Sep29Real Invitations — Danielle + Greg

So last week was all about music-inspired invi­ta­tions, and this week I’ve got some totally awe­some real wed­ding invi­ta­tions inspired by for­eign cin­ema!  Kathryn fea­tured Danielle and Greg’s wed­ding a few months back, and I was so smit­ten with her vin­tage cin­ema inspi­ra­tion that I asked Danielle, the tal­ented designer behind Tallu-lah, if she’d be will­ing to share her invi­ta­tions and paper ephemera in greater detail.  Lucky for us, Danielle was more than will­ing to oblige, so let’s get right to it!

Danielle and Greg’s for­eign cin­ema invi­ta­tion theme was inspired in part by their wed­ding venue and in part by their shared love of vin­tage let­ter­ing and illus­tra­tions.  With these two ideas they started the cre­ation of a vin­tage movie themed event:

We cre­ated the look and feel and Hatch Show Print of Ten­nessee made it come to life though old vin­tage images and the process of let­ter­press print­ing.  We used words on the save the date to give guests the feel that they would be com­ing to a show.

Danielle’s designs for Tallu-lah are all let­ter­press printed, and she knew she wanted the wed­ding invi­ta­tions to be let­ter­pressed too.  For the invi­ta­tion design, Danielle and Greg turned to Hello!Lucky to help bring their vin­tage cin­ema inspi­ra­tion to life:

The rest of the paper goods (invi­ta­tions, play­bill, cer­e­mony pro­grams, cock­tail nap­kins, seat­ing cards/tickets, menu, reception cards and part­ing gifts, Poco Dolce candy boxes, thank you cards) were cre­ated by both Danielle and Eunice Moyle of Hello!Lucky.

I asked Eunice if she would take on the project of design­ing for us, I couldn’t think of any­one bet­ter to ask — she was the per­fect designer for the project and was already a great busi­ness friend liv­ing in the same town as me, San Fran­cisco.  She out-did her­self, they were perfect!

Once designed, my sta­tionery com­pany, Tallu-lah, printed the invites on over-sized, extra thick paper and included spe­cial details like a hand drawn map of San Fran­cisco by cal­lig­ra­pher Mo Seder, a list of the top 10 things to do in San Fran­cisco, hand stamped RSVP envelopes, and cus­tomized postage stamps — all assem­bled in a glas­sine sleeve pack­aged in a star-studded lined and let­ter­pressed envelope.

Other vin­tage movie items were added into the wed­ding like truf­fled pop­corn before the cer­e­mony and “hooray flags” for each guest to wave when Danielle and Greg walked back down the aisle at the end of the ceremony:

I love that Danielle and Greg car­ried their cin­ema theme through to the escort cards — which were designed to look like vin­tage movie tick­ets and then hung for guests to find on their way to the reception:

Danielle and Greg printed cock­tail nap­kins to match the flow of their wed­ding, from the cer­e­mony (“The Show”) in the out­side court­yard, to the cock­tail recep­tion (“Inter­mis­sion”) to the din­ner and after-party (“The Final Act– It’s A Wrap!”) in two sep­a­rate lounges - one for Mr. Piché and another Mrs. Piché — that the new­ly­weds created:

Mr. Piché’s lounge (in the court­yard) is where our guests could watch “Butch Cas­sidy and the Sun­dance Kid” on cozy fur­ni­ture and snack on movie treats from the “con­ces­sion stand” or mini cones with salted caramel and laven­der ice cream (Ed note: yum!) – while singing along to the live music of Syd and Matt York. For guests want­ing to dance, Mrs. Pichés lounge (in the art gallery) offered a hip local DJ, as well as the oppor­tu­nity to watch “Grease” and try treats from the dessert bar includ­ing a wed­ding cake cov­ered in 300 truf­fles, Poco Dolce choco­late tast­ings accom­pa­nied with port, and an array of French mac­arons baked by the chef.

The vin­tage cin­ema theme was also incor­po­rated into these recep­tion cards, which were pro­vided on each din­ner table and con­tained both the menu and details for each lounge:

As a final touch, favors from Poco Dolce choco­lates pack­aged in a lit­tle paper box printed with the say­ing all old movies end with “And they lived hap­pily ever after.  The End.”  Such a nice touch!

1. Ami @ Elizabeth Anne Designs says:

   September 29, 2009 at 7:49 PM

   obvi­ously, danielle is super tal­ented, and i absolutely love her invite set!
2. Kathryn says:

   September 29, 2009 at 1:02 PM

   I loved this wed­ding so much — Danielle is the sweet­est, and she and Greg have such great taste! So fun to see their paper pieces in more detail.
3. BJMRamage says:

   September 29, 2009 at 11:32 AM

   Very cool.…though as most post­ing on this site. I usu­ally check it daily to see what inspi­ra­tional pieces I can find here.
   love how the entire theme of the printed pieces match the wedding.