A Right Royal Life Map!

We love a little Royalty here at Illustries – we had such a great time celebrating the Royal Wedding last year and we’re already prepared for the Jubilee! And we’ve been working on our Illustries Life Map recently – it’s so popular at the moment – that in a second of madness we decided to combine the two in a 1st anniversary tribute to William and Kate.

Now the Life Map is a ‘flow chart’ of a relationship, a tongue in cheek way of charting the journey from childhood to Happy Ever After. Each map is hand drawn in style, and we add some funny and enlightening notes to bring the whole thing to life. It’s designed to be the perfect celebration of love, with more than a little bit of a twist.

So to celebrate this very special first anniversary – it is traditionally ‘paper,’ after all – we’ve charted one of the world’s most well-known relationships: Prince William and the former Catherine Middleton. Starting with their childhoods, the Map takes you through the university days of St Andrews and on to the hopes of the nation, even including the hiccup that had us all worried for a while. Moments like ‘that’ fashion show, William carrying his mother’s engagement ring in his rucksack, and a spin on the waiting that Kate was alleged to have endured all make an appearance, naturally offset with our trademark cheeky comments.

Now we’re sure that the Royal couple would want a few tweaks, but the Right Royal Life Map is winging it’s way to Clarence House this morning – we think it will make the perfect gift if Prince Harry has forgotten the occasion!

We originally created the Life Map as just one page in our Avant Garde Illustry (and it’s still there!), but it has quite literally taken on a life of it’s own in the past few weeks – we’ve crafted some gorgeous examples for Vicki & Pietro and Rhys & Michelle, among others. Both couples put their Life Maps on display at their reception, telling us that guests were engrossed – well, the maps certainly got them talking! And what better lasting memory of your big day?

Take a look at the details right here:

Your very own unique Illustries Life Map is waiting, available exclusively from us at £275 – order now by calling 0845 468 1610 or email us at hello@illustries.com

Sprucing up...

Well, our much-neglected blog has at last had a little revamp! There’ll be lots more to come in the next few weeks, including a series of posts on the fab wedding services provided by our lovely partners and associates, some business tips and ideas we’ve gathered in our first six months of real trading and of course, lots of new Illustries for you to devour and some special projects too. Please keep checking back for the latest Illustries news, and we’d love to hear what you think too!

Who's who?

Ooh, pretty PR pics. Can you guess which one is Sam and which is Emma? No prizes, we're just curious...


PS If you know us, that's not fair.

We love our clients!

We've had some wonderful feedback from our brides and grooms recently. To be honest, we have such a great time working with them that sometimes we forget it is actually work! Vicki and Pietro will be featuring on the blog really soon - we created a Life Map as a gift from Vicki to her groom, and we had a ball doing it! Posts coming soon...


"Thank you so much for creating our Life Map. Pietro's face when he opened it was priceless and it is something we will treasure forever..."