A Candy-Colored, New England-Inspired Wedding Suite

May 16, 2011

Now this is an attention grabbing wedding suite! Nichole Michel of Coral Pheasant Stationery created this dazzling suite as part of the Destination Weddings Event, which was designed to inspire brides who are planning destination weddings abroad. Nichole collaborated with some incredible wedding industry talents – Jubilee Events, The White Dress by the shore, Datura: A Modern Garden, and Carla Ten Eyck Photography – to make the Destinations Weddings Event a wonderfully inspiring success.

Nichole’s destination inspiration for this suite was New England, the place that she calls home, and she took a look at this destination through the lens of Kate Spade to create wedding invitations and paper details that are bursting with candy-colored pizazz. Such a fun and sophisticated take on the classic, preppy New England style!

Love the candy button inspired table numbers and confetti!

event photos by Carla Ten Eyck Photography; additional photos by Nichole Michel (white backdrops)

Letterpress Fill-In Invitations from Presse DuFour

May 13, 2011

Butterflies and monkeys and elephants, oh my! These nature-inspired letterpress fill-in invitations (with coordinating thank you cards) from Presse DuFour are both elegant and versatile. Use them as everything from invitations for an outdoor tea party to invites for baby/bridal showers and birthday parties. Presse DuFour donates 1% of the profits from each sale to The Nature Conservancy’s Fund for Gulf Coast Restoration, so you’ll be helping a great cause AND getting stellar invitations, too!

image source: Presse DuFour

Love Compose Letterpress Wedding Invitations

May 12, 2011

I’m totally crushing on these oh so lovely letterpress wedding invitations from Elegante Press, whose fantastic work I featured previously here on the blog. I just love the wonderful illustration by Kayro Yinxi Chen, which lights up this design and gives it a romantic tone that’s a little bit whimsical and very sweet.

This suite is available in the Elegante Press wedding collection and features a custom letterpress printed map and printed envelopes with coordinating liners. Such a lovely design!

image source: Elegante Press

The Orange Parrott Collection

May 11, 2011

Throughout the rest of the year, I’ll be planning a number of features on the lovely invitations and save the dates that can be found in the Wedding Invitation Ideas lookbook, and I’m excited today to share these unique save the date designs from the Orange Parrott Collection (lookbook, page 58).

These beautiful, hand-lettered save the date cards feature calligraphy by Li Ward of Fat Orange Cat Studio, and the cards are lovingly letterpress printed by Sarah from Parrott Design Studio. They’re just the thing for couples who are looking for a save the date with “wow” factor. I love it when creatives collaborate, especially when the results are this gorgeous!

photos by Li Ward / Fat Orange Cat Studio

Modern Birth Announcements by Simple Te Design

May 10, 2011

Aww, such sweet and lovely printable birth announcement designs from Simple Te Design. Erin from Simple Te Design opened up shop after the birth of her daughter in 2009, and she’s been going strong since, creating designs for clients and filling up her shop with birth announcements and more featuring her clean, modern style. Everything in the Simple Te design shop is customizable, and they also offer printing services for their paper goods. Here are just a few of the lovely announcements from the Simple Te shop:

image source: Simple Te Design

Yellow + Grey Letterpress Wedding Invitations

May 09, 2011

Yellow and grey are like peanut butter and jelly; they seem to go together just right, don’t they? I’m completely crushing on this letterpress wedding invitation suite, featuring the dazzling color duo, designed by Lauren Essl of Blue Eye Brown Eye for Anna and Amir’s June wedding.

The bride and groom wanted their invitations to have a bit of a vintage vibe, and Lauren did a great job in giving the entire suite a subtle, mid-century feel by incorporating great pattern, typography, and an arrow and heart motif that adds a touch of sweetness. Love the white calligraphy on the dark grey envelopes, too!

image source: Lauren Essl/Blue Eye Brown Eye

Vintage Airmail-Inspired Letterpress Wedding Invites

May 06, 2011

Earlier this week, I posted about this amazing, airmail-inspired wedding suite for a Costa Rica wedding over at Paper Crave, but it’s such a fantastic suite that I really wanted to share it over here, too. Graphic designer, Bryan Crabtree, designed these invitations for his April wedding to Lauren, and the result is a suite that’s unique and filled with terrific details – letterpress printed stamp and emblem illustrations, topographical map lines that create a terrific textured look, lovely typography, and a coordinating tag that literally helps tie the entire suite together. The suite was letterpress printed by Studio on Fire.

Ready for some invitation eye candy?

image source: Bryan Crabtree

Luxury Letterpress Invitations from Paper Tiger Press

May 05, 2011

Today I’m ogling Paper Tiger Press’ collection of ultra elegant letterpress wedding invitations. Such lovely designs, and I’m really digging the use of patterned envelope liners. Yeah, I’m a total sucker for a pretty envelope liner, in case you hadn’t noticed.

Another interesting tidbit about Paper Tiger Press : it’s currently the only specialized letterpress studio in Singapore, so if you happen to make your home there and are on the hunt for fabulous wedding or special occasion letterpress invitations from a local vendor, Paper Tiger is the place to go!

image source: Paper Tiger Press

The Wedding Invitation Ideas Lookbook

May 04, 2011

It’s a super exciting day here at Invitation Crush because the Wedding Invitation Ideas lookbook has launched! This project has truly been a labor of love, and the result is absolutely packed with gorgeous wedding invitations and save the dates from over 85 ultra talented vendors.

Thank you so much to everyone who participated, and I hope that all of you who are on the hunt for your perfect invite will find inspiration in the pages of the lookbook!

Check out the lookbook right here, or head over to Issuu to have a look. You can also download a PDF version (17Mb file) of the lookbook that you can use as your personal reference as you go along in your wedding invitation search.

Love Blossoms Letterpress Wedding Invitations

May 04, 2011

My invitation crush of the day is the Love Blossoms wedding suite by Invited Ink or, as I like to call it, the Lady Rene-riffic invitation. I simply cannot resist the lovely Lady Rene font, and paired with wonderfully whimsical blooms and blossoms, it creates a letterpress wedding suite that’s so lovely and romantic. Here’s a luxe letterpress printed detail and a peek at this pretty invite:

image source: Invited Ink