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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d blog about Amy and Tim’s lovely raspberry red August 2008 wedding. I just love the colors in those flowers… so pretty and pink without being too feminine overall. Of course, we made sure to match Amy’s raspberry fabric swatches in the ink for the invitations… She went with a modern, dotty version of our Vintage Flourish design, and paired it with a raspberry damask envelope liner.
Our calligrapher, Brigitte, did all the addressing — it was a rich gold color on deep brown envelopes. She also got to help Amy directly with place cards and miscellaneous signage at the wedding. Check out the “Bride” and “Groom” scalloped-edge chair labels below.
Amy and Tim also made the cutest table number signs — instead of a plain old “7,” they got creative and included old photos of themselves from age seven. The photos on table 8 were from age eight, and so on. Love it!
And finally, one more fab photo of the happy couple on a San Francisco beach. Thank you so much to Amy and Tim, and Jennifer Kloss Photography (Bay area) for sharing these photos with us. You pulled off a stunning event!
–Tara
I feel like we’ve been a bit heavy on the green around here lately, so here’s something to mix it up — our cute Floral Whimsy design in a combination of wine and antique gold for Jennifer and Geoffrey’s September wedding in New Jersey. These two are adorable together, so their invitations had to match!
The Feel Script typeface Jennifer fell in love with goes perfectly with this design. Brigitte did her usual calligraphy magic by matching the typeface perfectly when she addressed the accompanying envelopes in a great purply-wine gouache. Of course, I have no picture. I promise I will start taking pictures of the calligraphy she does — it is to-die-for!
These two love cupcakes, so the cake above was actually designed by Pink Cake Box to look like 3 large cupcakes on top of each other. The ruffles represent cupcake wrappers, and are made from glistening fondant with a tiny little dotted swirl pattern, à la the invitations. How cute is that?!
My favorite thing about this wedding is pictured below: the seating “cards” Jennifer made for each guest. The rocks are something you can buy in any craft-type store, and she simply used a metallic Sharpie to label them with each guest’s name and table assignment. Definitely labor-intensive, but what a great visual impact for minimal cost.
Jennifer and Geoff — thank you so much for sharing all these with us. It was a pleasure working with you, and I wish you all the best in your new house! Wedding photos courtesy of Patten Photography (New Jersey).
–Tara
[So I have to tell you that I seriously considered titling his post "People Who Are Too Attractive." Haha. But in all seriousness, look at them. It's a little ridiculous!]
Nyema and Jamal’s June wedding invitations were definitely one of my favorites from this year. Their palette of green, gold, and shimmering champagne was just too delicious for me to handle. We used a cute dragonfly ornament for the invitation, lined the envelopes with metallic gold-dotted white paper, and printed it all in the most luminous and fresh grass green color. They even ordered some fun champagne-bubbled coasters as favors for the reception (yes, we can do that!).
A few more shots of the newlyweds are below. I love Nyema’s dress — especially the little lace jacket for the ceremony. It is so perfect!
Thanks so much, Nyema and Jamal! It was great to get to know you, and bond over Battlestar Galactica. (I am DYING waiting for the conclusion of season 4 next year!) Beautiful photos courtesy of the wonderful Jessica Messer of J. Messer Photography (Alabama).
Keep in touch!
–Tara
Just a quick post about Shanea and DeWayne’s intimate Vegas destination wedding last October. Some of their favorite details were the bright colors of the bride’s bouquet (by Blossoms of Las Vegas) and the colorful candy buffet. I never knew chocolate brown and shocking pink could look so good together. I will admit I had my doubts about it, but I was wrong. Hot pink and hotter orange are a fun twist for fall, and definitely apropos for Vegas.
Another reason I like this project so much is that Shanea was really smart about maximizing her budget: This is a 1-color design, as each item is printed in only 1 color of ink — it just so happens that 2 of the items were printed in chocolate ink, and the other 2 were printed in gold ink. We only charge a small fee to do an ink change half-way through the run. The shocking pink vellum sleeve is also a really fun, modern, and inexpensive way to protect everything within one envelope, and add another shot of contrasting color for more excitement. And of course, if hot pink is not your cup of tea, there are lots of colors to choose from!
Shanea and DeWayne — thanks so much for sharing these photos with us! It was a pleasure to work with you two.
Many thanks also to Henri Sagalow Photography for letting us post the wedding photos above! Letterpress invitation photos by La Luz Photography.
–Tara
P.S. Does anyone else want gummy bears now? Like real bad?
