Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Silhouettes

There is something so timeless about silhouettes, isn’t there? If you want personalization but aren’t looking to monogram everything at your wedding with your new initials, silhouettes make the perfect alternative. They can be used discreetly on your menus or place cards, or they can boldly take center stage on wedding signage, or even atop your cake. They look particularly striking in their classic black and white state, but you can also have a little fun and use them as your pop of color too! — Kelly

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Jason Walz Photography via Once Wed

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Photo by La Dolce Vita Studio, Menu by Be True Designs via 100 Layer Cake (left), Photo by Jodi Miller Photography via Green Wedding Shoes (right)

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Photo by Jenny Jimenez, Reserved Sign designed by Andrio Abero and printed by Studio on Fire via Style Me Pretty

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Photo and Silhouettes by Shyla Photography

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Photo by Ashley Brockinton Photography via The Bride’s Cafe

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Photo by Bend the Light, Ceremony Program by Mr. Boddington’s Studio via Green Wedding Shoes (left), Photo by Red Fly Studio via Style Me Pretty (right)

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Photo by Susan Bordelon Photography via Heavenly Blooms

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Photo by Love Me Do Photography via Ruffled

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Place Cards and Camera Tags by Hicks Paper Goods via Martha Stewart Weddings

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Photo by Christa Kimble Photography, Silhouettes by Meghan Hopkins Sokorai and John Sokorai via 100 Layer Cake

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Seasonal Stationery: 2012 Holiday Cards

Nothing gets me excited for the Christmas season quite like holiday cards (naturally), and this year is no exception. I’ve had so much fun watching stationers release their newest holiday card designs over the last few weeks!  You can check out the full holiday card round up with my favorite cards from each designer right here, and here’s a little sample of some of the best holiday cards from this year…

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1. Crane & Co.; 2. Honizukle; 3. Campbell Raw Press; 4. Sugar Paper; 5. Humunuku; 6. Sass + Peril

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7. Molly Jaques; 8. Parrott Design Studio; 9. Missive; 10. Mr. Boddington’s Studio; 11. Quill + Fox; 12. Ink + Iron; 13. Rifle Paper Co.

Check out the full holiday card round up right here!

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Jessica + Dan’s Modern Chevron Stripe Save the Dates

Happy Election Day everyone!  Have you already voted?  I’m looking forward to watching the election results tonight, but I have to admit that I will be so, so glad to finally have this particular election cycle behind us.  But for now, let’s turn our attention to this bright and modern save the date suite from the talented team at Inclosed!  Designer and printer Lesley Pick was inspired by Jessica and Dan’s playful wedding style to create an accordion save the date with a chevron stripe motif and heart shaped reminder stickers.  So fun!

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From Lesley: Jessica and Dan’s save the dates gave their guests a sneak peek at the fun celebration to come. With a wedding theme featuring milk glass, chevron patterns, heart die-cuts and a primary color palette… their guests were in for a treat!

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The front and back cover of the accordion save the date features a blind deboss chevron pattern with letterpress printed text in a retro font. The inside features a gray and white chevron pattern that was digitally printed along with reminder “label your calendar” stickers for their guests’ home and work calendars.

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Thanks Lesley!

Inclosed Studio is a member of the Designer Rolodex – check out more of their beautiful work right here or visit the save the date gallery for more save the date ideas!

Photo Credits: Daniel Muller

Amritha + Josh’s Red and Gold Letterpress Wedding Invitations

You might remember these purple and gold foil wedding invitations from a couple weeks ago, and today designer Rashi Birla is back with another stunning wedding invitation suite!  The combination of a red and gold color palette and graphic elements inspired by the wedding’s floral designs help create an invitation design that is both elegant and modern.  Love!

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From Rashi: Amritha and Josh wanted their wedding invitations to be elegant and fun.  Their wedding was full of bold and bright flowers, so I wanted to play off of that motif and make the invitations very graphic with floral illustrations.  Amritha loves the color red, so we chose to letterpress print the invitation design in gold and red ink.

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We were able to keep the invitation sophisticated by keeping most of the graphic elements and type in red, and adding hits of gold in the right places. The invitation was held in place with a letterpress printed bellyband that had a Sanskrit proverb on the front.

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Thanks so much Rashi!

Design: Rashi Birla

Letterpress Printing: Studio on Fire

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

Photo Credits: Rashi Birla

Leah + Adam’s Calligraphy and Kraft Paper Wedding Invitations

Good morning everyone!  The past few days have been cold and rather dreary, so I’m happily brightening my morning with these gorgeous save the dates and wedding invitations from Kathryn at Black­bird Letterpress.  For this invitation suite, Kathryn combined two of my favorite things – romantic calligraphy and rustic kraft paper.  So perfect for a backyard fall wedding!

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From Kathryn: Leah and Adam’s wedding was held outside in a beautiful backyard, with lots of lights strung about in the tall trees.  We used strings of lights as the main illustration for the invitation suite, which was accented with the elegance of Betsy Dunlap‘s calligraphy.

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Leah was first inspired by Laura’s kraft paper save the dates.  We took that as inspiration to start and used the tri-fold with photo idea and made it fit her style.  The entire suite was printed on a combination of fluorescent white cotton paper, kraft chipboard and envelopes, steel gray ink.

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We also printed CD sleeves for the mix CDs that Leah and Adam made for guests as wedding favors.  And thank you notes were important for the post-wedding etiquette.

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Thanks so much Kathryn!

Design and Print­ing: Black­bird Letterpress

Cal­lig­ra­phy: Betsy Dun­lap

Black­bird Let­ter­press is a mem­ber of the Designer Rolodex – you can see more of Kathryn’s beau­ti­ful work right here (including a version of this suite that is now part of Kathryn’s permanent collection!) or visit the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: Invitation and save the date photos by Black­bird Letterpress; Leah + Adam’s engagement photo by Bonnie Sen