Record Album Wedding Invitations

January 13, 2014

A little while back, I featured Ello There’s awesome record album style wedding invites and, since then, I’ve received lots of requests for these clever, vinyl-look designs. I recently popped over to Ello There’s shop and discovered that they’ve added several new vinyl album-style wedding invitations, including beautiful, bird-pattern, floral, and polka dot designs. Here’s a peek:

image source: Ello There

Modern Lace Letterpress Wedding Invitations

March 04, 2013

Today’s lovely, lacy invitation crush comes to us from Margaux Fraise of Harmony Creative Studio, whose concept for her own wedding invites, a modern take on a vintage lace design, was translated beautifully by Shayna from Steel Petal Press, who designed and printed the gorgeous gray and peach letterpress wedding invites. Details like the textural, blind debossed lace designs, vintage postage stamps, unexpected vertical envelope orientation, and playful vintage Los Angeles save the date turned RSVP card make this beautiful suite a true standout.

Margaux shares:

When I started designing my own wedding, I had a very clear vision: ‘Modern Vintage’. I had dreams of lace, kraft paper, and vintage elements with a modern twist.

We held our wedding at the electric Smog Shoppe here in our hometown of Los Angeles, but the bulk of our guests are my husband’s large family from Iowa. I wanted to incorporate a vintage Los Angeles postcard with the invitation suite and decided to take what is normally a cute save the date and turn it into the RSVP card. Ginger from Serendipity Beyond Design was able to customize the original colors (blue and orange) in the Los Angeles postcard to our soft color palette of mint green, peach, and grey.

As an event designer, I love to come up with concepts but often a great graphic designer takes my ideas to a whole new level! I sent Shayna from Steel Petal Press a photo of a concept for the main invitation, incorporating a geometric lace pattern, and she was able to turn my vision into beautiful reality with a design that incorporates blind debossed elements. We incorporated the geometric lace theme throughout the wedding, using it as a backdrop for our candy buffet and in other decorative elements.

I had only ever come across one example of people turning the envelope vertically, and I fell in love. It was a perfect way to showcase the vintage stamps I had been collecting since getting engaged.

image source : Margaux Fraise (Harmony Creative Studio)

letterpress printing & design : Steel Petal Press

vintage postcard : Serendipity Beyond Design

Meghan + Ben’s Romantic, Nostalgic Wedding Invitations

November 19, 2012

This utterly gorgeous, custom wedding invitation suite comes to us from Coral Pheasant, who created the beautiful suite for Meghan and Ben’s summer Long Island wedding. I’m completely crushing on pretty much everything about this suite, from the fantastic typography to the soft, romantic color palette, amazing floral details, and vintage map postcard RSVP cards. Mmm, swoon…

Nichole from Coral Pheasant shares:

Meghan and Ben were married on Long Island this summer, and the wedding they put together was a romantic and nostalgic affair. The paper story uses a large, narrow sans serif font for a touch of modernity and is combined with delicate and flourished lines and to bring in softness. It was important to Meghan and Ben to incorporate a map and a postcard feel given their many travels over the course of their relationship and the written correspondence that resulted. I found a vintage map of Long Island, altered the colors to fit their wedding palette, and designed the back of the map and the RSVP card in a manner reminiscent of old postcards. The floral envelope liner is a nod to the flowers they chose for their wedding. The main invitation was letterpress printed on Crane’s Lettra, and the additional cards and envelopes were flat printed.

As a surprise for Meghan, Ben secretly reached out to Nichole to design a coordinating card for her that revealed a special, romantic weekend complete with a hot air balloon ride. The special moment was beautifully captured by Robert and Kathleen Photographers when Megan opened the card on their wedding day:

image credit: Nichole Michel (invitation shots) and Robert and Kathleen Photographers (the above diptych)

Daniel + Leslie’s Vintage Poster Style Wedding Invites

August 27, 2012

It was crush at first sight when I spotted these fantastic, vintage poster style wedding invites over at FPO recently. The custom z-fold invitations were created by designer, Daniel Moore, and his very crafty bride, Leslie, and feature a combination of ink stamping, digital printing, and hand trimming, as well as fantastic, vintage-inspired typography and a price tag that won’t make you faint.

Coordinating paper pieces – Mr. & Mrs. chair signs, a thumbprint wedding tree keepsake, and additional signage – as well as lovely, handcrafted paper flowers, serve as the perfect compliments to this eye-catching, diy wedding invitation suite. Head over to FPO to see many more photos from this well-designed wedding celebration.

image source: FPO
photo credit: Jen Maki

Vintage Floral Booklet Wedding Invitations

May 21, 2012

These completely crush-worthy, custom booklet wedding invitations were designed by Jessica Eagon for her upcoming wedding, and they are the absolute epitome of romance. The outer cover was letterpress printed by Typoretum onto heavy Saunders Waterford paper, and the invitation features beautiful, vintage-inspired florals and soft, dusty pink banners that hold the wedding details. Each digitally printed page within the wedding booklet gives invited guests wedding details – directions, accomodation information, choices on the wedding breakfast menu – and each invite is tucked into a rose-stamped bag with a coordinating, dusty rose ribbon.

You can see more details of these lovely invitations here.

image source: Jessica Eagon

Classically Modern Wedding Invitations

April 20, 2012

A More Perfect Union Wedding Invitations

April 20, 2012

Lucky in Love Wedding Invitations

April 20, 2012

Twine Wedding Invitations

April 20, 2012

Paper Source Photo Save the Date Cards

March 19, 2012

Photo cards and photo save the dates are so popular these days, and they’re a great way to instantly add a personal touch to whatever card or greeting you happen to be sending. Paper Source recently launched their brand new collection of photo save the date cards, and there are so many lovely designs to choose from, not matter your style. You’ll find everything from bright and modern styles to vintage-inspired and understated designs that perfectly compliment your custom photo or photos. Many of the designs are available in multiple colorways, too, so you’ll be able to pick the one that’s a perfect match for your upcoming celebration.

image source: Paper Source

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