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DIY Favor Labels – Flights of Fancy

03/06/2009

Gia Graham and the lovely ladies of Betsywhite Stationery have nearly outdone themselves this time! Inspired by a recent inspiration board, they've created these free downloadable favor labels:

Available in three color palettes (red & white, black & white, and yellow & white), you can find the labels for download right here.

{images via flights of fancy – thanks Gia!!}

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Printable Invitations – Pretty Pretty Paper

03/06/2009

Christine from pretty.pretty.paper recently started to explore a new process through her etsy shop – printable invitations! Christine has already updated her shop with a few designs, including this set inspired by the save the dates from her own wedding:

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…and these:

All you have to do is provide the text, and Christine will mail the final designs to you ready for printing and cutting. Christine will also change the fonts and colors of the invitations to suit your needs, and is more than happy to provide paper recommendations. For more details, check out the pretty.pretty.paper etsy shop right here.

{via pretty.pretty.paper}

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Invitation Artwork – Anne Benjamin

03/06/2009

I’m loving this adorable illustration created by Anne Benjamin for an upcoming wedding:

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I’m a huge fan of both Anne’s eponymous illustration portfolio and her Mok Duk wedding invitation studio (check out my previous post on her invitation work here), and I’m hoping we’ll get to see a final versions of these invitations once they’re printed!

{illustration via Anne’s blog}

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James + Amanda’s Vintage-Inspired Italian Wedding Invitations

03/05/2009

Erika from Erika Ebert Press just sent me this gorgeous invitation suite, inspired by the wedding’s location in Venice, Italy! Erika sent over a bunch of information about the design, so without further ado, here’s Erika!

These invitations were printed for a wonderful young couple getting married in the bride’s parents’ hometown of Concordia Sagittaria in Italy, located approximately 30 minutes outside of Venice. Their reception will take place in the Grand Ballroom of the historic Hotel Monaco in Venice (a building that dates from the 17th century!):

I was so excited to work on a project like this – I have been to Italy several times and Venice is one of my most favorite places in the world! When I take on a new project, I do a ton of research to come up with sufficient imagery to use as inspiration. This is perhaps my favorite part of the design process – it’s how I continue my education. When I send mock-ups to my clients, I write to them about the obvious details, like ink colors and sizes, and then I tell them why I
chose these elements, what they mean, and how they pertain to the event.

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For this Venetian-inspired invitation suite, I used symbols such as The St. Mark’s winged lion and the 8 pointed star all within a classic frame decorated with a traditional Renaissance swag.

The invitation has a folded layout, like a book, with Italian on one side and English on the other. The invitation is enveloped by a piece of printed cream vellum with the words Si Sposano – which means “The Wedding” in Italian. The ink colors are Venetian red and silver grey, printed on ecru paper.

The most important element for the bride and groom was that their invites include an image of The St. Mark’s Lion. The lion is a symbol of Venice (is pictured on the flag of Venice) and is one of the most well known sculptures in Italy. He can be found nestled on the front of St. Mark’s Cathedral, and also right in the piazza at the top of the column.

The second most important thing to the bride and groom was that the invitation have both Italian and English text side by side. Not on a vellum overlay, not one underneath the other – but side by side – giving equal importance to both.

Erika also provided some valuable insights into the challenges of the printing process:

Because of the desire for simultaneous English and Italian text, producing the invitations turned out to be a bit of a challenge. My Chandler & Price floor model platen press dating from the 1930′s can only print an area of roughly 6 x 9 inches. After going through a couple of rounds of designs, we settled on a folded design with measurements of 8.25″ H x 11″ W. This means that the invitation went through my printing press four times!

Each side twice and it all had to line up in the middle, where I then scored the paper so that it could fold. Any fellow letterpress printers will understand the “possibilities of madness” that can come with work like this! But I must say that it went wonderfully, and I am so happy with the end result – and so are the bride and groom!

Aren’t these invitations just gorgeous? Oh, and getting married in Venice? So. Jealous. I’ve got a few more pieces from Erika‘s custom letterpress portfolio to share with you a bit later on, so check back soon!

{all photos via Erika Ebert Press}

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Today I love…

03/04/2009

…these lovely mini-cushions from Bailey Doesn't Bark – each with a tree representing one of the four seasons:

This reading nook – and wishing I had one of my own:

{via Black*Eiffel}

The combination of gorgeous calligraphy and vintage stamps:

{kristina's invitations, with calligraphy by jenna hein}

I've loved Kristina's invitations since we first saw them last September, but those gorgeous photos with the beautiful white ink calligraphy by Jenna Hein against the black envelopes with vintage stamps just gets me every time. So timeless!

{images from their respective sources}

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