Blush Pink and Ivory Wedding Invitations

Lauren and Ayal
I was introduced to Lauren and Ayal by the ever talented event planner, Alia Rdissi of Belle of the Ball. Lauren and Ayal live in Maryland but Lauren's family live in Houston. I met Lauren's Dad first to make sure they'd be comfortable with me :)and we began working on their wedding stationery. After working through the design phase with the couple and Alia via emails, I eventually met Lauren and Ayal when they came to Houston for Thanksgiving. Below are the different stationery we created for them. The couple were married this weekend at the gorgeous Houstonian Hotel and Spa.

The wedding invitation was a Layered Flat card with a satin ribbon and small rhinestone accent. The couple's monogram was wallpapered as the envelope liners.

Work in Progress



Wedding Invitations

Photo Credit: Rhphotoarts

Invitations


For the RSVP cards, instead of the standard flat panel cards, we made them a folded card with the menu selections on the inside.


Icons were used for the menu options - Beef, Fish and Vegetarian


Lauren and Ayal wanted to incorporate a photo into their Rehearsal Dinner invites


The programs were booklet style with their monogram carried through from the wedding invitations.


Ceremony Programs


For the Reception dinner, the menu cards were round to go under the clear chargers at each place setting


For the placecards, we used different colored rhinestones to indicate each guests meal choice - Red was for beef, Clear for Fish, Blue for Vegetarian and Green for Kosher.


The Rehearsal Dinner Menu cards were Layered Flatcards using the same blush pink backing from the wedding invitations.


Tent style Tablecards


Instead of escort cards, Lauren wanted a seating chart.

From June with Love

Hello Blog family!
I apologize I've been away for a minute. It's just been a little crazy around the studio. Phew there were so many weddings in June.
Without further ado, I'll dive right into some invitations from June and July.

Breanna & Josh
I worked primarily with Breanna's mom on her invitations. This is another couple I never met before but fell in love with our work from the website. After consulting via email for some time, we moved right into the design phase. Breanna's invitations and wedding stationery were simple yet very classy. She wanted a bit of rhinestones on all the stattionery. The couple got married in June at a Country Club in Kentucky.

Invitations were Layered Flat cards with satin ribbon accents


Single panel menu cards


Folded Programs with ribbon accent


Tent Table cards with rhinestones



Caitlin & Josh
Caitlin was another one of our simple, classy brides and she wanted her invitations to reflect that. Her invitation was a Large Layered flat card. We completed the print with Thermography print and lined the envelopes with patterned paper. Caitlin and Josh were married in June at the Woodlands Country Club.

Invitations


Invitations with Lined Envelopes


Response set


LeKeya & Bert
We also had the opportunity of working with a very lovely couple, LeKeya & Bert on their ceremony stationery. The couple chose invitations from a catalog but wanted us to create something nice for the day of stationery. They both really liked the stationery we did for "Brooke & Dirk". They were both very laid back and were such a joy to work with. They were married in June at the Chateau Polonez.

Single Panel Tea length Menu Cards


Folded card Programs




Courtney & Matt
Courtney was referred to us by one of our past clients - Alma & Gary. I met with Courtney and her very sweet Mom. And we began working on her invitation design. She really loved Brooke & Dirk's wedding invitations. So we created something similar yet different. Her invitations were Pocket style invitations since she had 4 enclosures. She was married in July at the breathtaking Bell Tower on 34th.

The Invitations


Front of the Invitations



Ayesha & Chinedu's Silk Box invitations
And finally but most definitely not the least, the process of Ayesha & Chinedu's Couture Box Invitations. You may remember the post here and here about Ayesha's stationery. We completed the invitation look in Thermography print and the pick really popped with the print. Ayesha & Chinedu were married this July in Negril, Jamaica. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Beginning stages with the brooches


Since the wedding was a destination affair in Jamaica, the invitations were created using woven paper


The response set


Completed Silk Box Invitations


The Silk boxes were placed into box mailers for mailing.


We also created Menu cards and Ceremony Programs for the event. Ayesha decided to keep the ceremony stationery a bit simple.


The images below were taken by Ayesha for Bedazzled Photography


Open view of the Silk Boxes.


Ok, I think I almost made up for being absent for so long with this one post :). Enjoy the week everyone!

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!

Birthday Invitations

Hello all,

I had the privilege of working with a very special lady on her 50th birthday invitations. Ms. Jackson contacted me several weeks ago about stationery for her birthday dinner. She wanted something really special for the celebration. I have never met Ms. Jackson before but we talked over the phone on several occasions through the course of the design phase. Ms. Jackson's Birthday dinner was this past friday in Washington, D.C. I can't wait to see pictures of the event. Below are her invitations and other stationery we designed for her. The colors of the day were Tiffany Blue, Silver and Black. The Invitations were a Layered Flat Card accented with a Jewelled Embellishment with Tiffany Blue lined envelopes. Enjoy!

Invitations with jeweled embellishment

Invitations with Lined Envelopes

Escort Cards

Booklet Style Programs

Booklet Style Programs accented with Satin Ribbon

Menu Cards - Layered with a Satin Ribbon

Table Cards

We also produced the Favor tags used with favor boxes for the celebration. Thank you Ms. Jackson!