Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Natural and Rustic Wedding Invitations

Entire invitation suite with stacked information, reply, and wedding party cards
Anneli and Carlos were married at the Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles. Their wedding reception followed directly after at the Omni Hotel.  I had the pleasure of helping Anneli and Carlos with their wedding flowers (as The Flower Lab) as well as their invitations.  In the pictures that follow, you can see how the floral decor tied in with their invitations.

Anneli wanted a natural, rustic, and organic look and picked recycled chip board for the paper.  We printed the text in chocolate brown and the floral and butterfly imagery in white.  The invitation suite was comprised of a square invitation, reply card, information card, and a card detailing the members of the wedding party.  Anneli and Carlos picked out a metallic purple pocket fold and assembled their invitations themselves.  The reply, information, and wedding party cards were each shorter in height so when stacked you can view each of the headings.  

Paper: Chipboard
Ink: Chocolate Brown and White

Assembled invitation by the bride and groom: metallic purple pocket fold held together with ribbons and embellished with a matching hang tag with initials. Thanks Anneli for the picture!
Main invitation


Details of the information, reply, and wedding party card

Extra cards stacked together mimicking the look of a single card   
Low centerpieces in a natural design with dusty miller leaves, scabiosa pods, seeded eucalyptus, hydrangea, roses, sweet peas, and green cymbidium orchids
Tall manzanita branch centerpieces with cymbidium orchids




Close-up of garland on the sweetheart table: lavender sweet peas, dusty miller leaves, seeded eucalyptus, lavender dahlias, lavender roses, dark eggplant purple dahlias


















Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Lavender and Gold Invitation suite

Melissa and Mathias requested a wedding invitation with wording in both English and German to accommodate their domestic and international guests.  The wedding was at St. Monica's Catholic Church and reception at Saddle Rock Ranch.  The Flower Lab provided the wedding flowers and featured flowers in white/ivory and lavender with accents of yellow gold.  There were lots of roses too so the couple wanted to bring roses into their invitation design.


Paper: Savoy 118# cover in soft white
Envelope: Metallic gold
Ink: Lavender and Charcoal Grey

Invitation suite with 5"x7" invitation, 5.5" x 4.25" reply card, and menu card

The invitation in a landscape orientation featuring German and English languages
Menu card at each place setting

Reply card with guests' music requests and invitation to pre-wedding activities

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Western Union telegram save the date cards

These save the date cards were a lot of fun to make.  Working with the bride and groom, we modeled the layout after a Western Union telegram from the old days.  Under the Western Union title, we printed the impression of the United States Marine Corps logo because the groom was a member of the  Marine Corps.  On the left and right edges we impression printed circles to mimic the tear-away paper old printers used.  In the top left corner, instead of "Class of Service", the location of the wedding was indicated as the destination.  The names of the parents were printed in a small font size where the president, vice-president, and chairman of the board at Western Union used to be written.  The bulk of the message was in Courier in all caps.

Paper: Lettra 220# in Ecru
Ink color: Charcoal grey


Our version of a Western Union telegram for save-the-date cards
An original Western Union telegram

Monday, August 12, 2013

Vintage Wedding Invitations

A wedding invitation suite complete with chandeliers, birds, monogram, and a place setting reply card. Perfect for a vintage themed wedding.

Paper: Savoy 110# cover in Natural White
Envelope: Classic Crest in Sand
Ink color: gold and blush pink
Font: Freebooter script, Mrs. Eaves Small Caps

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