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Meg + Bryan’s DIY Wood Veneer Wedding Invitations

You might remember Meg and Bryan’s awesome plantable save the dates that I had the pleasure of featuring back in March, and today Meg is back with her equally fabulous wood veneer wedding invitations!  Meg previously worked with her good friend (also named Meg) from Belle & Union for the save the dates, but switched gears to design, print, and assemble the invitations herself.  As a user experience designer, Meg stepped out of her comfort zone into the world of print design – with absolutely stunning results!

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From Meg: Our reception will be held in an 18th century grain mill nestled along the Delaware River in New Jersey.  We wanted our invitations to reference the venue, while also complementing our plantable seed paper save the dates.  I illustrated several grains of wheat and used them to frame different parts of the invitation text.

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The main invitation was printed on walnut wood veneer, while the additional pieces were printed on high quality white card stock and mounted onto gold paper.  The envelope liners were designed to look like cyanotypes, and are quite possibly our favorite part of the entire suite!

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The envelopes were addressed by hand and took me a good two weeks to finish (pro tip: invest in a calligrapher!).  Bryan, who is an interaction and game designer, actually designed our wax seal himself and had it 3D printed in stainless steel.  All of the envelopes are from Paper Source.

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Awesome work Meg – congrats!

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

Photo Credits: Meg McGrath

Brooks + Erin’s Romantic Sonoma Valley Wedding Invitations

These beautiful Sonoma Valley wedding invitations from Molly at Paisley Quill are so chic and romantic!  Molly wanted to reflect the vineyard location in a unique way, so she incorporated a cork veneer tag and yellow baker’s twine as a belly band for the invitation suite.  Love it!

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From Molly:  Erin wanted wedding invitations that, in her words, were “soft, romantic, unique, yet effortlessly chic.”  The wedding took place at the BR Cohn Winery in Sonoma Valley; we really wanted to play up the wine country theme, but not with a traditional grapevine motif.  That is when I stumbled on cork skin, a thin veneer of cork that is backed with paper to hold its integrity.  Cork.  Wine country.  PERFECT.

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Erin opted for two-color letterpress in sunny yellow and a subdued gray.  Envelope liners, a custom map, an itinerary booklet, and a die cut cork tag all held together with yellow baker’s twine completed the look.

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To add even more detail to the suite, we went with hand picked vintage stamps from Holly at the Paper Nickel and beautiful calligraphy from Nicole at The Left Handed Calligrapher.  Nicole custom matched the calligraphy ink to the yellow in the invitations.  We also had a custom address stamp made to save a little money on the response envelopes

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Thanks Molly!

Design and Letterpress Printing: Paisley Quill

Calligraphy: The Left Handed Calligrapher

Vintage Stamps: The Paper Nickel

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

Photo Credits: Paisley Quill

Amy + Doug’s Western Romance Lace-Inspired Wedding Invitations

Amy and Doug wanted wedding invitations that reflected their romantic and rustic wedding style while also maintaining a certain level of formality and sophistication.  They worked with the team at Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence to create a beautiful lace-inspired invitation suite that incorporates traditional but non-fussy wording and envelope liners made from vintage floral wallpaper.  So pretty!

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From Erin at Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence: Amy told us that she was planning a romantic western wedding overlooking Glacier National Park, with a wooden barn and log lodge as backdrops.  The wedding weekend will start with a kitschy Western theme rehearsal dinner, followed by a more formal and refined wedding with rustic linen and lace.

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We imagined homemade cotton dresses, lace, and simple fonts without any fussy language.  The envelope liners are made from vintage floral wallpaper in shades of blue, peach, and cream.

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We created handkerchief save the dates for the wedding with kraft paper envelopes, and since Amy was looking for something a little more refined but nothing too traditional, we used a metallic sand-colored envelope that looks like kraft paper’s glamorous sister for her invitation suite.

