2014 Wedding Invitation Designs by Jen Simpson

Whimsical Woodland Wedding Invitations | Jen Simpson Design

Jen Simpson Design is gearing up for the 2014 wedding season with the launch of several new wedding invitation designs, which include plenty of whimsical and rustic touches. Details include lovely, hand-lettered fonts, sweet flourishes and botanical illustrations, and preppy emblems that cover a range of styles. Versatile kraft cardstock also plays a role in a number of the new designs – love me some kraft!

Here’s a peek at the new styles, and you can find additional images, and plenty of additional wedding invites, over in Jen Simpson’s shop.

Whimsical and Rustic Wedding Invitations | Jen Simpson Design

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Romantic Rustic Wedding Invitations

Romantic Rustic Letterpress Wedding Invitations

I am completely crushing on this beautiful letterpress wedding invitation suite from Jupiter and Juno. The undeniably romantic invites feature shimmery metallic blush ink on kraft stock for a look that’s a little bit rustic and so very lovely.

This invitation suite was designed by Jupiter and Juno’s staff designer, Jessi, for a client who was having a wedding with a rustic theme and pink accents. Metallic pink envelopes echo the metallic blush ink on the invitation pieces and create depth, interest, and a subtle yet eye-catching shimmer in the finished suite. The client also provided a beautiful floral pattern that she had selected for invitation liners. Invitations were printed on 270 gsm Stonehenge Kraft paper, and all printing was done in house on Jupiter and Juno’s 1950s Heidelberg Windmill Blackball press. The finished suite was tied with adorable pink and white baker’s twine to complete the look.

The suite has been dubbed ADELE and is now available for purchase in the Jupiter and Juno shop. Lucky brides and grooms who are interested in this suite can find a great discount offer that’s going on right now (for a limited time), too!

Romantic Rustic Letterpress Invites

Metallic Blush Ink + Kraft Stock Wedding Invitations

Pink + White Baker's Twine Wedding Invites

Information & RSVP Kraft Letterpress Cards

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Ash + Jason’s Illustrated Country Wedding Invitations

Illustrated Country Letterpress Wedding Invitations

KeeganMeegan & Co’s portfolio is filled with incredible, illustrated letterpress wedding invitations, and I’m completely enamored with this crush-worthy, custom suite that they created for Ash & Jason’s August wedding.

The fully custom, illustrated wedding invitation suite was designed with care for Ash & Jason’s very “country Iowa” wedding, and the creative crew at KeeganMeegan obviously had much fun working with the lovely couple on this unique project. The suite includes a custom art print invitation featuring a sweet illustration of the couple, along with coordinating response cards, invitation cards, and matching envelopes. The palette of rich, deep green and warm, golden yellow (PMS 363U and 1235U, respectively) brings such a cozy and inviting tone to this unique, country-inspired suite.

Country Inspired Wedding Invitations

Iowa Country Wedding Invitations

Custom Wedding Invitations by KeeganMeegan

Ash & Jason's Iowa Country Wedding Invitations

Custom Letterpress Wedding Invitations

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Summer Camp + Woodland-Inspired Wedding Invitations

Summer Camp + Woodland-Inspired Wedding Invitations

I am SO crushing on this seriously sweet, summer camp and woodland-inspired letterpress wedding invitation suite by For the Love of Press. Oh, my goodness, where to begin? The completely charming, hand-drawn woodland details, banners, and signs? The equally wonderful, custom wedding map? The cute, hand-stamped muslin bags? There’s so much to enjoy about this wedding suite, and I’m sure that the invited guests did just that when they opened these wonderful wedding invites.

Marissa from For the Love of Press has this to say about this undeniably fun project:

My clients came to me looking for an effortlessly elegant yet whimsical wedding invitation suite representative of their love of camping, the Northwest, and nature. We wanted to perfectly set the stage for their destination wedding location, Doe Bay on Orcas Island in the Puget Sound, Washington. We decided to create a casual, charming tone that would touch the heartstrings and bring back the guests’ fond childhood memories of summer camp and the outdoors, along with a bit of the Woodland earthiness.

The suite is bursting with nostalgic, nature-inspired, illustrated details – from pine boughs, trees, pine cones, and deer peeking out behind trees (think Doe Bay!) to Orca whales (for Orcas Island, of course) to illustrated wooden signs and waving banners (Summer camp insignia all the way!). Guests will be renting individual rustic wood cabins and yurts for the weekend-long event, located in an area rich with off-the-beaten-path trails that meander through beautiful woodland scenery teeming with wooden directional signs, a detail that we really played up in the invitation suite.

