happy new year!

Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and is just as excited as we are for 2015! One of our resolutions is to continue to write our blog in order to share with our friends and brides our knowledge and love of stationery. To ring in the New Year, we chose to share this gem.

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If the foil confetti on the invitation wasn't festive enough to celebrate the New Year, then wait till you see the rest of this suite! Everything about this invitation suite definitely exudes the fun, celebratory nature of a couple's big day. Your guests will surely know that they are in for a good time with this wedding invitation suite! We hope you enjoy!

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The invitation suite is set in a folder with the invitation on one side and the additional details on the other.

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One fun addition to the suite, is an opaque pocket that has a small card that says, "Make it rain confetti!" with actual confetti inside--such a fun surprise for your guests as they are opening your wedding invitation! Aaaaanddddd we're secretly hoping that they will indeed throw the confetti up in the air and do a  little happy dance :)

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To add even more spunk to the invitations suite, the RSVP card is a mad lib. This can be used with any invitation suite and can be a fun way to involve your guests even more. Plus, you could create a scrapbook of all your guest responses as a little memento from the big day!

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The invitation suite is sealed with a belly band and tag that complements the liner and envelope color. P.S. check out the save the date (which we will be touching on in the next few weeks as we discuss wedding stationery timelines)!

We are so excited to see what is in store for us in 2015, and cannot wait to share new designs and ideas with you! As always, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or more information!

A Nautical Christmas Wedding | Style Shoot

Living in the Hampton Roads area has inspired us and many of our brides to have water-inspired (especially nautical) wedding invitations. Unfortunately, we've never been able to combine our love of the holidays with our love of nautical wedding invitations...until now. We teamed up with some other awesome local vendors for a styled shoot (featured on Tidewater and Tulle) that combines our love of everything nautical with an added touch of holiday spirit. gold-and-glittery-nautical-christmas-wedding-inspiration-09

The entire style shoot was designed using gold and charcoal gray. We encompassed the nautical theme with design elements like anchors and compasses in gold, and added a touch of charcoal gray to give it a soft, winter feel.

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Our menu and pennant place cards continued to complement the invitation suite, and even more so complimented the delicious desserts by Sweet Temptations Dessert Cafe.

gold-and-glittery-nautical-christmas-wedding-inspiration-03gold-and-glittery-nautical-christmas-wedding-inspiration-12Finally, the table numbers continued the use of gold to highlight the beautiful tables. Plus, can we please pause and admire the beautiful photo (credit: Jami Thompson Photography) of the bride (gown from Maya Couture on Main) and groom running down the dock outside of The Water Table?

Be sure to check out the full blog post detailing everything from the decor to the florals to the venue on Tidewater and Tulle. You can check it out here!

We can never thank enough the following vendors for being a part of such a beautiful shoot:

photography: Jami Thompson Photography | Venue: The Water Table |

Event Coordination: Jamie Leigh Events | Hair Stylist: Behind the Veil Studio |

Design and Decor: CereusArt | Event Rentals: Distinctive Event Rentals |

Make-up Artist: Dhalia Edwards | Florals: Kelly Gish Floral Designs |

Bridal Gown: Maya Couture on Main | Bakery: Sweet Temptations Dessert Cafe

Winter wedding

Before we wrap up our reminiscing over some our favorite winter wonderland invitations, we wanted to share just one more. Just because you are getting married in the winter doesn't mean that your invitations have to be super wintery! We chose to share this invitation suite because it embodies the classic black tie, traditional aesthetic that would be perfect for any time of the year. View More: http://jenandashley.pass.us/paperdollsshoot

Isn't this just classic? This invitation suite is very versatile. Depending on the ink color and fonts, this invitation can be perfect for any wedding or any season. Personally, I think the satin with the rhinestone buckle over lace and the silver mount gives that extra flair for a black-tie winter wedding.

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We hope that you enjoyed! We also wanted to announce that we are going to be changing our blog starting next week. While we will still show off the fun and creative invitation suites we get to do for our brides and for styled shoots, we want our blog to be a resource to you. Check back in next Tuesday to find out our opinion of the perfect wedding stationary timeline!

 

the most wonderful time of the year

It is finally one of our most favorite times of the year. There is nothing like getting cozy near the Christmas tree with a (basic) Peppermint Mocha to edit invitation suites! To kick off the season, we chose to feature this adorable winter wonderland invitation suite from last year! View More: http://jenandashley.pass.us/paperdollsshoot

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The use of the snowflakes and color provides the perfect look to capture that winter wonderland feel. The suite is printed on a white metallic card stock which adds that pop of shimmer when your guests open it up! The RSVP card uses playful wording, which adds some humor to the suite. The suite is wrapped with a soft blue band and sealed with a glitter snowflake!  You can never go wrong with adding some glitter ;)  Finally, the silver envelopes adds the last little touch.

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Check back next week as we continue to show invitations that make us love this time of year. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!

 

happy thansgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! As we head into the one day where no one will judge us for over-eating and having our bellies hang over our jeans, we wanted to share our final segment of what we are thankful for. As we have said countless times, we are so appreciative of the many wonderful vendors that we have met in this business. When we are not working with brides, we absolutely love working with other individuals in the wedding industry to create styled shoots. These are a great way for us local vendors to collaborate on an event and to showcase our talent in hopes of getting published into wedding blogs, magazines, etc.  I am always honored when a fellow "friend-or" (friends that are vendors) asks us to be a part of their beautiful "vision". I rarely will turn down the opportunity(sometimes time just doesn't permit :( ), because it really is just that, a wonderful opportunity to get your name out there in such a fun way. So many of these loyal vendors will come back to us for several shoots, and its amazing to see their ideas unfold right in front of the camera.  I am oh so thankful for all of our local vendors and admire how we are always helping each other, be it through referrals or just shooting ideas back and forth. So in order to say thank you to our wonderful wedding industry friends, we chose to share this suite that we completed last year for a stylized shoot designed by As You Wish, and photographed at The Hermitage Museum and Gardens by Tara Liebeck Photography.

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We loved created this bohemian styled invitation suite, complete with an ikat pattern in bright boho colors, finished off with hemp twine and a pennant-style tag.

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In order to highlight the beautiful "naked" cake designed by Patti Cakes, Inc,  we created this cake sign that complements the invitation suite and the overall aesthetic of the styled shoot.

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And one more close-up of the invitation for ya on this gloomy Tuesday. Check out all of the images from the shoot at http://asyouwishva.com/portfolio-items/bohemian-romance/.

We hope you enjoyed! Thank you so much to all of our dear friends in this industry! We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving! xoxoxo