Alexandra was so nice to work with on their Ketubah design, and they shared back these amazing moments from their wedding day.
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Thank you!
Elena
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"I just wanted to let you know how stunning the invitations turned out. I am getting feedback from everyone who received one on how beautiful they are. I know I loved them but didn't think people commented on invitations. They are just gorgeous.
Thank you so much for working with me.
Marlo"
Visit these Invitations in our shop.
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"The best ideas and inspiration for a Jewish ceremony and reception. A Jewish wedding rite is rich of symbols and traditions and there are many ideas to personalize them with creativity..."
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Designed for our happy couple Lauren and Steven, the massive use of 23k real gold leaf as a major element, not just an accent, gives this papercut ketubah a special flavour, and little room for viewer's attention. The subtle opulence of gold and the luscious design of the "Beloved Garden" with singing exotic birds and leaves, reminds me of the mythological Gan Eden with abundant fertility and luxuriant vegetation, "where there is gold"...
We are pleased to let you know that our Gentry Birds have been published on Drawn Volume.2, a curated creative directory showcasing portfolio highlights and qualifications.
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The book is still available for presale: https://capsulesbook.com/shop/
"Hello! You made us an absolutely beautiful ketubah for our wedding three years ago and we still talk about how much we love it! Just had to send you these pics of how fantastic your work looks in our home. Of course we love our ketubah, but we love it so much that we had to get another piece by you, too! Recently I did a 23andMe ancestry kit and found that I have a lot of “Balkan blood”! In fact, my mother’s grandparents were born in Tulsia, Romania! So it’s even more special to have Romanian art in the home!! Thank you so much for creating these beautiful pieces for us!" - Dani G.
Add a work of art to your Passover table with this seder plate by Bernardaud featuring Marc Chagall's paintings from stained-glass windows. In 1959, Marc Chagall was commissioned by the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center to ...
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Chagall Seder Plate Set by Bernardaud from The Jewish Museum NY
Add a work of art to your Passover table with this seder plate by Bernardaud featuring Marc Chagall's paintings from stained-glass windows. In 1959, Marc Chagall was commissioned by the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center to create 12 stained-glass windows, which would symbolize the 12 tribes of Israel. The image on this seder plate set is Chagall's dream-like interpretation of the Joseph Tribe. The set includes six white dishes for the symbolic seder foods. Each dish features the name of the food and an illustration. Gift boxed. Dishwasher and microwave safe. Made in France.
Haggadah Seder Plate from www.barbarashawgifts.com
designed by the Dov Abramson Studio in Jerusalem, is inspired by ancient Mesopotamian incantation bowls. With a very modern, childlike quality, the plate is hand silkscreen printed with great detail and echoes with scenes from the Haggadah. It is certain to be a point of discussion at your table.
kate spade new York Oak Street Seder Plate with Bowls from www.bedbathandbeyond.com
The gorgeous kate spade new york Oak Street Seder Plate with Bowls brings life to the Passover table. The Hebrew word for Passover is at the center of the plate, surrounded by six colorful bowls for the traditional Seder foods. A perfect wedding gift.
Pickard Seder Plate from www.williams-sonoma.com
it’s crafted of glazed porcelain with a hand-painted rim of platinum or 24-karat gold. In accordance with tradition, the main plate displays the Hebrew word Pesach (Passover) inside a Star of David while the six individual dishes are labeled with the symbolic foods of the seder. The set is made by Pickard, an Illinois-based maker of porcelain since 1893.
#sederplate from www.leahbella.com
sls nylon, sterling silver
Seder Plate from www.cemment.com
This modern concrete Passover Plate has a minimal design, placing six traditional designated areas for the Passover symbolic food items, in a decorative raised pattern design. The clean architectural form draws attention to the warm and tactile quality of the concrete. The raised resin pattern detail stands in contrast to the matte textural quality of the concrete.
Mix It Up Seder Plate by btw ceramics from thejewishmuseum.org
Exclusive to the Jewish Museum Shop is this seder plate, both playful and elegant, designed by Brooke Winfrey of btw ceramics. A mix of complementary, handpainted patterns in blue decorate six porcelain pinch bowls that hold the ceremonial seder foods. The bowls sit on top of a coordinating porcelain platter. The combination of bowls and platter creates a functional set with a minimalist aesthetic that is both modern and approachable. Each set is handcrafted in Winfrey's Brooklyn studio.
