Brace yourselves, because today’s real wedding invitations are truly spectacular.  Combining three of my favorite things — gorgeous calligraphy, letterpress printing, and vintage stamps — Emma + Chris’s southwestern cactus-inspired wedding invitations are a true representation of their upcoming Texas wedding.  So let’s get right to it!
From Emma:Â I am a designer living in Austin, Texas. I started designing wedding invitations about a year ago, when I took a job at a local invitation shop. Â I draw my inspiration from nature, art, and all things vintage. (Update: Emma has since formed her own design studio called Antiquaria in partnership with calligrapher Bailey Amon)
Our wedding will be out doors in the hill country of Austin and I wanted an invitation that reflected the southwest without being overtly western. Â I had the invitations letterpress printed at our awesome vendor Stationery Works using a warm gray ink.
Keeping all the letterpress printed pieces one color helped keep the overall cost down and I was able to add in pops of color with the bright yellow envelope liner and a reproduction vintage postcard (which I printed myself). All the pieces were then tied together in little bundles with yellow bakers twine from Whisker Graphics.
The outer envelopes brought it all together with calligraphy by Bailey Amon and vintage cactus postage that I found on ebay.
Thanks so much Emma! Â You can find more of Emma’s design inspiration and influences, as well as more tidbits about her wedding, on her blog, Love of Folly, and more of her beautiful designs at Antiquaria.
Image Credits: Emma | Antiquaria
wow, these are beautiful!! i love the color coordination – subtle and perfect!
What a fun, nature-inspired theme!
oh wow that is so super cute
The Calligraphy on these is out of this world! I absolutely love it.
Amazing invites. The caligraphy really makes it special.
Nole, this one is a swooooner! Prickly pear, check – hand lettering, check. Texas. Oh, god I miss it sometimes 🙂
Those cactus stamps are so lovely and what a beautiful final product!
these are so, so good! love them.
The vintage rustic theme is adorable! I love the colors and the cactus image throughout the set. And those stamps! Oh my goodness, this suite is just lovely.
Lovely invites, photos and calligraphy! a beautiful wedding presentations. congratulations!
i love the use of bakers twine!!!
THIS is how you do one-color letterpress. Fantastic!