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DIY Tutorial: Indigo Floral Print Wedding Invitations
We’ve always had a love affair with indigo – in fact, the wedding quilt that Emma’s mother created for her is made from scraps of vintage Japanese indigo fabrics. With its recent rise in popularity we decided that indigo would make the perfect inspiration for an invitation suite. The deep blue and white color scheme, mixed with floral elements and classic typography, makes it a design suitable for any season! – Bailey and Emma of Antiquaria
Tie the square invitation and enclosure pieces together with indigo dyed twine and your guests will feel like they’re opening a gift!
Step One: Lay a  5.5″ square card down on a firm surface. Ink your stamp (we used our Sophisticate Invitation Stamp) thoroughly and center it over your card. Once it is positioned correctly, press down to make a print. Use both hands to ensure even pressure. Lift off and let the print dry. For more information on this process go here.
Step Two: You will repeat the printing technique from Step 1 for your reply card (we used our Sophisticate Reply Card Stamp) on a 4bar (3.5″x4.75″) card. Â This time, instead of centering the stamp, you will print it toward the bottom of the card. This leaves space to print the floral pattern (we used our Daisy Pattern & Small Leaves Pattern Stamps) at the top. It’s best to start with the larger pattern stamp and then fill in with the smaller leaf stamp.
Step three: We love to incorporate patterns in to our invitation suites, whether it’s an envelope liner, backer or belly band…it adds so much style and personality to the design. We created this indigo pattern by randomly stamping pattern stamps (we used our Camellia Pattern, Daisy Pattern and Small Leaves Pattern Stamps) in frost white ink on 8.5″ x 11″ card stock. The effect that it creates is so lovely!
Step Four: To make the accommodations card, you will need to cut the 8.5″ x 11″ patterned paper into 5″ squares (you will get 2 per sheet). Next, ink and stamp your accommodations information (we used our Calligraphy Accent Accommodations Stamp) on the front of the navy blue card.
Step Five: Using the same printing technique as above, you will print your return address and reply address (we used our Wildflowers Return Address Stamp) on the outer and reply envelopes. Now all that’s left is to tie everything together, address your envelopes, add postage (we used awesome blue vintage postage from Verde Studio) and send them on their way!
Materials:
Calligraphy Accent Accommodations Stamp
Pattern Stamps – Camellia, Daisy, Small Leaves
Wildflowers Return Address Stamp
Stamp Pad – Frost White, Midnight
5.5″ Cards in Luxe Cream
5.75″ Envelope in Night
4bar Flat Card in Luxe Cream
4bar Envelope in Night
8.5″x11″ Cardstock in Night
String or twine
AntiÂquaria is a memÂber of the Designer Rolodex – you can see more of their beauÂtiÂful work right here or visit the real wedding invitations gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!
Photo Credits: Antiquaria
Calligraphy Inspiration: Holly Hollon
This month, I’m happy to share the work of a calligrapher who has been popping up more and more around these parts. You may have seen her work in Martha Stewart Weddings, Southern Weddings, or right here on OSBP! Holly of Holly Hollon Design & Calligraphy has built herself a beautiful portfolio of work following a career in the field of advertising. Holly’s skills in design, calligraphy, and illustration make her a triple threat in the world of event stationery. Take a look and I’m sure you’ll agree! – Julie
I love the way Holly combines her lettering with illustrations; there’s a feeling that every aspect of the suite is tailor made for you!
Holly has a wonderful gallery of custom maps, as well. Featuring charming hand-drawn and handwritten elements, it’s hard to resist having one made for your event, isn’t it?
You can see more of Holly’s work on her blog, Holleeanne. You can also catch up with Holly’s dogs Daisy and Dottie on Doodles and Poodles, which features more of her illustrations and calligraphy!
Photo credits: 1 Stacy Richardson; 2 Holly Hollon; 3 l+r Kelly Cummings; 4 Stephen DeVries;Â 5 l+r, 6 Jessica WrightÂ
Ashley + Joe’s Watercolor and Lace Wedding Invitations
These wedding invitations from designer Crissie McDowell are so utterly romantic – but what else would you expect from a suite that combines watercolor, a lace doily, and lots of glitter?!? Crissie developed the design with spring in mind, creating a beautiful save the date with a watercolor botanical pattern and wedding invitations that continued the watercolor inspiration. So pretty!
From Crissie:Â Ashley and Joe hired me to photograph their upcoming wedding this May as well as design their wedding invitation suite. Ashley is my boss’s daughter at our marketing agency. Pressure was on. Ashley had a very clear vision of what she envisioned from her day. Her ceremony will be taking place in a botanical garden and her reception will be indoors at a more modern venue. She wants a combination of romantic, soft, elegant and modern. Oh, and a whole lot of glitter.
I hand painted the illustration for her save the dates with a botanical look in mind. We wanted to continue with the hand painted look so I used a watercolor pattern on all of the invitation suites, digitally printed. We did a blind emboss on Ashley and Joe’s names to make them pop.
 
We wrapped the entire suite in an intricate lace doily. Â For the belly band, we used a textured charcoal paper and did a white foil emboss for the logo. The band was sealed with a piece of glitter tape. The bride had each envelope hand calligraphed.Â
Thanks so much Crissie!
Check out the Designer Rolodex for more talÂented wedÂding inviÂtaÂtion designÂers and the real inviÂtaÂtions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!
Photo Credits: Crissie McDowell
Antiquaria Letterpress Wedding Invitation Collection
The ladies of Antiquaria (one of our DIY contributors here on Oh So Beautiful Paper!) just released a brand new (and a la carte) letterpress wedding invitation collection, and I’m thrilled to help share the beautiful designs today! The letterpress collection features some of Antiquaria’s most popular designs, from calligraphy invitation suites to equestrian and western-inspired designs.
Each letterpress design is also compatible with Antiquaria’s custom rubber stamp collection. The letterpress collection is available a la carte, so you can mix and match design styles within an invitation suite – or even mix letterpress with rubber stamps. So fun!
 
 
 
You can check out the full collection right here! Congrats ladies!
AntiÂquaria is a memÂber of the Designer Rolodex – you can see more of their beauÂtiÂful work right here or visit the real wedding invitations gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!
Photo Credits: Antiquaria