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Vane + Chad’s Modern Brooklyn Wedding Invitations

This week, I’ve asked one of my very favorite wedding bloggers – the amazing Vané from Brooklyn Bride – to share her invitations with us!  As I’m sure you all know, Vané had a distinct modern and Brooklyn-inspired aesthetic for her wedding this past April.  Vané worked with Viñas Design to letterpress her invitations in a crisp green and white color palette, and with Betsy Dunlap on the calligraphy for both the invitations and table signs.

From Vané:  Since the wedding had a distinct Brooklyn theme, it was only natural that iconic Brooklyn and NY images were used on the invitations and all paper goods. We (Jaime Viñas of Viñas Design and I) used some photos I had of the Brooklyn Bridge, the wheel from Coney Island, and a water tower outside my window for some of the pieces.

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The map of Brooklyn came from our save the dates, and the bagel was actually scanned on a scanner and brought down to size.  Having them letterpressed was great because all the sesame seeds on the bagel popped up.

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For the font, Jaime used Neutra, which was great because it was designed by the architect Richard Neutra (and my husband just happens to be an architect!), and he used the perfect shade of green for everything on the crispest white card I’ve ever seen…the pieces had such a presence just with their thickness, I loved it!

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I love the way the invitations coordinate perfectly with all the other elements from her gorgeous wedding:

Thanks Vané for sharing your beautiful invitations with us!  Invitations by Vané and Viñas Design, calligraphy by Betsy Dunlap.

Check out the Designer Rolodex for more tal­ented wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers and the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

{all images by Bethalee Photography via Brooklyn Bride}

Place card & escort card ideas… continued

As promised… here are a few more ideas for place cards and escort cards!  First up – escort cards hung from a clothesline have been a staple of outdoor weddings for the past several years, but are also really easy to customize to suit your wedding style and theme:


{images above by Bethalee Photography via In Style Weddings, from brides.com via Snippet & Ink}

Instead of hanging escort cards in the air, these escort cards are attached via miniature clothespins and twine along a flat table surface:


{via Wedding Paper Divas}

One charming wedding featured escort cards in the form of a handwritten note to each guest from the bride and groom – such a wonderful and personal touch!


{via Bird Dog Press}

If you plan to work with a calligrapher for your place cards (or even plan on doing the calligraphy yourself), stamps are a great way to dress up standard tented place cards. Paper-Source carries a great selection of stamps featuring floral patterns, animals, and other designs, but you can also try searching ebay for vintage stamps.


{via Bird Dog Press}

If you’re not planning to use calligraphy, try Kathryn’s suggestion of using individual rubber stamps to spell out guests’ names, or try using an every day object, such as these old playing cards, and label them using pre-printed or hand-written names on store-bought labels:

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{both via Snippet & Ink}

Continuing the rubber stamps idea, I’ve always held a particular fondness for this constellation idea, as well as using small bunches of lavender as escort cards:

  

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Last for today, in addition to making fun Save the Date cards, post cards can also serve as a fun option for escort cards, with guests’ names and table number written in place of an address:


{via Elizabeth Anne Designs}

I’d love to hear your ideas – what are you doing for your escort cards or place cards?

{images via their respective sources}

Saving the Date, Part 2

Continuing with a few more amazing Save the Date designs, I couldn’t resist posting all three of these lovely Save the Dates from Alee and Press:

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{these and more beautiful designs found on the Alee & Press website here}

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{this Save the Date by the ladies at Ice Cream Social incorporated the wedding’s key motif}

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{modern Save the Date by Float Paperie via Design Sponge}

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{Moroccan-inspired and farm letterpress Save the Dates via Hello! Lucky}

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{illustrated Save the Date from Yellow Owl Workshop}

{images from their respective sources}

Saving the Date, part 1

While Save the Date cards definitely aren’t required for a wedding, I think they can be a really fun and creative way to give your guests a sneak peek into your wedding (in addition to the head’s up on the actual date).  During my own wedding planning process, my Save the Date idea came from Martha Stewart Weddings, but I’ve loved discovering new ideas from other brides and designers:

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A simple, but lovely Save the Date from cevd

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And for something completely different, how great is this Save the Date towel from Chewing the Cud?

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And speaking of Chewing the Cud, the Save the Date bookmarks from Viola’s own wedding, via Style Me Pretty and printed by Thomas Printers.

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And these lovely Gocco chipboard postcard Save the Dates, by Kristina at A Lovely Morning

I’ve got lots more of these to share, so stay tuned!

{images from their respective sources}