Currently Crushing On #3

The Currently Crushing On series is back, and boy do I ever have some lovely invitation designs for you today. From the understated elegance of MaeMae & Co.’s Charles to an exotic, bohemian letterpress wedding suite from One Plus One, there’s a little bit of something for everyone in today’s crushtastic invitation designs!

Gold Foil Aubergine Wedding Invitations by Steel Petal Press, with calligraphy from Jenna Blazevich

The Aubergine Calligraphy wedding suite from Steel Petal Press, featuring calligraphy by Jenna Blazevich (mmm … lovely gold foil, too).

Charles Letterpress Wedding Invitations by MaeMae & Co.

The understated, elegant Charles letterpress wedding suite from MaeMae & Co., a beautiful design that’s both vintage and contemporary.

Romantic Blush & Grey Wedding Invitations by Coral Pheasant

A lovely, blush and grey wedding suite by Coral Pheasant that features beautiful, blind debossed floral illustrations and calligraphy by Brown Linen Design.

Exotic, Bohemian Letterpress Wedding Invitations | One Plus One

A beachy, breezy, and beautiful custom letterpress wedding invitation suite for a couple from sunny Australia by One Plus One.

image source: various

Nikki and Paul’s Modern Blush Pink + Gold Wedding Invitations

Modern Pink + Gold Wedding Invitations | Sugar & Type

Blush pink and gold is one of the hottest color combinations  around these days and I, for one, can’t get enough! Sugar and Type showcases this lovely palette in a beautiful, typographic wedding invitation suite for Nikki and Paul’s upcoming destination beach wedding.

I’m totally crushing on the mix of color and pattern in this eye-catching suite, which includes dazzling gold envelope liners that bring a bit of sparkle and shine to these modern wedding invites. Here’s more blush and gold eye candy, courtesy of Sugar and Type:

Blush Pink & Gold Wedding Stationery | Sugar and Type

Modern Typography Wedding Invitations | Sugar and Type

Gold Glitter Envelope Liners | Sugar and Type

Gold Glitter Belly Band + Patterned Envelope Liner | Sugar and Type

design: Sugar and Type

photography: Audra Zaba Photo

printing : Stationery HQ

Lyla + Chris’ Preppy, Golf-Themed Save the Dates

Today’s clever invitation crush comes to us from Roseville Designs, who created these fun and preppy, golf-themed save the dates for Lyla + Chris’ upcoming country club wedding. Lovin’ that gorgeous, green argyle envelope liner!

Preppy, Golf-Themed Save the Dates | Roseville Designs (photo credit : Brooke Allison Photo)

Sandy from Roseville Designs shares:

Lyla + Chris are having an elegant and preppy May wedding in Greenwich, Connecticut. They love golf and, since their wedding weekend will be hosted at a country club, they wanted to tie that into their design. I created a custom “monogram” with golf clubs that can be used as a motif throughout their wedding paper story. Here, we incorporated it as part of the return address on the envelope. For the actual save the date, I went for a classic calendar look, which we had flat-printed on textured felt stock. The final touch (and my favorite detail) is the bold argyle envelope liner, which pairs nicely with the elegant look of the actual card.

You can check out more of Roseville Designs’ wedding invitation designs right here.

photo credit : Brooke Allison Photo

Musical Instrument-Inspired Letterpress Wedding Invitations

Musical Instrument Inspired Letterpress Wedding Invitations | El Calotipo

I always look forward to seeing new projects in El Calitopo’s stream, and these amazing letterpress rosette wedding invitations caught my eye immediately. Completely crushable, no?

The beautiful, ornate design was inspired by the geometric shapes and lovely curves of musical couple Clara & Daniel’s instruments, specifically a rosette detail that features an intricate, knotted design which translated perfectly into a unique, revolving circle invitation that holds the rosette front, the wedding invitation, and an information card. Coordinating table numbers and cards with the names of the musical selections that were played during the ceremony were also created as a part of this unique and lovely suite.

Ornate Rosette Letterpress Wedding Invitations | El Calotipo

image source: El Calotipo

Nick + Tania’s Coral and Mint Wedding Invitations

Coral + Mint Typographic Wedding Invitations | James Prunean

Everything about this eye-catching wedding suite by James Prunean for Nick + Tania’s big day is bold. From the solid splashes of coral and mint to the rich, black type – sometimes swashy and sometimes serif – these wedding invitations get your attention in a big way. I’m loving the playful little envelope flap details, too!

Playful Envelope Details | James Prunean

James shares:

Nick and Tania are a very young couple and didn’t want their invitations to feel like they take themselves too seriously, especially since they are having a small ceremony with their family and friends, followed by an informal cocktail reception. Their wedding colors are coral and mint, and they wanted their invites to reflect that, so we created these dynamic invitations using different colors for each of the pieces in the suite. We also used a great font that has lots of movement to contrast the hard edges of the black borders in the design, and we love the simplicity of the bold and graphic result.

Mint Wedding Menu | James Prunean

Nick + Tania's Coral and Mint Wedding Invitations | James Prunean

image source : James Prunean

Berlyn’s Sweet Woodland Baby Shower Invitations

Sweet Woodland Baby Shower Invitations

It was crush at first sight when these lovely woodland baby shower invitations for baby Berlyn by Moira Design Studio popped up in my inbox recently. The whimsical floral illustrations and hand-lettering create a look that’s light and sweet, and the hand stamped wood invitations make my invitation-loving heart go pitter pat.

Sweet Hand Lettered Wood Baby Shower Invites | Moira Design Studio

Jessi from Moira Design Studio shares about this wonderfully unique project:

The shower theme was woodland, organic, and natural, so we wanted to keep the invitation along those same lines. I really wanted to incorporate wood, so we started with a custom rubber stamp that we hand lettered and illustrated and used that to stamp on wood. There were two additional inserts – the first with her registry information on it, and the second was a bookplate to put inside the book that each guest was asked to bring in lieu of a card.

