Custom Wedding Invitations

Hello Friends,
Hope you're having a splendid week!

It's been a while I did a blog post on some of our past client's invitations. I assure you that you're going to love this post lol.
I had the pleasure of working primarily with the groom for these Tiffany Blue Couture Wedding Invitations. He was ver particular about what he wanted and we began work very quickly. The wedding was last July in Michigan. Enjoy...

The Silk Folios while in production

 

Anis chose the gate folio with Pockets on the flaps. 

Photo Credit: Bedazzled Photography

 Tiffany Blue Silk Folio with Silver Satin Ribbon with Large Rhinestone closure.

You can view more of our couture silk products in our online gallery. Visit our website at www.elegantcustominvitations.com.

Photo Credit: Bedazzled Photography

Adriana & Alredo

I absolutely love Adriana's wedding colors - Black and Red. She chose a layered flatcard and we accented it with some bling. This is a very simple, yet classically elegant invitation. Adriana & Alfredo were married in December 2012 at the gorgeous Bell Tower on 34th in Houston, Texas.

 Layered Flatcard with Satin Ribbon and Rhinestone embellishment

Yemi & Taj

We truly enjoyed working with Yemi for her wedding invitations. The first we met with her, she knew right off the bat that she wanted the invitations to set the tone for her wedding. And boy did they set the tone. She worked with Chioma of Dure Events to help bring her vision to life. I tell you her wedding was breathtakingly beautiful! Below are some of the images captured by the always awesome Raheem of RhPhotoarts.

Yemi chose one of our couture invitations. Her wedding colors definitely helped with the elegance of her wedding stationery and decor.

Silk Pad invitation with satin ribbon and Pearl Brooch

Photo Credit: Bedazzled Photography

We created the Escort Cards that were placed on these unique "chairs" 

Photo Credit: RhPhotoarts

 

 The Reception Programs/Menu cards were single flatcards but we used an ornate lace pattern and accented them with Pearl stones to complement her wedding invitations.

Photo Credit: RhPhotoarts

The Reception Programs/Menu cards

Photo Credit: Bedazzled Photography

Table signs that were placed in frames on the escort card table

Photo Credit: RhPhotoarts

We also created the tablecards which were placed in frames on each table.

Photo Credit: RhPhotoarts

We've got some more amazing images coming up soon. So be sure to check back this space. Below is a sneak peek!

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 Coming soon!

November Weddings!

The holidays are here!!! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday with friends, families and loved ones. We have a few of our clients getting married this weekend; congratulations to them - Cindy & James, Priscilla & John, Nina & Teinbo and Gisele & Beto. We wish you guys a happy married life.

I have very exciting news to share but we'd have to wait till December for it :). Please stay tuned.


Priscilla and John Pocket Cards
I met with Priscilla and her Mom several months ago for Priscilla's destination wedding. She loved the idea of Layered Flatcard with a Satin Ribbon but she also wanted to have a pocket for her enclosures. So, I came up with the idea of incorporating a pocketcard while maintaining the original look of the Layered Flatcard. And of course, I always love the look of Black and Red. Priscilla & John were married this weekend in Puerto Rico.

Below is the Front and Back of the invitations. The pocket is on the back to keep the enclosure cards together.



Nancy and KC Wedding Invitations
When I met Nancy & KC, it was pretty close to the target date for sending out their invitations. So we had to work fairly quickly through the design and production phases. She's a pretty laid back bride and was very easy to work with. I particularly love the colors and damask look of Nancy & KC's wedding invitations. The couple were married last weekend at the fabulous Bell Tower on 34th. Her invitation was Folded Card with a Satin Ribbon embellishment.

Front of the Invitation


Inside the Invitation



Nina and Teinbo Catalog Invitations
One of the biggest compliments our clients give us is referrals. I have worked with almost all the weddings in this family and was pleased to receive a phonecall from the Groom's sister requesting invitations for her brother's wedding. I'd worked on 2 of her other brother's weddings in the past year and a half. I received the phonecall less than 2 months to the wedding date. Due to the time constraints, especially since the wedding was taking place in Nigeria, I advised it best to choose an invitation from our Catalogs. I recommended a few options and they trusted my judgement without even seeing the invitations. Below is the invitation chosen. This is from the Carlson Craft catalog. I always tell clients who choose to go the catalog route, be open minded and think about ways to customize the invitations to make it your own. This invitation comes with Black Ribbon but you can always buy your own ribbon and tie. You can view the original invitation here. As always our Carlson Craft Catalog invitations are on a 10% discount.



