Allison & Aaron - 7/31/09

I love when I get to see the big day in pictures! Allison and Aaron got married at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation a few weeks ago and I was so excited to get the pro pics from Kate Pelura at Kate Fine Art Photography. (Funny side note, we are doing Kate's sister's invitations...small world!)

The bride and groom chose a very classic and nautical look for their wedding stationery...from the blue and white color scheme to the compass monogram design...everything just worked perfectly for a wedding on the beach in Annapolis. We designed their invitation and all of the day of accessories, along with some very cute monogrammed thank you notes. Here are lots of pictures from the wedding! Again, thanks to Kate Fine Art Photography! Enjoy!

Triple Surprise!

We were surprised when Lauren emailed us last Wednesday in need of invitations for September 26th wedding. And, that she wanted to send them out this Tuesday! Eek! Normally, we do require a lot more time to design and handcraft invitations, but Lauren had this big dilemma and we really wanted to help. So, we surprised ourselves by turning around her order of invitations, response sets and reception cards in two days! And, we surprised Lauren on Friday and told her to come pick everything up! Triple surprise! Enjoy!

Smokey Sailboat

Melissa and Ryan came to me to design their invitations for their wedding at The Oaks in St. Michaels. Since The Oaks is on the water, the sailboat design was a natural fit...not to mention their colors of navy blue, smoke grey and light blue...very nautical! We started with a smoke pocket, light blue ribbon and light blue accents, but Melissa wanted to pull in the navy blue, since the bridesmaids are wearing that color. So, we swapped the light blue ribbon for navy. I think the change just made the invitation so much more elegant and classy.

I received a beautiful thank you note from Melissa a few days ago thanking for us for making the invitations so special, and how we truly captured their theme and personality. Ah, such a great compliment. Thank you! Enjoy!

International Affair with a Nautical Flair

Amanda and Patrick came to us to design their invitations first -- featured in a previous blog post. Amanda is from Canada and Patrick is from the US, so they wanted a design that incorporated their nationalities...along with red, white and blue colors!

It only stands to reason that their wedding day accessories would follow the same theme. We did fan style programs with blue backing, red ribbon and their custom monogram at top. We also designed their menus, table numbers, place cards and welcome bag info cards. Some of these items have a nautical theme with an anchor design, because they got married on the water at Celebrations at the Bay. Enjoy!

Roped in Love

As we are pretty nautical here in Annapolis, so, a lot of our invitations have a nautical or beach feel. One of our favorite ways to accent a pretty invitation is with a natural colored rope cording, finished with knots. It definitely adds a unique and special touch to a flat panel invitation...or even a pocket design. If you are a loyal blog stalker, you've probably seem some examples of this nautical rope design before, but if not, we hope you like Allison and Tiffany's invitations below! Enjoy!

Nautical Notions

Liz and Jason are getting married on a yacht and having their reception at the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront, so it is only fitting that their invitation incorporate a nautical compass! Combine that nautical element with the sapphire metallic pocket, silver accents and blue text and it's a completely Annapolitan invite. Enjoy!