sponsored post: Minted wedding invitations
It’s no secret just how much I love Minted. It’s where we ordered Connally’s birth announcement, which was later featured in the Wall Street Journal, after all! Minted is such a great resource for modern wedding invitations and unique save the dates, designed by a collection of independent designers. This week, Minted is introducing dozens of new designs, as well as wedding programs, postcard save the dates, and minibooks. With so many new styles and completely customizable ink color options, the options are truly endless! I’ve included a few of my favorite designs here. Links below!
images 1, 3 and 4 – Nouveau Lace by Wiley Valentine; image 2 – Clavel wedding invitation; image 5- Float + Weave invitation
*new* postage rates!
Postage rates increased by a penny yesterday. Erika at Delphine assembled a handy cheat sheet for standard postage rates of common wedding mailings. Of course, you should always take all of the pieces of your invitation to the post office to be weighed before you purchase postage, just to be safe.
erika’s article via think splendid; invitations by the lettered olive photographed by katie stoops & styled by courtney spencer for southern weddings magazine
wedding logos
There’s nothing I love more than a motif that ties an event together — that’s why I love Betsywhite’s logo designs. They’re a modern take on a traditional wedding monogram (something we’re all very familiar with in the south, no?), and are offered in more than 20 different styles. In addition to the logo itself (which is delivered in a jpeg file), Betsywhite also prints personalized invitations, napkins and stickers, although brides have used logos on anything from tote bags to banners (which is fine by Betsywhite, you just have to locate the appropriate vendor to do the printing for you).
{images courtesy Bestywhite Stationery}
Queen Quills calligraphy
I’m totally an obsessed fan. Emily’s work at Queen Quills is truly a work of art. Her lettering is full of whimsy, and I just couldn’t love it more.
If you’re considering calligraphy, Emily’s turn around time is generally between 14 and 18 days from the moment materials are received. Calligraphers tend to require extra envelopes (check how many extras they’d like…many stationers recommend about 25 extra). Also be sure to check the formatting requirements for your address list. Now, run over and look at her portfolio!
{all images courtesy Queen Quills}
Mr. Boddington’s Studio
Somehow I feel like Mr. Boddington and I are long lost soul mates. Quirky but refined. A little bit modern and a little bit heirloom…Mr. Boddington’s Studio makes me swoon.
botanical wedding inpsiration
Because Jill and Matt are getting married in an orchid/fern house, Jill, the designer behind Small Stump, thought it was only fitting to carry the theme to their save the dates.
The message in the bottle…website information printed on muslin tags.
The front and the back of the save the date…both are Gocco printed. The front is an illustration of Jill + Matt’s favorite flowers and ferns with an “M” and a “J.” The illustration on the back is based on a vintage botanical identification label.
Gocco printed fern on cork punched stickers.
All of the contents before they’re packaged…
Aren’t they beautiful? So very, very special. Thank you for sharing, Jill!
Dabney Lee stationery
little white book loves the bright colors and graphic patterns in Dabney Lee’s new collection of wedding invitations, Soiree. Totally customizable and at a price point that won’t hurt your wallet, Lee’s invitations are totally sunny, fun and happy!
Dabney’s blog is also full of color inspiration and charming gift ideas. Be sure to check it out!
Lindsay’s invitations + The Bowe House Press
Lindsay, a reader and fellow Richmonder, is here today to share how she made her own letterpress invitations at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Bowe House Press, a restored letterpress studio at VCU’s School of the Arts operated by professor Jamie Mahoney.
“I recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University, and I realized this was probably my last chance to take advantage of the amazing opportunity the graphic design department offers – a letterpress class with Jamie Mahoney at the Bowe House Press. She has transformed the shop from an almost unusable disarray of metal type pieces to a working shop, full of learning, experimentation and inspiration. This is when I decided that my wedding invitations just had to be letterpressed.”
“We decided at the beginning of our engagement that we would aim for a “enchanted forest” feel for our wedding. The graphics on the invitations were actually a free vector I found and altered myself to achieve many variations to spread across the different inserts. If you’re doing your invitations yourself, then be sure that your imagery and your chosen fonts complement each other. We used Bauer Bodoni and the script Bellevue because they have dramatic thick and thin lines that went well with the flow of the flowers.”
“When it came time to print the invitations, I bought some luxurious paper and envelopes from Paper Source and had the designs made into custom letterpress plates via Boxcar Press. The process is pretty cool — the plate has photo polymer chemicals on it and you expose it with the design on top to leave behind a raised image. The invitation liner was found at Paper Mojo, and I hand cut them using envelope templates from Paper Source.”
“The days we printed, we had to have an assembly line – Jamie helped set up the plates and align them to where they needed to be on the paper, I pulled the roller across the plates to make the impression, and my fiancée transferred the printed paper to the drying rack. If you ever wonder why letterpress costs so much, it’s because of the manpower needed! I’m so happy with how they turned out, they are to be mailed out this week!”
Thank you for stopping by Lindsay! We loved hearing about your invitations. Best wishes!
Raspberry Creations
Raspberry Creations is a cool little shop in Nashville, Tennessee run by two very talented women, Rachael and Julia, who met when they both worked in advertising. They parlayed their love of art and design into pretty paper goods. I love their show poster style invitations, but there’s much more to see in their etsy shop. Thanks for sharing your work with us Rachael and Julia!
Saving on invitations
