Winter Elegance

It's beginning to look a lot like WINTER! Well, in stationery that is.  Have you noticed the influx of gorgeously styled winter wedding shoots in the bridal magazines and blogs?  These weddings are truly unique in the fact they can capitalize on the stunning landscape of the season.  All winter weddings typically have one thing in common, the feeling of warm elegance.

So when Brooke and Keith got in touch with me to design their winter wedding invitations, I was overjoyed with the opportunity to design for this season. Brooke and Keith wanted a simple color palette of cream and black with a hint of cranberry.  They plan to exchange nuptials overlooking the Annapolis waterfront in the cosy ambiance of the Yacht Club.  To compliment their simple color palette, I wanted to go with a simple invitation that focused strongly on typography and texture.  Burges Script is such a beautiful font that it cannot be upstaged with a lot of graphics.  So I thought it would be the perfect focal point for their invitations. I wanted to give the invitations a bit of color depth as well.  I incorporated the hint of cranberry in the simple border.

To feed my addiction to my cream felt paper, I decided to use the luxe paper throughout the suite.



To have a little fun in the very elegant and formal invitations, I played with entree choice wording of the RSVPs.

Brooke and Keith have had all of their major relationship milestones in Annapolis. When I designed the map enclosure, Brooke asked if we could place their milestones around the map to give their guests a bit of history. I loved the idea and it came out beautifully.





I wanted the invitation to feel warm when Brooke and Keith's guests opened them.  Wrapping them in my kraft twine accomplished that effect.



I am now feverishly designing reception details for Brooke and Keith. I will be sharing those after the big day!