Vanessa & Chris' Laser Cut Wedding Stationery

Hello Friends!

I hope you're enjoying this beautiful fall weather. 

We have some major news coming up in the next couple of weeks; stay tuned :). In the meantime, today's post is on one of our beautiful August brides. We met Vanessa earlier this year with her wedding planner and my dear friend, Alia Rdissi with Belle of the Ball Events. The unique thing about our consultation is that Vanessa had her videographer capture all her vendor meetings. So we had a camera crew in the meeting. We discussed the different stationery elements needed from the save the dates to thank you notes. Below are some of the stationery items we created for Vanessa and  Chris' wedding. The couple was married in August at the Houstonian Hotel here in Houston. Enjoy!

The Save the dates

The save the dates were Gatefold style with the couple's engagement photos

Vanessa fell in love with the laser cut wrap invitations. We did these in Blush pink and Champagne. Vanessa also loved the idea of presenting the invitations to her guests in boxes. 

Laser Cut Wedding Invitations

The unique boxes were embedded with Silk inlay on the inside with pockets for the enclosures

 

The Invitation boxes were wrapped with Blush wrap and addressed by Calligraphy by Patricia

I asked Alia to trust me with the ceremony programs. So I had free reign over these programs and I LOVE how they turned out. We foil stamped the cover in Gold foil and accented with Blush Silk ribbon.

Inside of the ceremony programs

Round Die Cut menu cards were placed under glass chargers at the reception. 

For the Tablecards, following the Silk inlay from the wedding invitations boxes, we created Blush Pink Silk Tent Cards

Silk Tent Table cards

In lieu of traditional gifts, the couple asked guests to bring wine for the couple to enjoy at their future wedding anniversaries. We created these tags for the guests to write notes and tie them to the bottles.

 

Until next time, do enjoy the rest of the week!

Mabel & Bryan's Day of Stationery

Hello All,
Hope you had a lovely weekend! I realized last week that I haven't blogged in a bit. It's been quite a very busy season. So I thought it wise to do a short post. I'm excited to share Mabel's Day of stationery. She contacted us a couple of months before her wedding to help create unique programs for her May wedding. I love when brides let me be creative and come up with some for them. Below are some of the day of items we created for her. Mabel and Bryan were married in May in Sugar Land, Texas. We wish them many happy years together!

Ceremony Programs
We decided to foil stamp the cover of the programs in Gold

We decided to foil stamp the cover of the programs in Gold with the insert pages in Ivory but with Gold and Blue ink

Seating Chart
We also created a seating chart for the Wedding Reception. Since Mabel and Bryan had over 700 guests, we created 2 charts for the Reception.

I hope to be back soon with more exciting stuff. Enjoy your week friends!!!

Sara + Ben & more Wedding Stationery

Hello everyone!
Wedding season is in full swing and blogging has had to take a backseat. But I'm excited about this blog post. I met Sara and her mom through their wedding planner, Alia with Belle of the Ball. We didn't have very much time to work on her invitations as we met about 31/2 months or so before her wedding. During our meeting, Sara fell in love with one of our Couture invitations. Of course, her wedding theme was Diamonds and Bling!!!! We began working almost immediately because Couture Invitations have a longer lead time than the standard custom invitations. With further ado, below is the stationery we created for her wedding. Sara & Ben were married in May in Austin, Texas. Congratulations!!!

Wedding Invitations - Silk Folio with Pockets for the enclosures.

Ceremony Programs - Sara wanted the programs kept very traditional so, we used white card stock with Silver ribbon

Menu Cards - 8" Round Menu cards went under clear glass beaded chargers

Table cards

Place cards with colored rhinestones signify each guest's meal selection

We also created Sara's Rehearsal Dinner invitations. She fell in love with the Layered Flat card from the time she saw it in the studio and didn't want to change a thing on it!