Each of the additional pieces feature hand illustrated work and are printed front and back on lovely thick cotton letterpress paper. The suite was wrapped in matching printed vellum, bound together with an open weave burlap, tied again with moss green satin ribbon, and topped with a miniature (I love anything that comes in mini!) clothespin and a little matching sign that read “please join us”. The entire suite was tucked into a brown kraft box and sealed with a wrap around label. A darling suite for a darling mom-to-be!

Sweet Floral Hand Lettered Baby Shower Invitations | Moira Design Studio

Sweet Woodland Baby Shower Invitations | Moira Design Studio

Custom Baby Shower Invitation Design | Moira Design Studio

image source : Moira Design Studio
lettering : Moira Ink

Katie + Robert’s Softball Themed Save the Dates

Softball Themed Save the Date Cards

I love it when a designer can incorporate what could easily be an over-the-top theme in a way that’s both understated and playful, and that’s just what the ladies over at Vellum & Vogue have done with these clever, softball-themed save the date cards, which feature a surprisingly delicate design.

Alana and Krystal from Vellum & Vogue share:

Robert & Katie met playing on a co-ed softball team. As a nod to the game that brought them together, they decided on a softball theme for their engagement shoot, complete with jerseys featuring their wedding date. For their save the date cards, we wanted to create a design that complimented the photo they selected while incorporating hints of a rustic theme to match their wedding decor. We used a soft gray color palette accented by a crosshatch texture and delicate frame. We also created custom, wrap-around address labels that matched the storm gray envelopes they chose. Overall, we loved how the design kept the fun, playful feel of their engagement photo, which was shot by JAC Photography.

Playful Baseball Themed Save the Dates

Softball Themed Save the Date Cards by Vellum & Vogue

Custom Wraparound Save the Date Address Labels

image source: Vellum & Vogue
engagement photo credit : JAC Photography

Anne + Geran’s Starry Autumn Letterpress Wedding Invitations

Starry Autumn Letterpress Wedding Invitations

Today’s invitation crush, designed by the bride, designer Anne Kostecki, instantly evokes the feeling of a crisp, autumn night and features washes of watercolor, as well as silver, hand painted stars and rustic script that perfectly echoes the organic angles of the leafless, autumn trees that appear in pieces throughout the suite.

Anne shares:

Geran and I are both native Missourians with a love for the season of autumn, which also happens to be what my last name means in German. We wanted to have a rustic, nature-inspired theme for our wedding and started by thinking of our favorite colors (his is brown, mine is blue). We decided to incorporate autumn trees and a starry night sky as design elements. The trees would represent his down-to-earth, practical personality; and the stars would represent my slightly out there, creative personality. The palette consisted of a dark mahogany brown, cobalt blue, ivory, and touches of silver.

I am a watercolor painter and wanted to incorporate that somehow into my letterpress suite, so I spoke with Jessica at Gilah Press + Design, and she came up with the idea of offset printing a watercolor wash on the invitations first. I also wanted a silver metallic finish to the stars, so I blind embossed the dots for the stars and hand painted them afterward with silver ink. I love having complete creative control, so I decided to do all of the invitation calligraphy and the envelope calligraphy myself.

Starry Silver Hand Painted Wedding Invites

Starry Autumn Letterpress Wedding Suite

Autumn Watercolor Letterpress Wedding Invites (Detail)

Starry Autumn Watercolor Wedding Invitations

Starry Autumn Letterpress Wedding Invitation Suite

image source : Anne Kostecki
printing : Gilah Press + Design and Anne Kostecki

Carrie + Derek’s Sweet Woodgrain Wedding Suite

Sweet Woodgrain Wedding Invitations

This darling wedding invitation suite comes to us from Carrie Truslow of Pink Toast Ink, who also happened to be the bride. I love it when designers create their own wedding invitations and save the dates!

Tree Save the Date Cards

Carrie used a number of techniques throughout this unique suite. She hand illustrated a tree in her backyard to include on the save the date cards, plus she incorporated rubber stamping (using both pre-made and custom stamps) and heat embossing throughout the suite. She also dry-pressed a woodgrain texture into heavy white cardstock for the wedding invitation and lined the kraft invitation envelopes with sweet little doilies. This project was undoubtedly a labor of love, and the result looks like it was a perfect fit for Carrie + Derek’s big day!

Woodgrain Wedding Invitation Suite

Sweet Woodsy Wedding Invites

Initial Embellishment Wedding Belly Band

photo credit: Love the Schultzes

Flourish Letterpress & Wood Wedding Invitations

Flourish Letterpress Wedding Invitations

Flourish Letterpress’ portfolio is filled with the stuff of which invitation crushes are made. My heart is still fluttering about after perusing their beautiful collection of custom projects, as well as their letterpress wedding invitation templates, which include the jaw-droppingly gorgeous Vintage Affair, a travel-inspired suite that showcases vintage stamps, die cut cards, and design that’s so lovely that I want to weep with joy. Seriously, I’m crushing that hard on this suite. Happy sigh…

Vintage Travel-Inspired Wedding Invitations

Flourish Letterpress Wedding Invites

Vintage Affair Wedding Invitations

Flourish Letterpress Wedding Invitations

And please do head on over to Flourish Letterpress’ website to see their entire portfolio, which includes letterpress, laser cut, and wood engraved invitations, as well as additional letterpress invitation template designs. Here’s a peek at some of their custom work:

Wood Engraved Save the Dates

Laser Cut Wrap Charity Event Invitations

Wood Texture Wedding Invites

image source: Flourish Letterpress