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Jennifer contacted us about our pennants watercolor guestbook, she needed help with making it part of their wedding theme. She knew she wanted a "Mexican Fiesta" theme almost immediately. And since her husband’s mother is from Mexico and he grew up on the border in Brownsville, Jennifer thought it was also very appropriate to display his heritage. She never could have selected a single color for the wedding, this way she was able to use each and every color!
Bright colors ruled over all, venue, flowers, tableware, embroidered dresses, guests, even donkeys. And so, we took on the challenge of matching the colors of the wonderfully bright bridesmaids' dresses. And what a journey that was...
Here is their Happy Couples' review: "It arrived and it is PERFECT!! Thank you so much!!! We absolutely adore our pennant painting!"
For more Guestbook Watercolor Paintings: Once Upon a Paper
Jennifer planned and organized their wedding day herself, she made the decorations, hand painted the maracas (with the help of a few friends). Thankfully, the groom was a huge help.
Immediately after the ceremony, while the bride and groom took photos, the guests enjoyed cocktail hour and an amazing surprise of which not a single person or family member knew, until the ceremony ended and they walked into the tent. There awaited two donkeys with beer in their side satchels. Jennifer loved donkeys since she was a little girl and so this was easily her favorite part of the wedding.
Our hands-on bride prepared Mexican paper flowers individually wrapped and, during the cocktail hour, pinned them in all the ladies' hair and on the gents' shirts. It was a nice way for everyone to feel included.
The painted maracas were a hit. Everyone danced with them all night long. There was also a photo booth with more fun themed props. "All in all it was the perfect day and I wouldn’t have changed a thing!" said our gorgeous bride.
Thank you Kayla Prasek for taking such wonderful images.
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Where do you go for inspiration? For trusted vendors? Where do you go for ketubah texts?... and many other questions come to mind from our conversations with our beloved brides. In our quest for answers we found people and their work very close to our artistic heart. Michele Schwartz, the creator of Modern Jewish Wedding, is an event planner and writer, with a lot of experience based on a lifetime of Jewish traditions and on the large number of Jewish life cycle events she contributed to. Her website and e-magazine are a must see resource if you are planning to have either a traditional Jewish wedding, or simply including Jewish elements. Here are a few of our favorites snaps from her blog. |
© neve tzedek _ israel / renay elle morris / renayellemorris.com / 2017
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ROSH HASHANAH STAINLESS STEEL AND GLASS APPLE HONEY DISH SET
MARZIPAN BEE & HONEYCOMB CANDY BITES
MINI POMEGRANATE WITH SPOON Hand Enameled food safe Pewter
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We are Genu & Elena, the creators of ElenaBerlo™ and OnceUponaPaper™. We want to take a moment to thank everyone who put their faith in our artistic heart and hands. It is with your support this journey into customized artwork was made possible.
We took small steps in giving our paintings a new purpose, each one specially requested by a new couple. And it all grew organically as we came to understand that capturing life’s precious moments in art helps us make sense of our presence and connects us to the past, present and future, and to beautiful new people.
Once in awhile we share the images you send us, and it is a warm feeling to know that you really loved it and that we are a tiny bit part of your story. Thanks a million to those couples that shared back with us.
If you have pictures from your great wedding day, or love our artwork and have a great snapshot of it, then you can use one of the following ways to share with us:
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e simply email us at [ share @ onceuponapaper dot net ] and we will create a post on our blog
With love,
Elena and Genu
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UNIQUE DIY PRINTABLE KETUBAH - FREE WEDDING GUEST BOOK
"We absolutely love it!"
Our beautiful couple Ashley and JJ getting married and signing on their Ketubah in a heavenly scenery among friends and family.
CALLIGRAPHY WATERCOLOR KETUBAH
- by Elena Berlo
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The menorah —“lamp stand” in Hebrew— has been the pre-eminent symbol of Jews and Judaism for millennia. It is the oldest continuously used religious symbol in Western civilization. Yet at this time of year, many people —Jews and non-Jews alike— find themselves puzzled about it. Why is there a nine-branched menorah for Hanukkah (which begins this year on the evening of Dec. 24) rather than the more familiar seven-branched one, as in the seal of the State of Israel?
For many Jews in antiquity, the menorah’s seven branches represented the five visible planets, plus the sun and the moon, and its rounded branches suggested their trajectories across the heavens. One ancient Jewish thinker, Philo of Alexandria, compared the “harmony” of the menorah’s branches to “an instrument of music, truly divine.” Others noted that seven is a key number in Judaism—one need only mention the biblically ordained week.
