This week we’re talking invitations with Chris and Nicole’s stationer, Lynne Johnson of Inviting Company. Lynne is here to share lots of tips on choosing your invites, and a little sneak peek into how she helped Chris and Nicole choose their paper products!
Choosing the paper trousseau for a wedding should be a very personal experience. As an invitation designer, I feel it is my job to help the wedding couple set the scene and tell their story. Every piece of paper created for and connected to the special occasion can make a very lasting impression.
Learning about and listening to the bride and groom discuss their color palette, favorite flowers and personal style helps to build and connect the several wedding ensemble pieces that will become an integral part of the event. Beginning with, the Save the Date many months before through to the thank you note sent months after, the magic of a wedding should show.
With all the endless number of books to look through, paper choices and colors selections as well as fonts and wording, knowledgeable experience can make a big difference and help the creation process truly work. At Inviting Company, we “build” a full sample so that the couple can actually see and feel what their guests will be getting. This is a journey that takes a bit of time as we try different papers, fonts and wording, but is one that is hopefully lots of fun and will end with the perfect invitation and accessory pieces. It is very unusual for Inviting Company clients to find exactly what they love in any of the commercial books that we carry and it is even more unusual for any two of Inviting Company invitations to look alike…every event is unique, every couple is different. So every invitation is different.
With Nicole and Chris, it was easy…the wedding will be elegant and contemporary. The color palette is mostly white and silver. They loved a square format and a mix of fonts. Both choices are quite contemporary, but using a soft white stock with pewter color ink the formal look is definitely expressed. There was a lot of information to convey to the guests, so an invitation with a pocket is being used. In the pocket will sit the reply card and an envelope, the reception card with a hand drawn skyline of Boston, and a directions card. There is also room for a details card with all the other necessary information that the guest will need. To close and finish off the invitation will be a beautiful ribbon and a seal embossed with a custom monogram. That monogram with the N and C intertwined will undoubtedly be seen in other places in the wedding…perhaps on napkins, menus, programs and even on the dance floor…the possibilities are endless. Nicole and Chris’ savvy style and sophistication is definitely reflected in their invitation. After opening a beautiful envelope with their names carefully addressed in calligraphy, their guests will get a glimpse of an extraordinary event and look forward to a most memorable celebration.
Thank you Lynne!
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The Blogging the Bride Team (so far)…
Those looks gorgeous! It’s great to see such thought going into the details!