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Liz + Ryan’s Modern Americana Wedding Invitations

I first came across these lovely invitations while browsing through one of my favorite blogs, Parcel Post.  Luckily, Audrey (the author behind Parcel Post) is good friends with the bride, Liz, and put us in touch so that Liz could share the inspiration behind her invitations.   Liz and Ryan’s invitation suite included the stand-alone invitation, enclosures with accommodation information, directions, and a rehearsal dinner invitation, as well as a matching RSVP card:

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From Liz: It was important to us that our wedding felt personal, relaxed and fun – that was our inspiration behind the invitation design. We choose a favorite color combination of red and turquoise because it feels fresh and fun and like summer; it also was perfectly suited to the ocean view at our venue.

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The design of the invite was celebratory and informal, signaling the laid back vibe of our wedding.  We worked with our stationer Audrey Woollen at Urbanic in Venice, CA, to order the Classic Cowboy invitation design from the Hello! Lucky letterpress studio.  Audrey is the consummate professional and the entire process was a breeze.

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For our escort cards we put name and table number on a stick inside little boxes of kettle corn.  They doubled as our wedding favors.  On the reverse side of the card was one of 10 different shots from our engagement session.  These were a big hit as they served as a take away reminder of the day as well.

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{escort card photos by Viera Photographics}


{photos by Audrey Woollen}

Liz also sent a couple of photos of her Save the Date postcards, which I couldn’t resist sharing as well:

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I love all the details – from the red and pool color palette to the popcorn bag escort cards, this seems like such a fun and relaxed wedding!  For a couple more pictures from Liz and Ryan’s wedding, be sure to check out Audrey’s post on Parcel Post.  And thanks to Liz for sharing her invitations!

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

{all photos by Liz Zang, unless noted otherwise}

Erica + Patrick’s Modern Folk Art Wedding Invitations

I am SO excited to be able to share these invitations with you!  This invitation set is one of my all time favorites – I literally had to resist the urge to do a complete re-design of my own invitations when I saw them.  Erica of the lovely blog thoughtful day had an absolutely beautiful destination wedding in Jamaica this past May, and her invitations perfectly captured the design aesthetic for her wedding.  Erica was kind enough to send over a few additional photos of her invitations and other stationery elements:

Invite
{the main invitation}

Wknd_itinerary
{the weekend itinerary enclosure}

Envelopment
{envelopes from Paper-Source with letterpress tags}

Envelope_liners
{liners for the external envelopes}

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The image above served as the design inspiration for Erica’s wedding stationery – you can see clearly how the inspiration translated into the actual invitation and Save the Date design:

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{the final, printed Save the Dates – I’m completely in love with the sewn-on patterned backing!}

After her wedding, Erica posted a few pieces of advice for other brides, including this very useful tidbit:

Pick your colors. Then pick your inspiration. I knew my color story before I knew anything else, it helped set the tone and feel of what I wanted our wedding to be. Light, fun, and whimsical. Above is the cover of a vintage American folk art book and to the right is our save the date artwork, it set the tone for the rest of the stationery suite.

You can also see how these design elements were carried over into the RSVP card, thank-you cards, and place cards:

Rsvp
{RSVP card}

Thank_you {thank-you cards}

ThoughtfulDay3{place cards}

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The lemon centerpiece from Rebecca Thuss in the upper left served as the basic inspiration for Erica’s wedding color scheme and lemon theme, inspiring many of the details at the wedding.  You can see how the lemon theme continues with the lemon drop favors and other wedding details:

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Thanks so much for sharing your gorgeous wedding stationery Erica!  If you haven’t already, you can see more from Erica’s beautiful wedding on thoughtfulday.  Erica will also be launching her own line of wedding invitations in January, which will include both custom work and her own line of new designs.  Erica will be back in touch when her new site goes live – and I can’t wait to see her new designs!

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

{all images by Erica of thoughtfulday}

Weekly Link Round-Up

{My favorite image of the week, by Lillian and Leonard via her alter ego – the always amazing Peonies and Polaroids}

Now onto the round-up.  As promised, here's what was floating around this week:

That's it for this week – I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!