Meet Emily Breinlinger, our lead designer here at Pink Champagne Designs!

Emily has been with Pink Champagne for over three years. Right off the bat, Emily’s artistic talents paired perfectly with our established design style, so we knew she was going to be a perfect fit. Her creative nature and amazing personality are irreplaceable in our eyes, and her strong work ethic made her progression to our team’s lead designer role a no-brainer!

Emily & her husband, Michael

Right: Emily and her brother as kids; Left: Emily, her mom, dad and brother

Get to know Emily

Tell us a little bit about yourself!

Hello readers! Growing up in central New York (go Bills!), my house was always filled with art and the sounds of Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac. Naturally, I studied graphic design in college, following in the footsteps of my artistic brother and dad, and discovered my love of typography.

In April 2021, I moved to south Georgia with my husband and 2 cats, Stewie and April (and recently added a rambunctious pup to the mix). When I'm not designing beautiful wedding stationery, I am either reading, doing yoga, or planning my next trip/adventure.

How did you get started with invitation design?

In college, I knew I loved the world of typography. But it wasn't until after I graduated that my mom sent me an Indeed job listing (as moms do) for a stationery design position. Long story short, I didn't get that job, but it sparked a passion in me and I knew I wanted to continue down that road. Soon after, I found Pink Champagne Designs in 2019 and never looked back! Everything I have learned about wedding stationery, I have learned here through working with this fabulous team and our amazing clients.

What design vibe are you loving right now?

Lately I've been loving bright colors paired with watercolor elements, especially dainty watercolor wildflowers. Elegant garden party vibes with pops of fun color!!

Emily’s Fur-babies: Juno, Stewie and April

What do you like to know about a client's invitation vision before you start a design?

Two of the most important pieces of information that help me with starting a design are 1) a solid color palette and 2) a general description of your wedding style. Personally, I think 2-4 colors is just the right amount. Enough color to add some visual interest and tie in with your unique wedding palette, without being overwhelmed with too many colors. For general style descriptions, there are a lot of terms that can help me when mapping out the overall vibe of the stationery. Some examples are: art deco, garden party, sleek and modern, black tie traditional, bohemian, minimalistic, etc.

If you were designing your own invitations right now, what's one thing that you would include?

This is such a difficult question to answer... I love them all! If I had to choose one thing to include while designing my own invitations, I would include a venue illustration, either watercolor or sketched. No matter the wedding style, a venue illustration always looks amazing in any design, and it is such a special and unique touch that you can cherish forever.

XO, Emily B.

How absolutely stunning is this southern wedding for Emma and Sean! We loved designing their deeply romantic wedding invitations with neutral colors and deckled edges; once in our hands-they were so terribly lovely! The whole team of vendors did such an outstanding job of keeping in alignment in design over the whole event. From the chic fonts of the wedding signage blending in with the lush greenery decor of the St. Louis Venue to the beautiful cake and floral chandeliers, we drool over reveals like this!

Thank you vendors: Lauren Field Design, Tamara Gruner Photography, Olive & Gene, Event Partners, Seed Sprout Spoon, La Pâtisserie Chouquette, Exclusive Events, Mayker Events, TableMade, Nuage Designs, La Tavola, Lisa Sievers, JED Transportation, MegaLux Photobooth, Danielle Style Events, The Chase Park Plaza, Ritz Carlton of St. Louis, D.Edwin Productions, Colleen’s Cookies, Champagne Limousines, Gateway Fireworks, Green 2 Go, Floral Bridal, Alexandra Grecco, The Black Tux, Reformation

Just another beautiful styled shoot at Woodbine Mansion to show off just how classic and swooning this venue is! We put together a timeless and minimalistic look with the dusted grey reception menus. We also debuted our glass custom showcase menus that we find dazzling! Catching the florals and bright light of the venue in the reflection of these boutique reception handheld creations is stunning and gives a formal vibe to the chicness that is about to dawn upon you in the reception hall!

Thank you vendors: Kailee Roberts Design, Woodbine Mansion, Loot Rentals, Bee Lavish, Premiere Events, Table Manners TX, Bouquets of Austin, Tap Truck Austin, Unique Designs and Events, Paige Vaughn Photo

Let’s talk about themed weddings! Can you imagine off the top of your head a Texas, Baseball themed wedding could look formal and classic? We can now cue to the most gorgeous baseball wedding ever that took place in Houston at the Boxwood Manor. We designed these simple yet elegant garden party invitations with minimal and modern appeal. The beautiful venue was custom-made into a beautiful illustration to garnish the reception card- we love it! We were able to make a few other custom items for these two; We made a life-sized cut-out of the TCU mascot frog as well as custom watercolors of their pup and a quidditch ball for the couple’s signature bar sign, an intimate choice to reflect their personalities, life, and love! Thanks again for letting us help make this happen!