Cindy and James Wedding Invitations
You may remember my post on the making of Cindy & James' wedding invitations here. In addition to the invitations, we also created the Wedding Reception Seating Chart. Seating Charts are used in place of escort cards. It shows the guest what table they are to be seated at the Reception.

Trifold with Satin Ribbon and Rhinestone accents


The Seating Chart


We're off to another crazy week ahead. Do enjoy the rest of the Holiday shopping weekend!

Invitations

Hello!!!
I met Kate and her sweet mom, Mrs Gie with their wedding planner, the fabulous Alia Rdissi of Belle of the Ball about a year ago. We began working on the wedding stationery soon after. Mrs. Gie flew in from Chicago for the meeting and she's one of the sweetest MOB ever! She was such a pleasure to work with. Kate's husband, Matt was deployed at the time but returned back safely sometime in November. The wedding colors were Gray and Eggplant. The invitations were Pocket style with Satin Ribbon. Kate and Matt were married earlier this month at the Houstonian Hotel and Spa.

The Invitation


Enclosures in the pocket


Folded Card Program


Program


Escort Cards




Tent Table Card



Joy's 50th Birthday Celebration
Joy contacted me last year regarding invitations for her 50th birthday celebration. She saw and liked the "Penny Jackson" invitations we did (see here). Since Joy lives in Virginia, we never got a chance to meet but we spoke a few times and worked together first on the Save the date cards and then on the invitations.

The Save the Date card was a Layered Flat card


The invitation was a Layered Flat card with a jewelled embellishment


Enjoy your weekend!

May Invitation(s) of the Month

May was a very busy month so I wasn't able to blog much. But I do have some fabulous stationery for a couple of our brides that got married this month.

~ Anne & Ryan ~

I worked with Anne and her sister, Margaret on Anne's wedding stationery. They're such an incredible pair and were very pleasant to work it. I have to mention that I have never met Anne nor her sister before. It's always a unique experience working with clients long distance. And I'm ever so grateful that they would entrust such a huge part of their wedding to someone they've never met in another city. We had our first conference call back in September or October last year and they were very excited to begin work with me. The wedding took place this friday in Boston.

The wedding invitation is one that has now become a "signature look" for us (lol). It's a Gatefold style with a Satin ribbon and rhinestone accents.

I have to say that I absolutely love the Ceremony Programs, it's simple yet very classy.

Anne wanted the Menu Cards to reflect the Wedding Invitations.

The Table Cards

We had to incorporate some rhinestone accents on the Escort cards :)

We also created the signs for the couple's Cocktail Signature Drink which went in a large frame.

I do have to share though, Anne requested the stationery be sent to her wedding planner at the Taj Boston and the programs went to her Mom. So she didn't actually get to receive them herself. Once the items were delivered, I got a very lovely voice message from Anne expressing how blown away the wedding planner was with the wedding stationery. That message absolutely made my day. Thanks for the opportunity Anne and Margaret. I wish you and Ryan a blissful married life!

~ Rekiya & Cory ~

I met Rekiya at the Bridal Extravaganza Show in January. And we set up a meeting shortly afterwards. She wanted a simple invitation style with some modern touch. She immediately fell in love with the colors and style of the Obi & DJ invitation. I really love how her invitations turned out. I particularly love the design on it (you're thinking I should love it I designed it right!). Rekiya and Cory will be married this weekend in Louisiana.
Here it is -

The enclosures - We did a Response Postcard instead of the traditional Response card and envelope.

Congratulations on your nuptials guys. We wish you a happy married life!

Last week, I got a nod from one of our brides - Ayesha from Bedazzled Photography. You will remember my post about her Save the date Passports here. We completed her uber fabulous wedding invitations this month and boy are they gorgeous. You can read her post on her blog. THANKS AYESHA!!!!

