Oh So Beautiful Paper

It’s always a good day when an invitation from Kate at Wit + Delight shows up in my inbox.  Kate sent over these fabulous custom invitations that she designed for a wedding taking place on Halloween.  Danielle and Paul’s wedding reception will include a masquerade, so Kate designed an invitation inspired by the concept of a 1920s marquee and incorporating Danielle and Paul’s color palette of cream, gray, and pumpkin!

From Kate: The wedding is taking place on October 31st in the ruins of a historic factory called the Mill City Ruins, which is equal parts elegant and mysterious.  Paul and Danielle have done a great job balancing the intrigue and liveliness of Halloween without feeling kooky, or costume-y.  Their palette is mostly creams and grays, with a pop of pumpkin.

The entire evening is filled with non-traditional details – like a masquerade! – and Danielle really loved the idea of invitations inspired by a vintage marquee.  We incorporated eclectic typography and ornate shapes to reference the 1920s era.  The invitations were printed by Evolutionary Press on thick cotton stock that gives the design a really great texture.

Thanks Kate!

Design and Concept: Kate Gabriel

Letterpress Printing: Evolutionary Press

Photo Credits: Kate Gabriel | Wit + Delight

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1. Meg Sylvia
   Twitter: siennacstudio
   says:

   10/05/2011 at 12:01 PM

   These are beautiful! Great type and color choices.
2. Jessica
   Twitter: birdietobe
   says:

   09/28/2011 at 12:59 PM

   These are so fun! Love the typography & the colors!
3. Shaun Hensher
   Twitter: henshercreative
   says:

   09/27/2011 at 8:09 PM

   Very nice! Sounds like it’s going to be a very special event! Congratulations Danielle and Paul! And great work Kate!
4. Maggie [The Freckled Citizen]
   Twitter: magmaeA
   says:

   09/27/2011 at 4:23 PM

   I looooove these! Halloween is one of my woulda/shoulda fantasy wedding dates… the other is New Year’s Eve!
5. Danielle says:

   09/27/2011 at 3:45 PM

   These are my invites!!! I got an email from my FSIL telling me that our invites were on a blog – It makes my heart happy that other people love them, and that Kate’s amazing work is being appreciated by people all over the place!!!
6. kathryn
   Twitter: blackbirdletter
   says:

   09/27/2011 at 12:14 PM

   Wow! These are really super!
7. Heather
   Twitter: joyofallcrafts
   says:

   09/27/2011 at 11:01 AM

   Wow! What a show stopper! Would love to go to a wedding like this!
8. Maddie
   Twitter: missmadd11
   says:

   09/27/2011 at 10:45 AM

   These are so fantastic! I feel like having a halloween/masquerade type of event without the typical halloween look is SO hard to do, yet this suite is so finely composed!
9. Anneke
   Twitter: AnnekeShort
   says:

   09/27/2011 at 10:15 AM

   Love this! It definitely feels very circus-y, feels like an invite to a carnival.

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