This timeless Marsala color palette is made up of rich wine, woodsy umber and soft shades of fawn and sand to create a rustic and romantic look. Chelsea Petaja’s hand painted floral border from her Claude design ties all the colors together seamlessly for a unique invitation that is sure to wow your guests!
Claude customization | letterpress ink color: wine | digital inks: cmyk | font: garamond | paper: white | invite size: F-8 | liner: classic color pattern in merlot | hand calligraphy accents: nautilus style | original design by Chelsea Petaja | customization by in-house designer Jessica Tierney
Last week we participated in the 2016 New York Weddings Event, where New York City brides had the opportunity to meet with dozens of the city’s best vendors for everything from wedding gowns and bridesmaid dresses to caterers and dance studios. The event was held at Capitale, a lavish event venue in the former Bowery Savings Bank building. Jumbo white balloons and hot pink and metallic gold fringe decor lined the entryway for an impressive start to the event. They even dressed up the Capitale lions!
We had an intimate space in the main ballroom where we displayed panels of some of our newest invitation designs, along with baskets of best-selling invitations and save the dates for brides and grooms to browse for wedding inspiration.
Spring was definitely in the air at Thursday’s event – aren’t those tissue paper flowers from event planner 5th Avenue Weddings beautiful? We also loved the enchanting look of the Designs by Ahn display, which included a mix of impressive floral arrangements, even taller greenery displays, and romantic candles.
Many thanks to all the brides and grooms who came out to meet with us at the 2016 New York Weddings Event! Be sure to check out the event hashtag on Instagram (#NYMWedEvent) for even more photos!
Our friends at Urbanic Paper Boutique worked with Karen and David on their modern geometric wedding invitations, using our Briolette design as inspiration. They were married at The Parker Palm Springs and chose these invitations to compliment the hip and chic atmosphere The Parker is known for. A retro color palette of prussian blue, pale gray and a custom pink were highlighted by gold matte foil and a classic color envelope liner in prussian blue added a hint of sophistication.
foil stamping: gold matte | digital inks: prussian blue + pale gray + custom pink | font: gotham | paper: bella smooth cotton white 1-ply | envelope: bella cotton white | liner: classic color pattern in prussian blue | Urbanic Paper Boutique | customization #29050
Our friends at PS Invitations worked with Molly and Matt on their modern beach wedding invitations inspired by their venue, The Hillsboro Club. They used our Loretta Formal design as inspiration but opted for a more modern font to accompany Debi Zeinert’s hand calligraphy. Our modern herringbone pattern was used on additional cards and on the envelope liner and surf ink tied in their seaside venue.
letterpress inks: black + surf + blind deboss | font: brandon | hand calligraphy: revolution style | edge painting: surf | paper: bella cotton white 2-ply + 1-ply | envelope: bella cotton white | liner: modern herringbone pattern in surf | PS Invitations | customization #28848
During the month of April we’re featuring designs by Amanda Jane Jones on sale for 10% off! Amanda’s designs are modern and clean, with fresh typography. Order any piece – wedding invitations, birth announcements, party invites, business cards, save the dates, you name it – and you’ll save 10%. As always, this promotion can be combined with our 6+ printed pieces discount, so you can save an additional 10%!
Amanda is a freelance graphic designer and art-director based in Chicago. She is the co-creator and founding designer of Kinfolk Magazine. Amanda’s favorite projects to design are books, cookbooks and periodicals, but she also does company branding and web design. Read on to learn more about her path to design!
My mom is a photographer so I’d work as her assistant during the summers. That started my path to the arts. The stress of photographing weddings lead me to study something that was a little more laid back, and that’s why I chose design. I studied at Brigham Young University and then interned at a couple places before joining a design firm after graduation. Two years after working full-time, I jumped ship and started my freelance career. It was terrifying, but it was also one of the best decisions I could have ever made.
I like to think I have a classic / modern mix. I think I lean toward the masculine side of design – and often go with the mantra less is more.
Amanda’s Simple Elegance design, personalized for Erin and David’s real wedding. Photo courtesy of Graham Terhune.
I generally work from home. I’m a newish mom and for me, it’s the perfect situation. I get to be with my daughter during the day and get my work done in the morning, evenings and nap time.
When it comes to finding inspiration, I have a ton of design books – old and new – that I love to flip through. When I’m in a design rut, I’ll put on a new album or go for a walk. Fresh air always seems to fix a brain block.
What I think is great the longer I’m in the design industry is how more and more – it’s ok to break the rules. In college studying design, I was always worried I was “breaking the rules” of design. But really, some of the best stuff out there doesn’t follow any rules.
The fine print: this offer is exclusive to designs by Amanda Jones and does not apply towards the purchase of other designs. Orders must be placed by 11:59pm Eastern on April 30, 2016 in order to receive this offer.
We had the pleasure of working with Erin and Nicholas on their purple Wildflower wedding invitations for their recent celebration in California. They chose a monochromatic palette, using amethyst ink as their main color and highlighting their names in our soft and romantic wisteria ink.
Jennifer and Jason chose gold foil wedding invitations for their late summer nuptials at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Our friends at Phantastic Papers helped them choose our ever popular gold matte foil, Sarah Hanna’s hand calligraphy and a simple yet sophisticated border that was complimented by our diego patterned foil liner.
foil stamping: gold matte | font: holden | hand calligraphy: callaway style | paper: bella cotton white 2-ply | foil edging: gold matte | envelope: bella cotton white pointed flap | foil stamped liner: diego pattern in gold matte | Phantastic Papers | customization #27182
Today’s New York City wedding is overflowing with elegance! Melissa and Aaron worked with our friends at The Village Invites to create their Napa calligraphy wedding invitations by Sarah Hanna. Letterpress printed in our Prussian Blue ink, their timeless invitations helped set the tone for their black tie affair at Guastavino’s. The couple decided to do a first look in the courtyard of the Lotte Palace Hotel on Madison Avenue — check out a few of our favorite portraits below (and the amazing video that Joseph Edwards put together!), but be sure to head to ModWeddings to see more photos from their wedding!
Marie and Nathan worked with our friends at The Village Invites to design their vintage inspired gray and gold wedding invitations for their winter wedding in Florida. Using our A Bientot design as inspiration they made some alterations that gave the design a more refined feel – like switching to a vertical layout and swapping the sweet stripes for our more formal diego pattern.
letterpress ink: charcoal | foil stamping: gold shine | fonts: impression + nysa + utrecht | paper: bella smooth cotton 1-ply + 2-ply | envelope: bella cotton white | envelope liner: classic color pattern in wine | The Village Invites | customization #29867
Several of our new designs for 2016 have been featured lately by Inspired by This, and we just had to share! First up, a romantic rose gold take on our Leyton wedding invitations by Amy Graham Stigler was included in their round-up of elegant ideas for a ballroom wedding. We think Leyton is perfect for a more formal affair!
Inspired by This shared our English Garden design by Chelsea Petaja along with some of their other favorite pastel wedding details. This digitally printed floral wedding invitation features whimsical fonts and hand-painted watercolor florals.
Our friends at Wynwood Letterpress helped us customize these Asian inspired birthday invitations for Vivian’s fiftieth birthday bash at Komodo, an eatery in Miami that specializes in Southeast Asian cuisine. They kept the layout and fonts from our Cherry Blossom design and used the hand-illustrated lantern motifs from the save the date as inspiration for the envelope liner.
