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Save the Dates by Cheree Berry

This is the first of three posts featuring Cheree Berry designs.  Cheree has created some of my all-time favorite invitation and Save the Date designs, and I am so excited to be featuring her work today! Chances are you’ve already seen Cheree’s work in Martha Stewart Weddings and Modern Bride, among others, but just in case you’re not familiar with her work, here’s a bit of background on the creative force behind these lovely designs:

Cheree is a former graphic designer for Kate Spade in New York City, where she partnered with Crane & Co. to create the Kate Spade wedding stationery album.  In January 2006, Cheree launched her own custom paper line, Cheree Berry Paper.  Cheree is known for whimsical designs, including envelope liners inspired by vintage wallpaper, unexpected paper sizes, and touches of gold foil.

Today we’re starting off with Save the Dates.  I know a lot of you are in the process of looking for inspiration for your Save the Dates, and Cheree Berry is full of inspiration, whether its simple Save the Date postcards or multiple pieces with accommodation information:

BandJ.clover.heart
{irish love knot}
Cheers_my_love
{cheers to love}
Kimberly.and.zachariah
{vintage poster}Laura.and.sam.savethedate
{on the waterfront}

Meaghan_std
{squirrel appeal}
Whitney.and.eric.savethedate
{happy hyrdangea – one of my all-time favorite Save the Dates!}
That’s it for Part 1 – check back later today for two more features, one on wedding invitations and another on Cheree’s custom work!{photos by Susan Jackson via Cheree Berry}

Weekly Link Round-Up

In addition to being the weekly link round-up, this also is my 100th post! So before we get to the round-up – I just wanted to say “thank you” for all of your support over the past couple of months.  Your comments and e-mails mean the world to me, so please keep them coming!  Okay, so now onto this week’s round-up:

  • Kristina takes care of a few final projects for her wedding on Saturday (congratulations Kristina!)

That’s it for this week. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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}

folk-art-wedding-invitation-inspiration

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:

Savethedates2
{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}

lemon-yellow-wedding-invitation-inspiration

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:

Erica3

Lemon_drops

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}