{"id":13901,"date":"2026-08-02T17:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/?page_id=13901"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:52:37","slug":"custom-engagement-invitation-illustration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/es\/custom-engagement-invitation-illustration\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria &#038; Ivan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13901\" class=\"elementor elementor-13901\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faa5419 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"faa5419\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad1118 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ad1118\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-775c9f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"775c9f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2e9859 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b2e9859\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1456\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-framed-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-13904\" alt=\": Framed custom engagement invitation illustration of a couple on a fishing boat, dusty pink and terracotta watercolour, navy sea background, hand-drawn by Lolita Cort\u00e9s\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-framed-1.webp 1456w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-framed-1-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-framed-1-768x430.webp 768w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-framed-1-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c7efe9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c7efe9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-834dafa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"834dafa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Maria&amp;IVAN<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d7a3af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d7a3af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An engagement luncheon invitatation, Utica,NY<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27c81ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27c81ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">The illustration puts Ivan and Maria where they actually are together, on the water, with Romeo and Luna close by, tags round their necks with their initials. Around them, the details that are theirs and no one else&#8217;s: the countries that raised them, threaded in as flags rather than stated outright, UK, Ukraine, Uruguay, the Philippines. Magnolias for Charlotte. A picnic basket because Ivan cooks. A fishing cane because it matters to them both, not as decoration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-692936b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"692936b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"mailto:hello@lolitacortes.com?subject=I&#039;d%20like%20to%20tell%20you%20my%20story\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">CUENTAME TU HISTORIA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42694d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"42694d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe66ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fe66ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">their boat carries their name. that was the starting point.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b92b7bb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b92b7bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f152bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f152bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da6f1c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"da6f1c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a97843 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a97843\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">its all about the little details and winks that make the story unmistakably theirs<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4618db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c4618db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45df24c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45df24c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4a85ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4a85ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">details<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-401cd5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"401cd5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A bottle floats with a message inside it, marry me? A tag hangs nearby, a real love story. The ring is there too, if you look. Romeo has a weakness for crab, so a crab appears, and a lobster creeps up behind him without much dignity. Birds carry the getting married banner overhead, one of them a bird particular to Ukraine. Turtles and fish fly rather than swim, because on this boat that is allowed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d5f4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d5f4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcf04b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fcf04b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-invitations-photo1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13905\" alt=\"Engagement luncheon invitation suite in olive green and ivory, two illustrated invitation cards, tasselled bookmark and green envelope\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-invitations-photo1.webp 1456w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-invitations-photo1-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-invitations-photo1-768x430.webp 768w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-invitations-photo1-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4123803 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4123803\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd1ba45 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cd1ba45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9216346 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9216346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-pictures-1920x1012.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13921\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-pictures-1920x1012.png 1920w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-pictures-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-pictures-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-pictures-1536x810.png 1536w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-pictures-2048x1080.png 2048w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-pictures-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15e03c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15e03c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d16edb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d16edb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">the stars of the show<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9c8a8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9c8a8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>every illustration is bespoke, made by hand with details from conversations and photographs &#8230; and some investigating of my own<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24697a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24697a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fadcb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9fadcb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d50dd38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d50dd38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8221; They turned out better than I could have imagined. I can&#8217;t wait to hang up the large print in our house and for my grandparents to see it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6c8dd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6c8dd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2014MARIA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaf43f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eaf43f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e6500 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"57e6500\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/illustrated-stories\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">see more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e4978 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"44e4978\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-illustrations-and-details.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13931\" alt=\"Detail crop of hand-illustrated engagement invitation showing pet portrait dogs Romeo and Luna, dusty pink florals and terracotta crab\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-illustrations-and-details.webp 1920w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-illustrations-and-details-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-illustrations-and-details-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-illustrations-and-details-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byLolitaCortes-Maria-and-Ivan-illustrations-and-details-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36cd8aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36cd8aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e311a6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5e311a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"mailto:hello@lolitacortes.com?subject=I&#039;d%20like%20to%20tell%20you%20my%20story\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">CUENTAME TU HISTORIA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria&amp;IVAN An engagement luncheon invitatation, Utica,NY The illustration puts Ivan and Maria where they actually are together, on the water, with Romeo and Luna close by, tags round their necks with their initials. Around them, the details that are theirs and no one else&#8217;s: the countries that raised them, threaded in as flags rather than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13901","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13901"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14042,"href":"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13901\/revisions\/14042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lolitacortes.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}