Favor Tags for the Rehearsal Dinner

Melissa & Nicholas
Melissa is one of our sweetest brides this year (thankfully, we've been blessed with very sweet brides this year who have been an absolute pleasure to work with). I met with Melissa, her Mom and Wedding Planner - Alia with Belle of the Ball in April, 2011! We began working on the save the dates shortly after. It was joy working on Melissa's wedding stationery. Her wedding took place at Hotel ZaZa Houston and if you know ZaZa, then you'll notice that the pattern/textures of the invitations were very reflective of the venue. Congratulations Melissa & Nick!

The Save the Dates were double layered with the hotel accommodations on the back.

I love the simplicity and elegance of the invitations. The purple was a nice color touch to the neutral tones of the other paper choices. What bride doesn't like a little extra bling!


The ceremony program was a folder style with the ribbon matched from the invitations. We created a monogram for the couple and brought in the pattern from the invitations.

More to come shortly :)

New Invitations & Wedding Stationery

Hello all!
It's been a minute since I did a full blog post. It's been an interesting year thus far. I'm thankful to be blessed with some of the sweetest brides & their families. I'm super excited for my bride's stationery this year. Brides are definitely thinking outside the box and I LOVE IT!!!


Traci & Andy
First up is Traci & Andy. I met Traci, her mom and her then future MIL several months ago. Her mom loved the pocket idea but Traci fell in love with the striped pattern invitation we did for "Amanda & Henry". Amanda & Henry's invitation was featured in the current issue of Houston Bride's Modern Luxury magazine. After our fun meeting, they left for another consultation. A couple of hours afterwards, to my surprise, they returned and Traci mentioned she didn't want to look at anything else and she wanted to go with the striped pattern invitation. I loved all of Traci's stationery. Did I mention she's a super sweet doll!!! Traci & Andy were married last weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana. Congratulations Traci & Andy!!!

The Invitation - Square 4 Layer Flatcard with a custom striped pattern and pearl embellishment

Once the invitations went out [and the guests loved them], Traci returned to have us design her ceremony programs.
Programs - Booklet style with a satin ribbon accent. I absolutely love the programs. Very simple yet classy & elegant!

Programs - Booklet style with a satin ribbon accent

Reeta & Bill
I received an SOS email from Alia at Belle of the Ball events a few weeks before Reeta & Bill's wedding. Even though we were pretty swamped with work, I decided to take on the challenge especially since I work with Alia often (and I love her!). We set up a meeting with the couple and we clicked. Reeta & Bill are in no way traditional. This was reflective in their choice of colors, font, design etc. So I was pleasantly surprised when Reeta chose to add some ribbon to the programs and rhinestones to the placecards. I love everything about their stationery. A friend of the couple created a piece of art for them (being lovers of art). The art painting became a quitessential representation of their wedding and was used in most of the stationery. They are such a cute couple and were a pleasure to work with. Reeta & Bill were married earlier this month at Hotel ZaZa in Houston.

Ceremony Programs - Double Layered Flatcard with a Satin Ribbon accent. With art painting created for the couple by their friend.

Escort Cards - Square tent with the couple's monogram watermarked

Placecards - Square layered tent cards

Ali & Brian
When I met Ali, 2 things were certain, she wanted the textured backer and a pocket. We just needed to marry all the other elements she liked without making the invitation too busy and we were golden. Once I was able to help her narrow down the essentials and non-essentials, we came up with something nice and elegant. I must say because she had 4 enclosures (each with a backing), this was a pretty heavy invitation. In addition, we lined the envelopes with pink (ha! gotta love my brides!). I enjoyed working with Ali and her mom on the invitations. Ali & Brian were married earlier this month at the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island in Florida. Congratulations Ali & Brian!

The Invitation - Large square Pocketfold with a textured backer.

Kourtney & Obi

I met Kourtney with her mom and aunt late last year. We schedule a 2nd meeting with her fiance Obi to finalize the details of the invitations. I particularly love Kourtney's color choice and the simplicity and elegance of her invitations. Kourtney was such an easy going bride and a pleasure to work with. Kourtney & Obi were married earlier this month at the gorgeous Bell Tower on 34th. Congratulations Kourtney & Obi

The Invitation: Gate style with a lavender rhinestone accent.