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We used vintage eyelash lace to create the artwork used throughout the suite and printed in robin’s egg blue and subtle metallic bronze on 100% cotton ecru paper.  The small floral icons are from a circa-1900 cookbook that tie in with the vintage envelope liners.

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Thanks so much Erin!

Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence is a member of the Designer Rolodex – you can see more of their beautiful work right here or visit the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence

National Stationery Show 2012, Part 6

Happy Memorial Day Monday everyone!  Despite the long weekend, we’ve got a lot more from this year’s National Stationery Show to cover – so let’s get right to it!  Color was definitely back in a big way at this year’s show, and it was fun to see how different designers incorporated bright pops of color in their own unique ways.  First up, The Great Lakes, which had some really fun color-dipped pieces and new split fountain screen printed gift wrap sheets along with art prints and greeting cards.

 

 

 

 

 

The Great Lakes

The team at Egg Press always has the cutest patterned and illustrated letterpress note cards, and this year was no exception.  I love the new extra-long floral print cards, coasters with neon details, and bright gift wrap sheets!

 

 

 

 

Egg Press

Color was everywhere in the Smudge Ink booth, from the cool 3D sign to the super fun new gift wrap – even the calendars and greeting cards!

 

 

Smudge Ink

The Fisk + Fern booth is always a riot of color – Laura from Fisk + Fern creates the cutest cards with her unique illustrations screen printed in bold, saturated colors.  The screen printed kitchen aprons and tea towels were equally adorable, and I couldn’t get over the stuffed little lumps of coal!

 

 

 

 

Fisk + Fern

Breck from Sesame Letterpress also incorporated some fun pops of color, from the ink color and envelope liners on her line of silhouette note cards to a new collection of patterned coasters.  I also really loved her 2013 calendar – letterpress printed on thinner paper stock and intended to be mounted on a wall or bulletin board – and the Victorian-inspired floral cards.

 

Sesame Letterpress

Hammerpress is one of my perennial Stationery Show favorites.  This year’s collection includes gorgeous new calendars, new letterpress greeting cards, and everyday cards with colorful patterns.

 

 

Hammerpress

I’m a huge fan of the reusable fabric gift wrap and canvas buckets from Viola of Chewing the Cud – not to mention her gorgeous letterpress greeting cards!  This year, Viola introduced some really fun zippered pouches that can also double as iPad cases along with some beautiful new fabric patterns and color.

 

 

 

 

Chewing the Cud

We saw a sneak peek of the new 42 Pressed wedding collection before the show, but I really was just so impressed with the beautiful new wedding invitation designs.  Jackie incorporated color and pattern into the collection in an elegant and sophisticated way.

 

 

 

42 Pressed

I’ll be back with more from the National Stationery Show tomorrow!

Photo Credits: Stephen Michael Garey and Nole Garey for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Rena + Michael’s Semi-Formal Handkerchief Wedding Invitations

I’ll always be a fan of handkerchief wedding invitations, and for this semi-formal wedding they really couldn’t be more perfect!  Created by the team at Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence, Rena and Michael’s invitation suite combines a classic black and white handkerchief invitation with a letterpress chipboard reception card and vintage rsvp postcard.  Just gorgeous!

From Erin at Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence: Rena is an attorney who left the big city life in Chicago to be with Michael and his 2 boys on their Ohio farm where they truly live farm to table, raising their own food.  They are having a semi-formal wedding at a stately club, but the rest of the weekend is going to be at their home on a beautiful rustic 25 acre gentleman’s farm.  They want the weekend celebrations to be casual and gracious — a family style gathering.  The suite combines screen printed handkerchiefs, letterpress on cotton paper, vintage botanical illustrations for envelope liners, address calligraphy by Holland Wilson, and vintage postcards bundled with twine.

 

Thanks so much Erin!

Design and Printing: Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence

Calligraphy: Holland Wilson

Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence is a member of the Designer Rolodex – you can see more of their beautiful work right here or visit the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence