Paper Guppy Inspiration

sparks will fly on the fourth of july

Stephanie and Mason have a vintage inspired theme for their wedding on the fourth of July. They wanted a fun, interactive piece for their save the dates, so we found a mini red, white, and blue paper fan to attach to their save the date. So cute! The fan also collapsed making it for easy mailing. Stay tuned for their full invitation set!

so exciting!

Working with Sydney and Chad was a treat in of itself - having their wedding and invitations featured in the Fall/Winter 2010 issue of Town & Country Weddings is definitely the icing on the cake! From the beginning Sydney had a clear idea of what she wanted her invitations to look like. We spent weeks developing mock-ups and exploring materials until we came to what I think (and I know they would agree!) was the perfect invitation. The end result was a chocolate brown silk book cover with the invitation mounted to the inside right panel. Then we wove a hand dyed hanah silk ribbon through to hold the enclosures on the left. The stunning calligraphy was the work of Melinda Mraz, a friend of Sydney's. I finished Mindy's custom monogram off with an illustration of two crossed vintage skis. This monogram appeared throughout their wedding stationery suite along with chunky snowflakes to carry on their winter wonderland theme.

A big thank you to Sydney and Chad for having such a fabulous vision for their wedding and invitations. And another thank you to Paige and CC of Colorado Wedding Company for making the connection!

the save the date:
the invitation: 
a few reception items (menu, program and thank you note):  

first image: scanned from Town & Country Wedding Fall/Winter 2010

all other images: The Paper Guppy (I'm still figuring out what works best for taking photos so bear with me as I try to get everything color correct etc.)

oh the places they've been

I have save the dates on my mind today and I thought I would share one of my favorites from this year. Paige and Jeff had a long history together so an accordion timeline seemed like a perfect fit. To get started Paige gave me the events and dates and from there I illustrated little icons. Then I finished off the design with custom flourishes. Finally, the front and back covers used some of their favorite quotes relating back to love and time.

images: The Paper Guppy