We created a custom map of the general area of the Bell Tower for guests

Well that's all for now. More gorgeous are coming up soon. Can you believe April is almost gone?!...Enjoy the week everyone

Erin & Peter Pocket Invitations and Boarding Pass Save the dates

Hello Friends!
I hope you had a great weekend! This is an exciting month for us as we prepare for the holidays. But moreso as we prepare for the 2012 Wedding Season (phew!)
Below are some invitations we created some months ago....enjoy

Erin and Peter
Erin was one of those brides that knew what she wanted; which made the process easy. She was also an easy going bride and oh, her mom is so sweet. When they came by the week of the wedding to pick up the ceremony programs, her mom said to me, "you were one of the easiest vendors we've had to work with during this process" That always makes my heart melt :)! Anyways, Erin and Peter were married a couple of weekends ago and the fabulous Bell Tower on 34th. Her color scheme was Black and Red (love those colors btw!)

The invitations were Pocketstyle


We accented them with a satin ribbon to bring in some color


The enclosures - showing off the beautiful raised print


The Ceremony Programs were Layered Style accented with a Satin Ribbon as well.



Brooke and Jeff (Save the date booklets)
Brooke and Jeff are such a sweet couple. I love it when couples attend consultations together and you can totally see the chemistry between them. They are friends with one of our past clients. Because they're having a Tropical themed Destination Wedding in Hawaii next year, Brooke wanted the Save the dates to mimic the old boarding pass booklets. Without further ado, here's what we came up with. [and the couple loved them!]

The cover of the booklet with the hibiscus flowers


We had 4 insert pages for the Travel Information, Hotel Accommodation and Schedule of Events.




Sarah's Sweet 16
Sarah's mom lives in New York so the design process was done mostly via email and telephone. She was throwing a Peacock Themed Sweet 16 for her daughter and wanted a Peacock feather to be incorporated into the invitations. The celebration took place last weekend in New York.

The invitation was a Layered Flatcard with a Satin Ribbon and Peacock feather accent


The peacock feather was also incorporated into the print on the Response cards



That's all for now... I hope you have a safe and productive week ahead!

Spring is here!

Hello all!
Spring is upon us and the wedding season is in full swing. We have a few exciting projects in the works and I can't wait to blog about them later in the year.

Lauren & Wyatt
I met with Lauren over a year ago with her fabulous wedding planner - Alia Rdissi (Belle of the Ball). We began working shortly afterwards on the save the date cards followed by the invitations and programs. Can I say that Lauren is so sweet and her mom has to be the sweetest MOB ever! Having worked with them for a year it was bitter sweet after we completed the ceremony programs because the wedding planning process was over. Lauren & Wyatt were married last weekend at the First Methodist Church with the reception at Crystal Ballroom at Rice Hotel in downtown Houston.

Since Lauren had a bit of information to include with the invitations, she went with the Pocketcards. Did I mention that Lauren loves PINK! We lined the envelopes in light pink with their monogram imprinted on the liners.


Front and back of the Invitation Pocket cards


The enclosure cards with a custom map


We completed the invitations with Thermography (Raised print)


The Ceremony Programs were booklet style. First Methodist and Crystal Ballroom has a very rich history and Lauren wanted to include a brief history of both locations in the programs. Oh yeah and she had a really large bridal party!


We created tent style Reserved tablecards



Pamella & Priscilla's 15th Birthday
I had the pleasure of working with a cute set of twins - Priscilla and Pamella. I met with the twins and their mom sometime last year. Mom had an idea for years of what she wanted her girls birthday invitation to be like and she was very excited to put that vision to reality. Color theme: Black and Fuchsia Pink. Enjoy!

Work in progress (look at all that bling!)


The invitations were a layered flatcard with a rhinestone accent

Photo credit: RHPhotoarts

The invitations were delivered to guests in Box Mailers



Happy Easter everyone; enjoy your holiday!