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Mary and Bobby are planning a happy and homespun wedding on Mary’s family’s farm in a charming little town in Texas. Mary commissioned Betsy Dunlap to handletter the entire wedding invitation, RSVP, return address, as well as a few words for the map. Betsy’s lettering is perfect for this rustic barn wedding - organic and relaxed with loads of charm!
We recently designed these invitations for a great organization that helps animals in third world countries, Brooke Equine Hospital. We had so much fun with the hand drawn custom leopard liners!!! Hope you enjoy!
When it came time to create the save the dates for our renewal celebration, there was no doubt in my mind - they had to be letterpressed. A quick sketch of Zion Canyon at the River Walk Trailhead was the subject matter of choice. A favorite song lyric from the Indigo Girls graces the cover.
“This world falls on me, hopes of immortality, everywhere I turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me.”
Now for the fun part; hand-water-coloring all 110 covers! I experimented last week first by adding a wash of water to several cards. Then I flooded vibrant shades of orange, crimson and green into the artwork. I love the contrast of the deep letterpress impression with the washy, magical personality of my juicy watercolor technique.
So, be honest - would love to hear what YOU think?
Nicole contacted me about 2 weeks ago with a mind full of ideas. She is a collector of vintage lockets, obsessed with Anthropologie and has a stunningly sophisticated color palette planned for her wedding in April. I have always been fascinated with lockets and the powerful romances they symbolize. There is a certain magic these tiny pieces of jewelry posses - anyway, I digress…
Nicole’ s palette of blues, peachy coral hues in all shades and silver instantly intrigued me. I chose to use all shimmering cardstocks combined with one of my newest signature patterns (yet to be named). Small sketches (created from photos she sent) of Nicole’s most beloved lockets are intertwined in the pattern . At first glance, you may not recognize them as lockets, but we are envisioning more detailed illustrations of the same pieces on other cards in her stationery collection.
We recently did this invitation with one of our fabulous retailers, Salutations in Chapel Hill and the results are quite fabulous! The couple chose our Adam Scott collection, which is shown flat printed, but like all of our designs, can also be letterpressed. The thing I love about the Adam Scott is that it features a vintage monogram, meaning depending on each couple’s initials this invitation can look very unique. It adds a nice custom element! The couple chose a classic color palette of gold and black, which I think looked stunning.
The invitation envelopes were printed 2-color (I LOVE that!). Thanks Salutations, for being always being such a pleasure to work with!
I am thrilled to bring you this week’s Inspired Ink hand-picked by Amanda from the Vintage Glam Weddings blog! Amanda sent over the loveliest inspiration board to enlighten my creation this week, and I am so glad she did.
Sources (clockwise) Top: One Love Photo, dress from Strim Vintage , poster from All Posters. Bottom: cake shot , hula girls by One Love Photo.
Welcome to week two of my Muddy Brushes, Fresh Ideas post. Read more about the inspiration and last week’s post here.
I am loving Maddy’s samples this week. Jessica (my fantastic studio manager) and I collaborated on two versions illustrated in pen and ink of her bouquet flowers. One focuses on an iris as the focal point and the other an anemone. When Maddy first contacted me, she was completely enamored with a black and white look but wanted her wedding invitation design to have life and personality while avoiding an overly stuffy or rigid look.
The sketchy, linear illustration style seems to fit Maddy’s vision perfectly. I particularly like the long, graceful stems of each flower, how they almost cease to look like flower stems and more like simple sweeping lines pushing the eye upward towards each bloom.
Continuing with the "theme" of a new take on a previous design, I recently designed and printed these hydrangea wedding invitations for a lovely couple living in Ireland. I did a similar design over a year ago in sea-inspired blues and greens for a childhood friend.
I loved printing in pink and gray; it is so flirty and feminine. Many couples {my fiance and I included} go for more gender neutral colors, but sometimes an all-out floral-filled, swashed and swooped, pink-fest is necessary. I have always been under the impression that hydrangeas are a summer flower growing in the yards of cute cottages on the beaches in Maine and Cape Cod. However, autumn is when some of the most beautiful hydrangeas are in season, including antique hydrangea .
This week’s Inspired Ink post evolved out of a simple Twitter conversation that transpired last week. Annemarie from Perfect Bound “tweeted” this colorful headboard project courtesy of Design Sponge.
Here is what she said:
and then me….
and so the challenge was born…
We’ve been loving the recent trend of festive yellow and gray weddings and the opportunity to print these gorgeous letterpress wedding invitations in our Dewdrop design only served to solidify our love for this hot color palette. This customization uses a fun square shape, bright champagne and pewter inks, and even features a cute square reply card that directs guests toward the couple’s website for online replies. We love how personal and fun this invitation suite is and how it reinvents one of our favorite designs from our 2009 collection. Stay tuned for more great Dewdrop letterpress wedding invitation customizations this week!
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