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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Naomi and Gary


This color combination is perfect for a December wedding. The deep wine and hunter green look so rich against the crisp ivory linen. This invitation is wrapped with grosgrain and satin ribbon and has a pocket on the back to house the directions and RSVP postcard.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Lindsay's Custom Seating Chart




This is the most custom seating chart that I have done to date. Lindsay asked if I could do her seating chart, but I was really booked up for this weekend with 4 weddings. But she wanted a very custom chart and I just couldn't say no. :) The wedding is Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. She had found an antique map of the Lake that she wanted to use as the inspiration. I designed it with an antique look and large rose compass. I even make a little legend in the corner. :) Thanks Lindsay for asking me to with you on such a fun project.

Sarah's Fleur de Lis Wedding












Sarah's invitations have become a huge hit. I'm getting inquiries from all over the world for similar invitations using a fleur-de-lis. I love every single piece of her items for the wedding. Sarah ALSO has a new program. Her full sheet also doesn't fold and has rounded corners. The front is beautiful with the fleur de lis and modified monogram. Then all of her other pieces have a married monogram. We did bar menus, table numbers with a menu, memory signs, unity candle, bathroom basket signs and new smaller style "thank you" signs for her photo thank you cards. Her seating chart is amazingly packed with a gazillion names ;). Thank you Sarah. You were my first bride to email me before your date to be sure I could do your wedding. It's been amazing working with you all of these months.

Elizabeth's Diamond Theme Wedding








Elizabeth had one of my favorite invitations of this year. Her extra reception items are also so fun with the diamond graphic. Elizabeth also has a new program shape - again, because I'm bored. ;) The candle has silver vellum with the pretty monogram inside a diamond. Elizabeth's Diamond Seating Plan is striking in all black with white lettering.

Monica's New Programs




I am SO tired of programs. They seem so boring and I'm always trying new things to freshen them up. Monica was the first to take me up on this new program. It is a single sheet and does not fold! Yay for easiness the week before your wedding. We're also doing table numbers that simply prop up against the centerpiece - a look I adore. And her seating chart worked perfectly with the large swirly damask sort of graphic.

Cami's Garden Theme wedding





I'm so late on posting these. Cami's wedding was Saturday. I hope it was an amazing day - you couldn't have asked for better weather. I did these light purple trifold programs. She had bright accent colors with hot orange and purple for the table numbers. And I designed this seating chart and it instantly became a favorite. I love the cream on cream look.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

New Product Highlight - Airplane Ticket Invitation







This is another invitation that is perfect for the destination wedding. The invitation resembles an airline ticket!

Monday, September 15, 2008

My First International Seating Chart!




Well, I have done one to Canada, but since I'm so close to Canada and she drove to get it, that doesn't quite count. :) Nancy is in the United Kingdom! The only obstacle that we had was the long mail time on the cheque. :) But Nancy was able to locate a printer that could print the chart for her. She had designed her own wedding invitations and I was able to use her graphics and fonts so everything matched.

Jennifer's Aqua Blue and Red Wedding




Jennifer invitations were one of the craziest combinations I've done - Aqua and Red. I couldn't wait to work on her reception piece. The seating chart is crazy with the design and colors and the table numbers match that in the bright colors. Jennifer probably has one of my favorite monograms with the date curled into the M of their last name.

Betsey's Black and Champagne Wedding Invitations - December








And then these were delivered early because Betsey's mother is going to do calligraphy for her addresses and they needed time to complete that. Black with champagne and ivory are my favorite combinations. I love the formalness of these invitations, but at the same time, they are modern with the formal graphic set off to the side and the font layout. Every piece has a portion of the graphic and her RSVP envelopes are stunning. I also got to do something I've been dying to do - the graphic wraps over the back onto the front, but only at the top. And her insert package is wrapped with an amazingly long piece of ribbon to form this diamond pattern.

More Green and Brown Damask - November







Melissa's Damask wedding invitations were delivered right on schedule. :) Having done green and brown damask before it was fun to do another set, but one that was a little more formal. The invitation is pretty with a green background to set off the brown damask. We did custom stamps on the RSVP postcards to match the damask. Her reception cards are in this Witch green color with brown damask. :) The ribbon was a perfect compliment match and finished off the insert package. Witch green envelopes with another large custom damask stamp really complete this stunning set of invitations.

Three Months in One week - Andrea's Letterpress Invitations - October







This was the oddest week for invitation orders. This October wedding may seem a little late. But Andrea approached me just last month and asked if I'd do her invitations for her intimate Royal Park Hotel wedding in October. Andrea's wedding was originally scheduled in April but they were in a terrible car accident and it had to get canceled. So they decided to get married at home and everything came together very fast. She only needed 30 invitations and everyone invited is close family. We decided to do a small insert that had RSVP information and attire (all black). The invitation is completely blind debossed with a floral pattern that is the theme of the wedding. The same flowers are on Andrea's dress and in the hair piece for her daughter. I completed this set with black envelopes and custom stamps. Andrea had me mail these for her and this is what she said when she received hers, "They are absolutely breath-taking. I cried when I opened the envelope. Thank you so much! Thanks again you were so right in doing the entire invite blind debossed. You are amazing."

Jennifer's At Home Reception





I just posted Jennifer's Destination wedding invitations last week. Since most people won't be able to attend the wedding, they are also doing a reception at home. We did the same design, but did something more subdued with colors. I did my first panel with the back side completely a different color. We did keep the colors the same for these invitations though and did sea blue envelopes!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Ashley's Seating Chart




Ashley contacted me to do her Seating Scroll for her Ohio wedding. I happened to own the same graphic that was used on her invitations and we added this pretty monogram and menu to the chart.

GOBOs




GOBO from Rent-A-DJ

I've had the pleasure of designing tons of items that have been used at wedding receptions, but more often than not, those items are paper. It usually slips my mind to bring it up, but I enjoy designing non-paper items too! One of my favorite things to design are GOBOs. So, if you'd like me to design a GOBO for you...or something outside of the box, just let me know!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Jennifer's Destination Wedding







I loved working on these amazingly fun invitations. The colors are fresh and different and definitely reflect the beach, palm tree destination wedding Jennifer was going for, without being "here's a palm tree on my invitation". I used brown palm leaf patterned cardstock and layered it with sea blue. I printed a matching graphic across the entire top of the invitation. Jennifer's save the dates were extensive in their information, so the only thing needed with the invitation were her rsvp card. The envelopes are stunning with the envelope wrap around sash.