride

I’ve been BUSY BUSY working on Christmas card designs just in time for the holiday season! Check out some of these lovely designs I created for Evin Photography.

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These cards were printed on pearlized paper from White House Custom Colour and include envelopes! So shiny and pretty. :)

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I’ve also been cranking out some wedding album designs lately. We just ordered 3 coffee table books from WHCC. Their quality is top-notch. I love the custom photo-wrap covers. :)