“Thank you so much for our Ketubah. We got married on 20 January in Cape Town — Jason is Jewish and I am Christian, so we mixed a few elements of both our religions in the ceremony and this was brilliant. We love having our Ketubah as it is a beautiful reminder of our wonderful day.”
Sarah and Jason chose my Fire ketubah, in the large (15×20) size.
“My wife Rachel and I are thrilled with the ketubah you made for us. We are proudly displaying it in our home.”
Rachel and Ross chose my Fire ketubah of a gerbera daisy.
“While I did research for the wedding, I came across the Jewish tradition of ketubbot. Even though Daniel and I are non-Jews, we both loved the custom. We wanted to sign a religious marriage covenant, not just a secular marriage license. We decided on a Modern Ketubah ketubah, because the design is artistic and the text fits who we are. I can already envision the Tulip ketubah having in our bedroom. As for text, you allowed us to customize it to reflect our Christian faith while honoring the ketubah’s Jewish origin.”
Shelby and Daniel chose my Tulip ketubah.
Katie sent me this sweet photograph from her ketubah signing ceremony, along with the note: “I wanted to thank you so much for designing our beautiful ketubah! We absolutely love it and have received many comments on it. Thank you again for your quick and professional attention to such a delicate and memorable part of our wedding.”
For their ketubah, Katie and Matt’s chose my Center Ketubah, in the large (15″ x 20.5″) size.
Here are a couple sweet photographs from Beth and Chris’ ketubah signing:
Beth and Chris chose my Autumn Gold ketubah of a Japanese maple leaf.
Nicole and Jonathan sent me these beautiful photos of their ketubah signing, saying “We want you to know that the Ketubah was a huge hit — everyone loved it! Thank you for creating such a special Ketubah for us. It’s a beautiful piece of artwork in our home!”
Nicole and Jonathan’s ketubah is ‘Petals‘, a design I created from one of my photographs of a gerbera daisy. The photographs of the signing ceremony were done by Emile Marino.
If you’d like to share photos of your own ketubah signing, I’d be honored to show them. Just let me know.
One of my clients, Jill, wrote something that made me laugh:
Your designs are not all “Chagall and primary colors and Judaica” art. That is not our style. So when I saw your photos, I thought, “Thanks heavens, someone with good design sense is making a ketubah!”.
Thank you Jill, I really appreciate hearing that. I work hard to instill a good sense of design in my ketubahs. I was a graphic designer and creative director for 15 years before starting my own business, so I am very proud of my design skills. When I started Modern Ketubah, my goal was to combine my love for design and typography with my love of nature photography. I believe that of all the art in your home, your ketubah needs to be designed well. The art needs to be balanced with the words. The text needs to be typeset carefully, and with sensitivity to the unique qualities of English and Hebrew. The ketubah needs to be printed with close attention to craft, and a full understanding of making archival art with paper and ink. The ketubah is more than something you just need to buy for your wedding — it is a part of your home, forever.
As a creative director, I worked for many companies, big and small. I even had the honor to develop the brand identity for one of the world’s most well-known companies, Yahoo!. But despite that, I have to say that it has been creating ketubahs that has given me the greatest and most fulfilling design challenge of my career.
Here’s a wonderful email I got from Tara and Steven, about why they chose one of my ketubah designs for their wedding:
I did A LOT of research online only to find pieces that I found rather boring and mediocre (if not ugly!). I knew that we needed something a bit different to represent who we are. When I found your site, I was struck by the beauty of both your photographs and your words. Your ketubahs have a traditional element, which Steven and I love, yet there is something so unique about it. I’ve never seen anything like it. It was hard to decide which one we wanted, but something about the camellia flower and the words “this is my beloved, this is my friend” seemed perfect for our union.
Cora emailed me a couple weeks ago seeing if I had enough time to create their ketubah for their June wedding. When I said yes, she replied:
You just put a smile on my face. Yes, before I came across your Ketubah I was planning on getting the least expensive one and rolling it up never to look at it again. Then my Mother reminded me (as J-Mom’s always do), you always need to know where it is. So, in my last ditch attempt to find something that I could take pleasure in on my wall I did one more Google search and voila, I found you. We both love incredible photography. We love nature…. Thank you for creating something traditions that’s also unconventional.
I often ask my customers why they choose one of my designs for their ketubah. Here’s one response from Julie and Stephen:
We searched and looked around and all the traditional ketubahs looked very much the same. We wanted something beautiful but different to hang in our home and we have very modern taste. We both love photographs so your artwork matched exactly what we were looking for.
