Tying the Knot in Shades of Pink

Michelle and Clayton loved our "Tying the Knot" wedding invitation ensemble and made it their own by changing the colors.  The thick vibrant pink ribbon and backing layer are accented with a pale pink envelope liner and reception card.  It's just beautiful!

Boxed Wedding Invitations

Okay, you've seen their save-the-dates and shower invitations.  Now here's the REAL DEAL.  My brother's wedding invites.  These exquisite Arturo blue cards are letterpressed with a cocoa brown, embellished with a thick satin ribbon and rhinestone brooch, and mailed in a sturdy chocolate box with a personalized ivory label.  Their finishing touch was a customized stamp. 

Save time with envelope addressing!

Staccato is now offering envelope addressing service for as low as $0.50 per piece.  When you're busy planning your flowers, food, and music, let us take care of envelopes.  Choose a lettering style that matches your invitations or select a calligraphy font to look hand-written.  Either way, every envelope will be exquisite.

Vintage Elegance in Custom Wedding Invitations

I have just LOVED working on these invitations for Maria & Matthew.  They are marrying in one of my favorite Virginia get-a-ways, The Homestead and wanted an elegant, vintage feel to their invites.  We used shimmery ivory paper and envelopes and dressed them up with a lovely brocade-type pattern and a satin ribbon with a symbolic "love knot" and layered them onto black card stock.  Of course, all the papers and envelopes are made of recycled fibers.

Truly Custom Wedding Invitations.

Eva and Carl liked our Opal Opulence collection, but wanted to bring in their red color and make a few other changes. This invitation is designed with a limited edition sheer ivory chiffon paper that creates a gate-fold for the text.  Guests feel like they are opening a gift.  Eva and Carl wanted to provide a little more thickness behind the recycled metallic paper, so we layered the invitation and all inserts onto recycled red vellum card stock.  We also changed the thin, delicate ivory ribbon to a red 5/8" satin so that it ties into a very thick bow, and upgraded the invitation printing to thermography (by Printing Ideas, Inc. in Fairfax). The results are truly spectacular!

Love Birds

Can't you just hear them singing  a soft and sweet "tweet tweet"?  These cuties are the perfect way to announce your special day in a very popular purple and green color scheme.  The "Love Birds" invitation is part of our Simply Affordable collection of eco- and budget-conscious stationery.  All paper and envelopes are FSC certified, and 100% recycled with a minimum of 30% PCW.

I'm happy to send my best wishes to Margo & Joseph who'll be sending these to invite guests to their May, 2010 wedding in Michigan.

Designing for Family...

My twin brother is getting married in June and let me tell you...the pressure is ON for the most exquisite invitations I've ever designed.  Their Save-the-Dates were a stunning take on our "Andante" invitation.
Printed on ivory shimmer paper and knotted with a brown grosgrain ribbon:

Because it will be a destination wedding, we also enclosed a travel booklet so guests could begin to make their arrangements.  This staggered page-size booklet allows the headings to peak out like tabs in a file cabinet.  Printed on a shimmery blue paper and bound with a brown satin ribbon.

Then, we changed the style a bit for Kristy's bridal shower.  Her love of all things pink and all things polka dot (seriously -- they registered for Denby's Jet Dots and Kate Spade's Larabee Dots) inspired this 3 - Layer invitation using shimmery white, pale pink, and chocolate brown.

Stay tuned for pictures of their wedding invitations, but here's a sneak preview: letterpress, boxed, satin ribbon, rhinestones...and no...it's not "too much"!