This could be our favourite wedding invitation YET. We designed a custom wedding invitation for Darryl and Alexis for their destination wedding in Mexico. The area where they are having the wedding is known for its whale migration, so they wanted to include an illustration of a whale on the invitation. We love clients who let us do our thing and these guys did just that. The result is a super fun, original invitation.
Printed on Crane Lettra, pearl white 300 gsm in Red and Cerulean Blue.
We’re so thrilled to have the chance to be working with more local clients lately. This custom invitation comes courtesy of a lovely couple living in North Bay, Claire and Robert. They came to visit us with the idea of having the chapel where they were going to be wed featured on the invitation. They also loved our Hivernale invitation and so wanted some of the elements of that invitation incorporated into theirs.
Chantal gave three sketches (below) each of which featured a different aspect of the chapel.
Initial sketches for Claire and Rob's invitation
Claire and Robert chose the 3rd sketch, which features an illustration of the chapel and a lovely decorative border, printed in light grey ink with the text in fuschia. The result is a lovely, soft invitation with matching envelope. Thanks for being such fanstastic clients, Claire and Rob!
Printed on Crane Lettra, 300 gsm, pearl white in light grey and fuschia. 6.5×6.5″.
Final letterpress invitation for Claire & Robert
We were so pleased when Sandy discussed having custom note cards designed and printed with us. Sandy is a fan of Victorian-style monograms (and ironically, so is Chantal) so we went with a few different sketches and Sandy chose one.
The result is an elegant note card with matching envelope, printed on Crane Lettra, 300 gsm, ecru white in Yellow Ochre.
Initial sketches for Sandy's monogram
This has to be one of our favourite custom invitations to date. Dave contacted us to produce a full suite based on specific types of birds, the chickadee and the western tanager. Put a bird on it? Absolutely! We love drawing birds.
We also had the chance to design a more fully illustrated piece to be used as an insert for the Starbucks mug that would be handed out as a guest favour.
Printed on Crane Lettra, 300 gsm, pearl white in Cobalt Blue and Yellow Ochre.
Vintage stamps courtesy of sendmoremail.blogspot.com
The best kind of client are the ones who let you “do your thing”, and that’s exactly the kind of client Sofia was. Sofia wanted a custom invitation that included a pair of lovebirds like our Starlings invitation, a few specific types of flowers and a silhouette of a couple holding hands.
The result is a gorgeous 3-colour announcement complete with coloured envelopes, rendered even more lovely by Send More Mail vintage stamps.
Thanks Sofia and Jeffrey for letting us run with our ideas!
Printed on 300 gsm pearl white Crane Lettra.
Joel designed our save the dates to match the ring he gave me(red coral antique ring) and to match the proposal book he made me. Such good taste!
5×7″, 3 colours on 300 gsm Crane Lettra, pearl white
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