Lori + Mike - Vintage Black & White Wedding Invitation

Lori & Mike's vintage black and cream wedding invitations featuring the bride's signature dark pink gerbera daisies!  The bride and groom wanted their invitations to reflect the feel of their wedding venue, a grand historic mansion just outside Philadelphia.

Bride & Groom's Wedding Logo on Cream Belly Band

Double Matted Panel Invitation with Cream Belly Band

Panel Invitation

RSVP Postcard - Front

RSVP Postcard - Reverse

Directions

Accommodations

Reverse of Assembled invitation suite with inserts and belly band

Lori + Mike: Vintage Black, Pink, & Cream Save the Dates

Lori & Mike's vintage postcard style Save the Date in Black, Cream featuring an artist's rendering of their historic wedding venue and the bride's signature pink gerbera daisies!

Michiko + Brian - "Eat. Drink. Be Married." Wedding Invitations

One of the greatest things about my job is getting to know clients from all over the world who work with me to design custom wedding and event invitations.  Michiko contacted me all the way from the Yukon for help with the invitations for her special day.  She and her fiance, Brian (a chef), were looking for an invitation suite that reflected their love of all things foodie!  She spottted my "Eat. Drink. Be Married." Invites on line, fell in love, and asked me to customize the design to reflect their Pink & Apple Green color scheme.  So fun!

Oh Baby! - Our Big News + Jenn's Irish Baby Shower Details

Miss me?  I'm finally breaking my long silence in cyberspace and trying dip my toes into blogging again.  I've been working on a ton of fun projects, trudging through the first trimester pregnancy  blahs, and trying to wrap my head around the fact that the new little one meant to complete our happy family is actually (eek) TWINS!!

I'm happy to report that I'm now well into my 2nd trimester and the intense morning sickness (double the babies means double the yuck!) and bone deep fatigue have mellowed into something a little more manageable (I can actually manage to stay awake past 9 o'clock now!)  So I finally have a little time to post some pics of my latest (and not-so-latest) projects.

Up first: Details from Jenn's St. Patrick's Day inspired Baby Shower whose invitations I featured all the way back in April!  For the shower itself, we chose an "Irish Blessing" theme for the printable decor items and I love how traditional themes blended with a modern aesthetic for a fun, fresh look! 

 

Guests were greeted by a banner proclaiming "Welcome Beautiful One" in Gaelic.

 Guests signed a keepsake poster to be framed and hung in the baby's room!

 

 

Cupcake Toppers featured blessings for Baby M's future including "Joy", "Love", Strength", "Wealth", "Health", & "Friendship" in English on one side and Gaelic on the reverse!

 

Guests left with little bags of leprechaun's gold (chocolate coins) tied with custom favor tags featuring blessing messages.

"May your home always be too small to hold all your friends!"

Congratulations, Jenn, on you new baby girl!! (And thanks for sending over these photos so I can share!)

A St. Patrick's Themed Baby Shower - Invitation

A while back the mother of one of my favorite clients contacted me for some help with her daughter's St. Patrick's themed baby shower!  Having worked with her daughter Jenn a lot, I know that her style is a mixture of whimsy and sophistication and I wanted to remain true to that for this very special event in her life!  I settled on this fun green and pink square invitation design featuring a modern heart/shamrock motif and stripes. 

If you haven't figured it out yet, I've recently become obsessed with using The Twinery's amazing colored baking twine!  Inserts were bundled together in a pink paper belly band and then secured with "Peapod" twine and a tag letting recipients know that "A Lucky Little Bundle of Joy is on Her Way!"

Inserts included a card with her registry information on one side and a note inviting guests to help us build baby's library by bringing their favorite children's book, as well as a custom bookplate with space for the guest to write a special note for baby!

Mimi + Mike - Mod Daisy Invite/LCVintage's Chic Jewelry

Here's a peek at an invitation I designed for a couple who were looking for a clean, modern look in a black and white palette.  When I asked the bride her favorite wedding details, she immediately told me about 1) her pink wedding shoes and 2) her bouquet of Gerber Daisies!  This graphic mod daisy motif in black and white with pops of pink fit the bill!

You may have seen this invitation suite featured last week on LindsayVan Cleave's blog "Chic to the Nines."  Lindsay is also the talented creative force behind LCVintage.  Be sure to check out her etsy shop to see some her gorgeous custom jewelry!  Here's one of my favorite pieces, "The Knot" necklace: