Ann-Marie + John’s Colorful Save the Dates

We all fell in love with Ann-Marie’s beautiful hand lettered bridal shower invitations last week, and with such talented friends it’s no surprise that Ann-Marie’s save the dates would be equally fantastic! Ann-Marie and John are both graphic designers, so Ann-Marie was faced with the difficult task of merging their distinct design styles into a seamless save the date design. The final result features a fun accordion fold layout and lots of bright color!

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From Ann-Marie: As two graphic designers with opposite styles, coming up with a unique save the date concept that would merge our two tastes together was easier said than done. My fiance John loves comic books and hand-lettering and I love clean lines and funky packaging. But finally, after many conversations and rejected mock-ups (save the dates are serious business!), we were able to meet in the middle.

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Since the theme of our wedding is “Rustic Fiesta,” we have a pretty bold color palette. The actual save the date card is an accordion fold that features my typography and John’s illustration of our wedding venue.

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We also added a simple yellow stripe pattern to the backside for an additional pop of color. To house the Save the Date card (and create anticipation for what’s to come), we adhered a glassine bag to a cream-colored card and stamped a custom design below the bag. To finish it off, a small strip of aqua washi tape was applied to the glassine envelope to keep the accordion fold card in place and draw out the suspense of opening our happy mail.

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Thanks so much Ann-Marie!

Design: Ann-Marie Morris + John Espinoza
Rubber Stamps: Ann-Marie Loves Paper

Check out the Designer Rolodex for more tal­ented wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers and visit the real save the dates gallery for more beau­ti­ful save the date ideas!

Photo Credits: Ann-Marie Morris

Happy Weekend!

Happy Friday everyone! We’re looking forward to a beautiful fall weekend here in DC, which is a welcome change after what felt like an eternity of rain last weekend. My dad and step-mom are coming to visit this weekend, so we’re looking forward to taking them to pick pumpkins at our favorite farm and checking out the fall foliage at the National Arboretum (now that the ridiculous shutdown is finally, thankfully, over). Yay! But in the meantime…

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Photo Credit: Doug McMillen

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Ann-Marie’s Modern Hand Lettered Bridal Shower Invitations

These creative invitations from Jaymee at JayAdores Design Co. for her friend’s upcoming bridal shower mix whimsical hand lettering with crisp modern design – and I couldn’t love them more! Working with a “gold and glitz” theme, Jaymee incorporated gold envelopes and a whole lot of sequins for extra sparkle. The perfect invitations for such a happy celebration!

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From Jaymee: My good friend Ann-Marie is getting married in a few weeks, so my fellow bridesmaids and I threw her a shower to celebrate her upcoming nuptials! Once we decided on a gold and glitz theme for the shower, I got to work on creating invitations and paper goods to reflect that aesthetic.

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I hand lettered “Ann-Marie” and “XOXO” using gouache to use on the invitations, the envelope liners, and the coasters. I had so much fun putting all of it together and added in sequins to each envelope for an extra [sparkly] something.

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Thanks Jaymee!

Photo Credits: JayAdores Design Co.

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone! Our house is currently recovering from the cold from hell, so it has been one. rough. week. Sophie and Andrew got sick first, then it was my turn a few days later. Oh, and OF COURSE this would be the week that Sophie got her newest tooth! Way to pile it on, nature. There’s nothing worse than a sick and sad baby, so I’ll definitely be happy once we’re all back to full strength! But in the meantime…

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{happy weekend!}

This was a big week, no? It feels so nice to turn on the news for reports about something good for a change. I also spent a good part of my week going through years and years of saved articles in my Google Reader (I have some as far back as 2008!) and bookmarking them elsewhere or pinning them on my Pinterest page. I migrated to Feedly a couple of months ago (I like the clean layout and easy functionality), but I’ll still miss Reader when it goes offline at the end of this month. Sigh. But in the meantime…

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Calligraphy by Julie Doan (via Instagram)

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