Oh So Beautiful Paper

Rachel of Design Lovely recently sent me pictures of her lovely invitations for her upcoming wedding in Hawaii (lucky girl!).  Rachel appears to have been inspired by her natural surroundings, choosing a green color palette and using natural materials throughout the invitations. First up, let’s get the background from Rachel about the design inspiration for her invitations.

{Rachel’s invitation inspiration board}

From Rachel: The whole idea for the wedding design is that it’s natural yet somewhat vintage and traditional with a hint of tropical.  My colors are hunter green and sage green and I wanted to be environmental with my purchasing.  I went through a company that does thermography printing on recycled paper and I chose a natural old world leaf design for the motif and used alternating hunter and sage green text.

The green crinkly paper (wrap) is from Thailand and it is double sided which worked beautifully for the type of fold that I wanted. I received the paper in large sheets so I cut and folded each one by hand.  I created a small pocket for the RSVP card which is actually a postcard so there is no envelope.  This saves paper and keeps it really clean looking.

I wrapped the invitation with hemp cord and stuck them in the custom envelopes which was done in calligraphy by my mother.  I wanted to put some handmade love into these and I am really happy with the result.

Thanks so much, Rachel, for sharing your beautiful invitations with us!  All of your handcrafted love really shows through in your invitations!  For more on Rachel’s wedding invitations, check out her blog right here.

{all photos by Rachel}

1. Judy says:

   10/16/2009 at 9:37 PM

   Where did you order the double-sided green crinkle paper?
2. Jena says:

   03/01/2009 at 12:25 PM

   Georgeous invitations, Rachel.
3. Design Lovely says:

   02/20/2009 at 2:17 PM

   Thank you so much for featuring my invitations! I love how you layed it all out!