We letterpress printed the invitation in two colors on 100% cotton paper, with post-consumer-recycled Kraft paper touches (the RSVP label, envelopes, and belly band- subtly blind printed with their wedding logo, a half pine wreath with deer silhouette). We also created different versions of their logo and turned them into rubber stamps for use on the envelope flap and the muslin bags, which were hand-stamped and held some of the smaller cards inside. Almost every detail of this suite was hand-drawn and digitized for printing. As a little extra, our sister company created a thick, waving banner cake topper to match their suite! The invitation radiates an outdoorsy, natural feel and certainly readies guests for this nostalgic trip, where they will enjoy summer camp-style guest cabins and a bonfire  (s’mores included).

Summer Camp Inspired Wedding Invitations

Wedding Invitation Detail
Woodland Letterpress Wedding Invites
Custom Wedding Cake Topper
Hand Drawn Illustration Detail
Custom Wedding Map
Letterpress Wedding RSVP Card
Invitation design & letterpress printing: www.fortheloveofpress.com
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Whimsical Woodland Wedding Invitations

Whimsical Woodsy Wedding Invitations

I’m more than a bit of a sucker for all things woodgrain so, naturally, I was enamored with this wonderful, woodsy wedding suite by Akimbo the moment that I laid eyes upon it. The “Oberon” suite, inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, was originally commissioned for a shoot for The Lane and is now available from Akimbo for couples looking for an eye-catching wedding invitation for their natural, woodland, or rustic outdoor weddings. Playful typography, a sweet map and, of course, those fabulous wood veneer invitations are the highlights of this completely crush-worthy suite.

Custom Invitation Envelopes

Wood Veneer Wedding Invitations

Custom Wedding Map

Akimbo Whimsical Woodlan Wedding Invitations

Custom Wedding Invitation Suite

Woodsy Wedding

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Woodsy Laser Cut Booklet Wedding Invites

Laser Cut Booklet Wedding Invites

I am head over heels for these unique, woodsy wedding invites by Cape Town, South Africa-based wedding invitation design studio, Seven Swans. The laser cut invitation card is awesome, as is the sewn booklet containing the card and a beautiful photo of the happy couple. Such fun and unique wedding invitations!

Laser Cut Booklet Wedding Invitations

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Rustic, Vintage Lace Wedding Invitations

Vintage Lace Wedding Invitations

My heart skipped a beat (or three) as soon as I laid eyes on this absolutely gorgeous letterpress wedding suite from Lion in the Sun. The texture. Oh, my goodness. The texture! How I would love to be able to reach through the computer screen and run my fingers over the luxe, letterpressed lace and soft, deckled edges.

Vintage Lace Letterpress Invitations

Here’s what Melinda from Lion in the Sun has to say about Maiz and Ziad’s amazing invitations:

Mais wanted something unique and grand with a vintage lace and rustic feel for her Detroit wedding.

We used with this handmade deckled edge paper gatefold with scanned in lace design. Letterpressed on this great deep textured paper the lace looks like it was embedded right in the paper, and the deckled edge just adds another amazing dimension. The toast ink gives it all a warm vintage feel.

The whole suite feels like a cherished heirloom lovingly stored in grandmother’s steamer trunk.

Deckled Edge Wedding Invites

Heirloom Wedding Invitations

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Rustic Elegant Wedding Invitations

Rustic Elegant Wedding Invitations

I’m completely crushing on this swoon-worthy custom wedding invitation suite that Jennifer Lane designed for Rachael and Anthony’s May wedding. The couple wanted their wedding invitations to have a warm and homey feel, and Jennifer included amazing handmade details, like muslin bags custom stamped with the couple’s name and wedding date and amazing stitched canvas mongram inserts, along with elegant swash graphics and typography, to create a perfect blend of rustic and elegant.

Be sure to head over to Jennifer Lane’s site to see so much more from this beautiful wedding. – found via @twigandthistle

Gray and Golden Yellow Wedding Invitations

Custom Muslin Bags

Custom Address Label

Stitched Monogram Canvas

Z Fold Wedding Invitations

Gray and Yellow RSVP Card

photos by Rachael Nicole Photography

Unique Wine Stain + Cork Save the Dates

Unique Wine Stain + Cork Save the Dates

“It’s more than a crush.” While the sentiment at the top of these awesome save the dates may not have been intended as an expression of my feelings, it’s certainly fitting because I think that I may be in love with them. I mean, c’mon, how could I not fall in love with something so amazing?

The ladies at Three Little Words designed this wonderfully unique save the date for Emily (one half of the Three Little Words crew) and her fiancee, Rocky’s, upcoming Napa winery wedding, and the result is a little bit rustic, a little bit whimsical, and totally genius!

Wine Stain Save the Date

The save the date “cards” are actually cork shelf liner cut to size and screen printed in white ink. Talk about great texture! And Lady Rene always adds a bit of sweet romance, perfect for such a unique save the date.

Wine Stain Seal Project

One of my favorite details has to be the wine-stained “seals” on the envelopes, which were each created by hand. Any crafty project that involves a glass of wine has got to be fun, right?

Wine Stain Cork Save the Date Envelopes

image source: Three Little Words