So the seven-branched menorah evolved into the most important “branding” icon of Judaism. It was stamped on coins, engraved on tombs and inscribed on sundials, jewelry and synagogue furnishings. The Romans considered the menorah so recognizable a Jewish symbol that they depicted it on the Arch of Titus in Rome to illustrate the spoils that they had carried away after conquering Jerusalem in A.D. 70.
So why nine branches for the observance of Hanukkah? ... Read the full article by STEVEN FINE
MENORAH by TYPOGRAPHY JUDAICA
This Menorah by Liron Shaki is the result of a connection between typography and industrial design. It combines solid wood with brushed aluminum. The cutting of the two materials is done by Hi-tech machining, while the grinding and polishing is done by hand.
Brushed Silver Short Menorah - Crate and Barrel Exclusive
A play on tradition, this contemporary menorah braces a curved line-up of tulip-shaped candle holders. Handcrafted of aluminum, the menorah has a matte silver finish.
Botanical Leaf Menorah by Michael Aram at bloomingdales
Nature-inspired, Michael Aram's Botanical Leaf collection calls to mind the leaves and twisting branches of eucalyptus and seagrape. Artfully designed, this unique menorah makes an eye-catching centerpiece during Hanukkah and beyond.
Tel Aviv SEA Menorah by Laura Cowan
Laura’s inspiration for this design comes from a combination of the sea waves and the architecture in her home city of Tel Aviv. The steel base is created out of gently formed highly polished steel. The gloss anodized aluminum candle holders can be slotted wherever you wish on the top of the steel base and are magnetized with neodymium magnets.
American architect Richard Meier has designed a limited edition Hanukkah menorah (candle holder) for the Jewish Museum in New York, to commemorate 4,000 years of Jewish history.
Jewish Museum Menorahmorph by Karim Rashid
Jonathan Adler's Skyline Menorah features a constellation of polished brass or nickel pipes. Make it a decidedly urban addition to your holiday display, or give one as a gift to a particularly stylish relation. The perfect menorah for the modernist.
Ascalon Menorah designed by Brad Ascalon
Upon finishing his master’s in industrial design at Pratt in 2005, Brad Ascalon was named one of the world’s “Ten Most Wanted” emerging designers by Wallpaper. He grew up immersed in art and design, and his chosen career is a nod to his father and grandfather, the latter of whom founded a metal arts manufacturing company in Israel in the late 1930s. “He designed hundreds of decorative objects,” says Ascalon, “including dozens of menorahs. In fact, one piece he designed is in the permanent collection at the Jewish Museum.” Ascalon’s father also designs menorahs, but not for tabletops. Rather, he produces one-of-a-kind, large-scale permanent art installations for synagogues around North America. When Ascalon approached us to see if we’d be interested in producing his first menorah design, we enthusiastically agreed. The result is an elegant design crafted out of Carrara marble. “Stylistically, the design finds itself in an interesting niche,” says Ascalon, “visually modern with an unexplainable classic undertone. The eight facets correspond to the eight days of Chanukah, and the left and right diagonals create an 18-degree angle. In Judaism, 18 is a very important number symbolizing chai, or ‘life.’” A kosher design, the Ascalon Menorah (2011) accommodates eight candles arranged in a line on one level and a ninth, the shamash (used to light the others), on another. Available with or without 45 hand-dipped 6-inch white candles, which burn clean and bright for more than an hour each. Made in China.
"TRAVELING CHANUKKIAH" INSPIRED BY THE SHAPE OF THE OLD CITY WALLS OF JERUSALEM. The traveling Chanukiah is made of anodized aluminum, it has two parts and it can be used in different forms. The Traveling Hanukkah Menorah is very easy to carry and you can take it with you wherever you go... Available in different colors for your choice. Fits only for wax candles. NADAV ART stands behind this product and offers a three-year warranty. The warranty does not cover any damage caused by irregular use of the product or cosmetic damage such as scratches.
BRASS CUTOUT TREE OF LIFE MENORAH BY QUEST
LUSTRE MENORAH BURNISHED BRONZE OR GUNMETAL
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Happy Holidays!
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Love always,
Elena and Genu
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In celebration of 5777 - Grand Choral Synagogue - St Petersburg, Russia
© renay elle morris / photopresseimages.com / 2016
The Grand Choral Synagogue of St. Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербургская Большая Хоральная Синагога Sankt-Peterburgskaya Bolshaya Khoralnaya Sinagoga), sometimes called the St. Petersburg Synagogue, is the second largest synagogue in Europe, It was built between 1880 and 1888, and consecrated in 1893, Poet Osip Mandelstam called the Petersburg Synagogue a "lavish, outstandish seductress."
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