Blast from the Past

Jessica contacted us by email to design her wedding invitations. She and Charles are having a very small wedding ceremony on New Year's Day...so nice! :) Jessica saw our monogram overlay invitation on our old Handmade by Allison site. We haven't done this style for a client in a long time, so I was excited to revisit it...and freshen it up with a pretty turquoise color scheme. Congrats to Jessica and Charles and I hope they have a wonderful wedding...starting their new life together on New Year's Day...perfect! Enjoy!

Real Wedding - Kate and Brady - 10.11.09

Kate and Brady were married on October 11, 2009 in Millbrook, NY. Kate just sent me these great photos from the big day, and I couldn't wait to share. We designed all of her very classic wedding stationery...save the dates, invites, programs, place cards, favor tags and more! Enjoy!

Clasically Elegant

I've worked with Kate for some time now. First, we design her "Map the Date" save the date card that had a custom map of the area in New York where Kate and Brady are getting married. For their invites, Kate and Brady wanted a very classic and elegant look. Kate loved the traditional monogram look and wanted to incorporate very traditional colors and fonts. The end result is simply beautiful! Enjoy!

Jetting to Jamaica

Brenda and Mario are having destination wedding in Jamaica in just a few months. Samara Mendoza from By Design Events provided some beautiful inspiration photos for their wedding, which really gave me a great idea of what the couple was looking for in their invitations. The color scheme for this wedding is so pretty...deep purple, azalea and apricot. I really love how this invitation came together and I hear from Samara that the bride really loves the invites, so I couldn't be happier! Enjoy!

Perfect Wedding

When Lisa came to me a few months ago and asked me to design her invitations and day of accessories, I was honored. Lisa is the associate publisher for The Perfect Wedding Guide and has seen my business grow from the very beginning...when I worked off the dining room table in my house! So, I was excited to have the opportunity to do something for her and her fiance, Dennis.

We started with awesome classic invitations that had a twist. These beautiful invitations combined Lisa's classic color scheme of ivory and gold, with a rhinestone circle buckle that just gives the invite a special touch. These invitations were mailed in boxes, which had custom labels for each guest.

All of Lisa and Dennis' wedding day accessories followed the same theme and feel -- with more rhinestones, of course! The one departure from the classic look was the fun welcome tag that incorporated azalea and turquoise. Lisa tied these onto turquoise buckets filled with goodies for her guests..too cute!

I can't wait to see pictures from the big day! Congrats Lisa and Dennis! 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!

Black Tie

Megan met with me a few months ago to design her wedding invitations. She wanted a very classic, black and white invitation with a touch of ribbon. We designed a double border with lines and dots that was carried out through her response and insert cards. I just love the elegant look of this invite. Perfect for a black tie wedding! Enjoy!

Flat Panel Friday

I know we normally share a lot of photos of pocket invitations, so I thought for this Friday post, I'd highlight some "flat panel" invitations. These are more traditional style invitations with flat layers of cardstock and sometimes adorned with ribbon bands or bows. With these type of invitations, your response set and insert cards would sit on top of the invite and slide into the mailing envelope. Here are some examples! Enjoy!

Stephanie and Jay came to us for their pocket save the date and we've since ended up doing their invitations, rehearsal invitations and are working on their wedding day accessories. These invites highlight the rustic feel of their Montana nuptials.

Allison and Kevin are getting married on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, on the water, and wanted a simple invitation that reflected the nautical nature of their wedding. With the sapphire metallic and white pearl cardstock and anchor adorned monogram, I think this invite is perfect!

Kimberly and James wanted an invitation to incorporate their bronze and leaf green color scheme. We incorporated a custom monogram and a satin ribbon band on this invite. So pretty!

Shall We Dance?

I started working with Erin a few months ago on her table name tents. She wanted a "cool" monogram design at the top, with a classic look in her black and red colors. Also, her tables are all named after Bob Dylan songs -- so unique! She fell in love with the table numbers and asked me to design her invitations too! I used the same monogram design from the table numbers and incorporated the music theme into her response card -- save a dance for me! I just love how this classic looking invitation came together. Enjoy!

Very Violet

Suehellen and Patrick met with me a few months ago, while they were in town doing other wedding planning -- they live in Connecticut! Lerkia from Savvy Soirees had contacted me prior to the meeting to tell me all about their "Very Violet" color scheme, so I had lots of ideas when I finally got to meet with them. In the end, Suehellen and Patrick decided on a tea length invitation with a violet metallic cardstock backing and violet text. The ribbon band in their accent color of spring moss is such a pretty touch! I can't wait to work on the rest of their accessories for the big day...including tea tins! 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!