❀ Hello there! I'm Suzanne Furtado. I'm Suzanne Furtado. I have enjoyed calling many different places in the Indian sub-continent home, and now reside in a sun-filled, breezy home in beautiful Bangalore, with my brilliant darling son. For as far back as I can remember, I've had some creative bees or the other, persistently buzzing in my head. When I was first told I was meant to find a creative career path, I wasn't paying much attention really. But a few serendipitous twists and turns later, I did just that, giving those bees a free rein, and I have been by far the happier for it.

The ScarletSage Tree is my very first Etsy store, followed by my 2nd, The Indian Paper Forest which showcases my Indian-inspired wedding designs, and my 3rd, The Squiggle Tree, for fun & fabulous birthday printables for your big little girls and boys.

My work is all about elegant and original design. Wedding Invitations, Wedding Stationery, Wedding Decor & more, that set your Big Day a class above. Inspired by my love for the original and unusual, and with an unmistakable touch of je ne sais quois. Each piece is carefully created with time & love, and detailed with elegance and an attention to every little aspect. So that when it comes to your Big Day, you can rest assured that perfection does indeed lie in the details.

I work with a lot of varied ideas and inspiration, and love keeping my 3 stores fresh with new designs all the time. I imagine from a place of beauty. I love all things beautiful, and my heart always stops to admire a stunning creation - be it the golden-orange hibiscus in my flowerpot or the tiny shell on the beach wrought so intricately by nature, or the spectacularly edgy window displays along Madison Avenue or the array of unexpected finds in any of my favourite old Indian bazaars. And it is this striking quality of beauty that I try to bring to my work - I want my pieces to make people pause, gaze at, exclaim and ooh and aah over. If I had to sum up my mind's inspiration board for The ScarletSage Tree in four words, I'd pick ~ original, beauty, unusual, surprise.

The design process is the biggest high for me. It's a treat thinking up new ideas, jotting down loads of scribbles, in my little brown book, oh, and my big white book, and also ahem, another umpteen notes and concept files on my computer :D Sometimes I start creating my designs after I've had the ideas wander around a bit in my mind's eye, and sometimes I have an epiphany where I get a flash of inspiration and instantly start to create a new design without any aforementioned scribble or note!

I'm totally stoked, and also very blessed, knowing the designs I imagine and create at my desk in Bangalore have been lovingly chosen by my customers to celebrate their joy at weddings and occasions all around the world. To date, I've mapped 28 countries, and I delightedly look forward to many more! Another thing I cherish is receiving thank you messages and pictures of my pieces from my customers - it absolutely makes my day, each and every time!

I hope you enjoy exploring my stores. And may you find something exactly like what you have in mind, or on the other hand, nothing like you imagined :)

And last but not the least ~ THANK YOU ❥ for loving what I do, and thereby, letting me do what I love.