Oh So Beautiful Paper

You might remember these awesome book wedding invitations that Lyndsay from It’s A Date Design created last year, and today Lyndsay is back with wedding invitations that are just as fabulous – and definitely different from anything I’ve featured here before!  This time, Lyndsay drew her inspiration from the groom’s love of heavy metal music.

From Lyndsay: When I first spoke to Caitlan, her request for the design was that it celebrate her future husband Andrew’s interests – which were predominantly related to a love of heavy metal music.  One of their first dates was to a concert which she referred to as a “sea of fading black t-shirts!”

My first thought was, “this couple is destined for a fantastic life together” – because it is so rare that a bride will pursue something so unconventional for her wedding stationery in order to respect the groom’s passion!  We talked a lot about having some subtle references to his favourite bands (as well as hers, which included Regina Spektor and Ani DiFranco), but I also decided this would be a challenge: to make skulls cute!

The result is somewhere between Slipknot and Florence and The Machine: a compilation of the couple’s important wedding information, folded like a mini-accordion, with a reply postcard that could be detached via perforation and sent back to the couple, all packaged within their own “LP.”  I modeled their monogram, which is used several times throughout the design, loosely on the Rolling Stone magazine masthead.

Another sweet featured: their request as a “gift” was for guests to write a little note to them in provided cards (decorated with flags of all the countries they plan to visit as a married couple) for them to keep as a memento of their day, which I pre-affixed inside each invitation with little cardboard photo corners inside vellum envelopes.  Each invitation was hand-trimmed, folded and assembled with love.

We also made little button badges out of favourite design elements from the suite for an extra rock-concert reference.  Whilst these invitations don’t scream “wedding”, they are a reflection of a young, unconventional and fun couple who have a very bright future ahead of them.

So cool, Lyndsay!  I love the entire invitation, from the concept to the color palette.  Thanks so much for sharing these with us!

{image credits: it’s a date design}

1. Kerry says:

   03/10/2011 at 11:14 PM

   I absolutely love her designs! Between this and the Pulp novel idea from earlier this year, she is SO talented. I just love the creativity of her invitations and how tailored they are to every couple
2. alison
   Twitter: designbyalison
   says:

   03/10/2011 at 5:17 AM

   So much passion goes into each and every one of Lyndsay’s designs! Absolutely stunning!!
3. Photo Pocket Wedding Invitations says:

   03/10/2011 at 3:07 AM

   Wow.. as in WOW! this is amazing invitation. I’m sure people will never forget your important day.. it will remain in them forever.. nice job!!
4. jessica says:

   03/09/2011 at 10:30 PM

   I’m blown away by these invitations! So much thought and effort has gone into them. Lyndsay is quite the clever monkey!
5. Lyndsay
   Twitter: itsadatedesign
   says:

   03/09/2011 at 6:27 PM

   Thankyou so much Nole!
6. Kate/MagnoliaRouge
   Twitter: rubyandwillow
   says:

   03/09/2011 at 3:58 PM

   These are incredible… and so personal. Love them… what a fabulous job you did Lyndsay!
7. isavirtue
   Twitter: isavirtue
   says:

   03/09/2011 at 12:50 PM

   amazing. just completely amazing. one more time: amazing. this makes me sad for all the boring and awful wedding invitations i’ve gotten. people don’t even know what is possible!