Client Spotlight: Kate and George’s Jewish Wedding featuring a Historic Synagogue

October 10, 2017

Kate and George_jewish wedding

Several months ago, I had the very great pleasure of working with Kate and George on a particularly unusual custom ketubah. While a lot of my commissions feature trees, parks, and natural landscapes, Kate and George were looking for a clean, minimalist rendering of the Historic Synagogue 6th & I in Washington D.C.

As we began to look at photos of Sixth & I, I was blown away with the building’s beauty as well as it’s inclusive mission. Built in 1908, 6th & I is one of the oldest synagogues in the city. And the care and creativity with which it was designed is easily apparent. I asked Kate and George what had led them to choose 6th & I as the subject of their ketubah design. They told me:

Sixth and I was the first place George and I found a Jewish home. We moved to Washington, D.C. together in 2014, coming back from Haiti, and knew one person in the city. That person of course knew of Sixth and I. We went to services there a few times, a few events, and then in 2016, just days after we got engaged, Kate got an email notifying her she had been accepted into 6th and I’s Jewish Welcome Workshop — a nine-month-long conversion class. The same year, George joined another nine-month-long course to improve his Jewish literacy. Through those classes and regular attendance, we found the most incredible, supportive community we can imagine. The people with whom we studied and prayed have become our family, people who attended our wedding, to whom we go for support, and with whom we celebrate all of life’s turns and mysteries. Sixth and I brought us closer together as a couple and helped teach us what community means. Having now left DC, we carry Sixth and I with us in our hearts, in how we approach others and community building, and, of course, in our ketubah.

It was such a joy to work with Kate and George on this special illustration. Luckily, the feeling seemed to be mutual. Kate and George shared these kind words with us after their wedding:

We loved working with Adriana. Your flexibility and excitement was exactly what we would hope for in a ketubah artist. We felt known and heard throughout the process and felt absolute trust that we would love the final artwork, which we did!

I’m so excited to share these photos of their intimate wedding ceremony. All photos are taken by the talented Valeria Heine and shared here with her permission.

Kate and George_jewish wedding

Kate and George_jewish wedding

Kate and George_jewish wedding

Kate and George_jewish wedding

Kate and George_jewish wedding

Kate and George_jewish wedding

Kate and George_jewish wedding

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Client Spotlight: Josh and Caitlin’s Custom New York City Ketubah

September 28, 2017

When Josh and Cait reached out to me last March to talk about a custom ketubah featuring the Queensboro Bridge, I was…intrigued. I’ve spent a decent amount of time in the NYC area, and hadn’t ever thought of the Queensboro bridge as a particularly romantic icon. That is, until Josh and Cait shared their story with me.

NYC Ketubah Queensboro Bridge

As we talked over skype about their vision for a custom ketubah, it came out that the very first home the couple ever shared had overlooked the bridge. In their words: “We wanted to incorporate the Queensboro bridge into our ketubah because it reminds us of the years we spent in graduate school getting to know each other: the first apartment we shared in New York City had a stunning view of the Queensboro bridge and the East River, and this view of the bridge will forever remind us of our first home together.” Such sweetness.

NYC Ketubah Queensboro Bridge

NYC Ketubah Queensboro Bridge

As Josh, Cait and I started to talk through the details of the design, we kept coming back to a night scene that would highlight the twinkly lights of the bridge and the buildings in the distance. When they looked at the ketubah hanging in their home, I wanted them to feel as though they were transported back to that apartment, snuggled up inside on a chilly evening, watching the sun go down and the bridge light up. I also wanted the ketubah illustration to have a clean, minimalist aesthetic, and to not get too bogged down in the details.

Needless to say, it was an absolute joy to work with Josh and Cait on something so personal. Josh and Cait were married this past July in a stunning Jewish wedding in Pacific Palisades, CA. They told me, “during the wedding ceremony, our rabbi shared the story of how we met in New York City and explained the significance of our ketubah’s design.”

NYC Ketubah Queensboro Bridge

Josh and Cait were kind enough to send me some lovely feedback about their experiences commissioning a custom ketubah (which can be an overwhelming process when planning a wedding!) They said, “when we came across Ink With Intent, we were very excited to learn that custom ketubahs could be commissioned by the artist. While there were many beautiful options already available on the website, we had a particular vision in mind for a more personal ketubah, and we reached out to Adriana with our thoughts on a custom design. She was extremely helpful, thoughtful and professional throughout the entire process of commissioning the work. She was upfront about all costs and timelines involved, and she delivered drafts and the finished product on time or before predicted. She was also very welcoming of any changes we requested after we saw each draft, and clearly wanted to deliver exactly what we wanted (and she did!). We had an absolutely wonderful experience working with Adriana, and would highly recommend her to anyone seeking a beautiful custom ketubah!

Thank you so much for your kind words, Josh and Cait. And Mazel Tov on your brand new marriage!

And thank you to Josh and Cait’s uber-talented photographer Scott Clark for persmission to share some of their wedding photos here.

NYC Ketubah Queensboro Bridge

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I'm Adriana Saipe, founder of Ink with Intent. I'm a full-time wedding illustrator who specializes in contemporary ketubahs and unique wedding certificates. Learn more.

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