Thank you vendors: Stephanie Brazzle Photography, Boxwood Manor, Bramble and Bee, Exquisite Designs, Cakes by Gina

It doesn’t take much to create beauty amongst beauty when it comes to being in love and celebrating it at the Commodore Perry Estate in Austin, Texas! For every bride who dreams of a simple and intimate wedding with Southern Charm draped all around, please consider this most beautiful venue for your big day! We love doing custom artwork of their signature cocktails and adding personal stationery touches to your receptions with menus. Christian and Riley’s intimate ceremony was so sweet and lush with love! We were featured on The White Wren as well, thanks again y’all!

Thank you vendors: Pearl Events, Commodore Perry

We love coming together with other talented vendors to make a dream-styled wedding shoot! Pink Champagne Designs was lucky enough to work with the team at Fleurish Events to be part of this New York Wedding Editorial, and oh, do we love how every shot came out! We featured everything from our custom envelope liners, to deckled-edged invites, wax seals that pop on all the earth-toned stationery, and beautiful custom watercolor of the landscape of the unique wedding.

Thank you vendors: Lytle Photography, Tone Events, Winsome Floral, The Novel Baker, Shoen Films Videographer, Amanda Leigh Rush, Victoria Roggio Beauty, The Wedding Shoppe, Moniquel Huillier

This wedding was so gorgeous that we had the honor of being featured on Martha Stewart Weddings! We couldn’t agree with this stunningly soft and lush wedding suite paired perfectly with the oasis that is Marbles Falls! Alyssa and Cody really embraced those fun Summer vibes and brought that style through to every part of the decor. The string lights outside the cabin like campgrounds are so rustic and chic amongst all the natural beauty of the landscape! The flora ceremony stage with the floral colors being so breathtaking made for such a beautiful experience and celebration! We love these Summer looks, and lucky for us, it feels like Summer for half of the year to us Texans, so keep the sunny vibes rolling!

Thank you vendors: Pearl Events Austin, Jenna McElroy Photography, Stuart Weitzman, Carolina Herrera, Loot Rentals, Stems of ATX, Simon Lee Bakery, Whim Hospitality, Marquee ATX, Table Manners ATX

Lush prairie charm meets museum weddings in this chic celebration for Shea and Ross’s special day! These earth-toned invitations of amber and forest green were such a dream color palette to work with, making a custom-painted popping peach and soothing amber champagne bottle to go with super inspiring and easy!

We love when couples incorporate their pet babies in an elegant fashion like custom portraited reception koozies! I would keep mine forever if I were a guest; they’re just too cute and fun!

If you need any extra inspiration for your bride-to-be mood board, this timeless and clean Mercury Hall wedding in the capital city of Austin is a must pin inspo reference for the modern bride!

Thank you vendors: Lucy Struve Photography, Mercury Hall, Hawthorne and Poppy, Cloud Craft Studio, Good Seed Floral, Loot Rentals, Table Manners Texas, Root Cellar Catering Company

This classic wedding and the gorgeous St. Patrick’s Cathedral Church. The stunning archways make for such beauty and romance against the ornate stained glass- there’s no going wrong with this venue! It’s such a time-honored venue that we had to make sure to pair the elegance and tranquility of love’s divineness into Heather and JL’s wedding invitation suite! This was such a flawless creation of pairing that Pink Champagne Design was featured in Brides of North Texas magazine's Spring/Summer 2022 issue! Yay! You brides out there help make it happen with your stunning tastes and creative ideas!

We created a custom Monogram for the couple’s stationery, and accented the suite package with a graceful dusty blue belly and holding all the intricacies together! To highlight the transcendental architect of the historical church, the team came up with the perfect illustrated sketch of St. Patrick’s Cathedral to do it justice! Heather and JL wanted to make sure to keep to their loving roots and include their handsome golden retriever, Leo in the cocktail sign and bar Koozies! What a touch of personality to tie it all together! What a superlative event and style for these two on their big day!

Thank you vendors: Gaby Caskey Photography, L & M Events, Justine’s Flowers, The Ashton Depot