~ Tara and Kurt ~

This is another fabulous bride. She approached me to create the Save the date cards for her November wedding. Since she'll be having a destination wedding in Hawaii later this year, she had quite a bit of information to include for her guests. So she wanted the booklet style save the date with their pictures incorporated. She and her fiancee, Kurt make such a lovely couple.

We also lined the envelopes with palm patterned stock.

We addressed the envelopes and completed the look with Custom Stamps we created with the Palm logo used on the front of the booklets.

We mailed the booklets to Tara & Kurt's guests so she didn't even get to see them before some of her guests did (It's truly humbling when our brides trust me enough to do that). Once she finally received the extras, I got this nice email from her, "I was out of the office at meetings all day until just now, but received 6 text msgs today saying how amazing the save the dates are. I just arrived home and couldn't wait to see them in person. They are truly perfect. Thanks so much for your hard work and patience (with me) during this process. I couldn't be more happy with how they turned out."

~ Ms. Jackson's Thank you cards ~

I blogged about Ms. Jackson's birthday invitations a couple of months ago - Read here. After the celebration, she contacted me about doing some Thank you cards for her. I thought, "sure, no problem. We'll do something simple since the birthday invitations were somewhat elaborate". However, in the middle of the design process she asked if she could incorporate a ribbon and jewelled accent! Ms. Jackson is such a special and lovely lady though. She gave me call and told me how the guests absolutely loved all the stationery and I'm so glad to have been a part of this special time in her life.

That's all folks. Enjoy the holiday weekend as we officially or unofficially begin summer!

April Invitation(s) of the month

So it seems, April was the busiest month for weddings so far this year (outside of the typically busy months - May, June etc). October is another unusually busy month this year because of day 10/10/10, phew!!!

So, instead of the usual 1 invitation, I have chosen 3 invitations to showcase (Woohoo!!!)

~Carolina & Evan~

I met Carolina & Evan at the end of 2009 and we began working on the invitations thereafter. We initially talked about doing a multiple layered Flat Card. Carolina new she definitely wanted the Dupioni Silk ribbon instead of the usual satin ribbon and she wanted to incorporate a pearl accent as well. The pearl, I wasn't too sure of initially because I didn't want to "overdo" the embellishing but it worked out great. After the initial consultation, Carolina came to the Bridal Extravaganza and told me she wanted to change from the flat card to a pocketfold (lol). So, we went with that. Carolina & Evan's invitation has a lot of textured and pattern elements, you'll notice some of the cardstock we used were also textured, the dupioni silk ribbon has texture to it and the print was done in thermography. She loved her paisley pattern which we incorporated on the front tab of the pocket fold as well as the invitation envelope. Carolina & Evan will be married next week at Paraiso Maravilla in Houston, Texas and I'm truly excited for them; they're such a lovely couple!

Wedding Invitations

Detail

Front Tab

Enclosures

Next is Yolanda & Arnold.

I was introduced to the couple through their wedding planner -Renee Miller with Distinctive Events Inc. They started the invitation process a bit later than usual - end of January but we pulled through and everything came out beautifully. The invitations were pocket fold style accented with a Satin Ribbon. Their monogram was carried through the other wedding stationery.

Pocketfold Invitations

Inside of the invitation

The programs were done in 2 colors - Sage and Orange.

Programs

Escort Cards

Escort Cards

~Obi & DJ~

When Obi contacted me about invitations for her wedding, she knew she wanted something different from the usual but had not seen "it" yet. So, I had her come in and she immediately fell in love the "Kyla & Justin's" invitations. So, we began the process. It was truly a pleasure working with her and her wedding was one of the few client weddings I've attended!. It was nice seeing all the stationery elements come together and get great feedback from other guests at the wedding on how pretty the wedding stationery was.

Wedding Invitations

Enclosures

Fan Programs

Escort Cards

The theme of the table cards was "Love is...". The bride came up with several words eg. "Love is Forgiveness"

Table Cards

Well, that's all for now... got to get back to work. Enjoy the week!