Oh So Beautiful Paper

These vintage-inspired booklet wedding invitations from Jennifer Lane Graphic Design are beyond adorable.  Jennifer created the entire design around the couple’s love story, with elegant vintage inspired design elements and silhouette details.  So pretty!

From Jennifer: Michael and Breanna came to me looking for something totally different and unique for their elegant October wedding.  As soon as I heard their love story, I demanded that it be told to the world because it’s so stinkin’ cute!  This couple kept running into each other at different points in their lives throughout the course of several years and finally, became husband and wife in October of 2010!

For their invitation, I designed an antique book-inspired invitation that actually told their story in a few short chapters.  It includes a tear-wrenching dedication, a three chapter story (including all the times they ran into each other, as well as the oh-so-sweet proposal), invitation, directions/accommodations card, and a detachable RSVP postcard that can be torn off from the back and dropped in the mail.

There’s also a bookmark to invite those special guests to the rehearsal dinner and farewell BBQ after the wedding.

The tone of the piece was inspired by the couple’s vintage engagement shoot with a dress inspired by the 1930s.  The shoot was photographed by Rachael of Rachael Nicole Photography.  For their save the date, I designed a magnet with a personalized monogram.

The couple’s monogram was a visual representation of their story.  The swirls represent how they continued to run into each other at different points in their lives and the different roads they traveled, but ultimately how those roads lead them to each other (as the swirls lead to each other’s initials).  I combined some 1930s graphic design elements to capture the classic look and some contemporary elements as well.  These elements were then carried into the invitation.

Thank you so much Jennifer!

{image credits: rachael nicole photography, save the date photo by jennifer lane}

1. Doug Garner
   Twitter: gtdADVENTURES
   says:

   01/19/2011 at 10:46 PM

   Clean, crisp, love the font selection, love the color selection, love the interactive reply back card with places to circle # of attendees. It makes me want to reply back, attend the wedding… and even get married!! Great job!
2. Gloria says:

   01/14/2011 at 5:46 PM

   Amazing! I love everything you do Jen, you are so talented.
3. Cindy (milk tea+polkadots)
   Twitter: mlktandplkdts
   says:

   01/07/2011 at 3:35 PM

   Love the vintage design, and the typography is beautiful!
4. Rachel (joliejolie)
   Twitter: jolie_jolie
   says:

   01/06/2011 at 5:36 PM

   Love the type control on this invite!
5. lizzie [love your way]
   Twitter: luvyourway
   says:

   01/05/2011 at 8:04 PM

   these are so beautiful and intricate…love the color.
6. Faith B says:

   01/05/2011 at 4:37 PM

   Beutiful design. A true keepsake for the couple and guests alike.
7. Stephanie
   Twitter: ofsplendor
   says:

   01/05/2011 at 12:31 PM

   Absolutely gorgeous!
8. Breanna Fuino says:

   01/05/2011 at 12:13 PM

   Jennifer, you were such a BIG part of our day i dont know if you will ever know just how much it meant to me to have your work. Your so talneted and I was such a frantic mess and you totally helped calm me down on many occasions and took my scatter brain thpoughts and ideas and created not only what i was thinking but beyond! Anything that involved paper and a printer jennifer created. If anyone is out there and unsure about the thousands of invation sites and places out there tlak to jenn, you wont regret it. Its nice to have her bc its a personalized touch and its just her. You dont get lost as just another customer and you dont have to just pick a design then pick your colors and then its off to print. you tell her what you thpoughts ideas are and she creates somehting just for you, and is there to help you along the way.
   XO thanks Jenn!!
9. Anastasia Marie
   Twitter: anastasiamika
   says:

   01/05/2011 at 11:37 AM

   These are so cute!
10. Sarah Danaher says:

    01/05/2011 at 11:06 AM

    wow. those are exquisite.