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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Featured Couple ~ Cassie & Brett Staley

Cassie & Brett Staley

June 15th 2013

Nassawango Country Club

Snow Hill, Maryland

Theme: lace, handmade, outdoors

Colors: cornflower blue, shades of pink

Location: Nassawango Country Club

Typically the colors used for your wedding invitations are the main colors used in your wedding. We've had many brides show us their wedding colors using everything from dress and paint swatches to fabrics and ribbons. Cassie came to us with something different. She brought us a lace swatch and wanted to convey the earth friendly feel with a color no one would be wearing in her wedding party, however it would be used in their hand made bouquets and as the color of her cupcakes design. Cupcakes??? That's right, we're using the color of frosting for cupcakes along with their flowers and matching it to the ribbon wrapped around the invitation.

Cassie was having multiple colors used throughout her wedding. The bridesmaids were wearing darker cornflower blue dresses but the flowers and other accents would be of a very colorful pallet. The other main accent was lace. Lace was on her beautiful dress, around each bouquet and bordering her gorgeous veil. So far we have peach/pink and lace what element is next????? Lets incorporate the "hand made" and outdoor feel that you will see throughout their wedding. We used our favorite recycled papers and hand crafted a unique invitation with a hint of modern and a touch of vintage formatting. WOW!!!! That's a whole lot of thought for one invitation. But that's what our couple did for their big day, put a whole lot of thought and love into every detail.

We always say how your invitation is an introduction to your wedding. Your wedding invitation allows your guests to see what they are in for and Cassie & Brett's wedding invitations show their guests just that. We married modern elements with a little bit of vintage in this classy outdoor wedding with only the environment as their back drop showing little details can have big meanings.

This hand made arch was made by the father of the bride. A beautiful piece that added such elegance to their nature filled back drop. What a great setting for a picture perfect outdoor wedding.

For more information on Cassie & Brett's invitation "Modern Lace" see our past post:
Modern Lace

Email us for pricing
invitationsbythisandthat@live.com

Pictures are courtesy of Epic Photography

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visit their web site below
Epic Photography

Make it Epic!

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Featured Couple ~ Grace and Jay Jones

Grace & Jay Jones

July 20th 2012

Ocean Pines Yacht Club

Ocean Pines, Maryland

Theme: Joys of Summer

Colors: Coral, Pink and Orange

Location: Ocean Pines Yacht Club

What do you think of when you're having a summer wedding??? How about mason jars, fireflies and daisies??? Of course!!!! What is Summer without those things? That is what our couple was setting there wedding theme on, the joys of Summer. We decided to go with the earth friendly theme as well with the invitations. We used two recycled papers in neutral colors and added their coral wedding color with two cascading photo corner ribbons and also used it for their names. Color can be added to any invitation in the most subtle ways.

Next up is the mason jars and fireflies. We wanted something simple and not too much like an actual bug image. We came up with a simple design of what this little summer bug is known for... their lights!!! Fireflies dance up the side of the invite and even on the reply post card and outer envelope as well.

The complete set: invite, reply post card and matching outer envelope.

We kept this suit going with wish cards. Using the same papers and fonts we used with the invites we made little cards the guest will be able to write their wishes for the lucky couple. We also squeezed on there a mason jar with a few fireflies.

For a more detailed look at our Firefly invitation set see our past blog:

The Firefly

For pricing email us at:

invitationsbythisandthat@live.com

The photos of Grace and Jay are by McCarthy Imagerie

See our past blog more information
A look at McCarthy Imagerie

Or contact her direct at
McCarthy.Imagerie@gmail.com

Mason jar & firefly invitation set for purchase in our Etsy Shop below:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/218522789/firefly-wedding-invitation-set-of-75?ref=listing-shop-header-2

Matching firefly accessories for purchase in our Etsy Shop below:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/218628556/firefly-wedding-wish-cards-set-of-20?ref=listing-shop-header-3

Saturday, March 15, 2014

St. Patrick's Day Wedding Inspiration Board ~ Aspen Escape

Green is the way to be especially if you're talking about St. Patrick's Day! We've created this St. Patty's Day inspiration board with both the color green in mind as well as our inner earth friendly green part too. What better way to announce a green holiday than with our ultimate earth friendly post card wedding invitation! We printed this earth loving invitation on 100% recycled kraft card stock paper using 100% post consumer waste. Using the least amount of paper possible we printed our eco-friendly invitation on both sides of this recycled paper instructing your guests to reply online to your wedding website. So what does this mean?
NO REPLY CARD +
NO INNER ENVELOPE +
NO OUTER ENVELOPE =
LESS WASTE

So this is our take on green for our St. Patrick's Day wedding inspiration board...check out what we included below. Going for simplicity, we chose this white dinner napkin wrapped in a little bit of nature, simple yet stunning. Next we have repurposed light bulbs!!! These dainty little transparent pieces of art can filled with flowers and greens and hung for an organic décor piece. Lastly, we have recycled bottles. These colorful beauties can be picked up cheap at thrift shops and antique stores and recycled into centerpieces, drink pourers or vases at your green wedding. Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!