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Wedding Invitation of the Week

By glossie on March 28, 2014 / Invitations / Leave a comment

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I love a good black and gold invitation! It’s just such a great colour combination. Once the colour palette of countless 80′s corporate boardrooms, black and gold changing more than just the cell phone game. When combined with a modern script, the colours don’t feel so heavy.

This weeks Invitation of the Week comes from Michelle, the bride, but also the super talented designer of Meesch . Michelle says that her and Bernie definitely wanted a giant party to celebrate their marriage. She incorporated lots of cute details throughout the suite, like tissue paper confetti with the save the dates and a glittery gold envelope with the invitations.

The invitations were letterpressed on Crane’s Lettra (at Mama’s Sauce ) and then foiled stamped and the edges painted in gold. On the black outer envelopes, she screen printed “The story goes like this…” along with the return address. She then took rolls of gold glitter wrapping paper and cut down smaller squares for the envelope liners, adding that extra pop of colour.

Black-Gold-Brooklyn-Wedding-invitations-Meesch7 Michelle added a lot of the couple’s personality into the invitation suite. Instead of doing inserts for the directions and accommodations info, she made an information booklet for her guests. Inside the guide was everything that the guests would need to know: how to get there, where to stay, etc. They even highlighted some of their favourite local spots. She incorporated an illustration of the Brooklyn Bridge on the cover because that’s where they planned on taking photos. Everything was tied up nicely with black and gold twine from Knot + Bow . P.S. They have an amazing etsy page for you crafty people!

I just can’t get over how much detail was incorporated into these invitations. Don’t be afraid to work really closely with your invitation designer to do the same thing!

How Many Wedding Invitations Should I Order?

By glossie on March 25, 2014 / How To / Leave a comment

I always get this question . The most common mistake that I see is when clients assume that the number of guests you are inviting is the number of invitations that you should be ordering. This is incorrect and will lead to you overpaying for way too many invitations. Typically, each couple or family gets one invitation. Remember to count one for each of the following:

A Couple (married or living together)
A Family (includes any children under 18)
A Single Guest
The Officiant (if applicable)
Keepsakes & Last Minute Guests

Make sure you add yourselves, your parents, and your bridal party to the list. Don’t try to save money by not sending invitations to them. These are the people that will be the most excited to receive them! You should still send invitations to guests that may have already told you they will be unable to make it.

My recommendation is to count the number of groups from your list and add twenty. That should give you enough to send out to your entire guest list, plus a few extras if you make a mistake addressing an envelope, plus a few more in case you need to invite a few more people.

Wedding Invitation of the Week

By glossie on March 14, 2014 / Uncategorized / Leave a comment

Is it Friday already? This week just flew by for me because next week I am on VACATION! We are flying to sunny LA for a week of ~~relaxation~~ Disneyland! I am so excited to take some time off but I will miss my kitties and my work. This week has been all about wrapping up some projects, getting invitations out the door, and prepping my schedule for when I get back. There won’t be a Wedding Invitation of the Week next Friday as I will be on a plane.

My invitation of the week was created by designer Frances Close for a cabin wedding in Michigan. The theme is Woodland to showcase the environment in which the wedding will take place – the woods! The invitations pick up on the natural surroundings by incorporating wilderness elements.

Rose and Mike wanted to get married at a family cabin in the Manistee National Forest in Michigan. The vintage feel to the images was intentional, as they were meant to look like something you might find in an old nature book or field guide. Along with the super cute illustrations on the invitations and the image of a forest in the background of the map, the envelopes are also lined with a vintage butterfly pattern.

I love the illustrations, they are so unique and not typical of a wedding invitation. The colouring really sets them apart from the text. I find that with invitations, we try to be so on point with colour and everything ends of looking really matchy matchy, or you only use 2 colours in the design. I really like it when clients are open to being a little bit different.

The typography is really unique as well. They went with a slab serif for their names which balances the illustrations nicely. I like that the names are not a solid colour, they have some light and dark spots.

Can we talk about the colour for a second. These are not typical colours for a wedding invitation, let alone a woodland themed wedding. But I love that this couple were’t afraid to take some risks because it looks stunning!

Local Love: Kesley McIntyre

By glossie on March 13, 2014 / Local Love / Leave a comment

“As soon as I knew what a wedding was, I was fascinated with wedding dresses,” says Kelsey McIntyre, owner and designer at Edmonton’s Serendipity.

While her company is often known for its ready-to-wear collections, she also brings her passion for vintage-inspired, girly clothing to the custom wedding and bridesmaids dresses she creates.

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“I’ve always been drawn to older movies, and I’m a Jane Austen fanatic,” McIntyre says. “I’ve always had a ‘pretty’ sense of style. But I’m not limited to just super-feminine, ruffly and pink things. But my dresses do tend to have a throwback, vintage feel.”

Recently she did a wedding dress for a court house ceremony that was modelled on Audrey Hepburn’s 1960s minimalist style, and last October she sourced vintage details for one of her customers.

“The bride was in love with pearls and I wanted to sew them down the back of her dress like old pearl buttons,” she says. “But I couldn’t find buttons like that anywhere, so I bought vintage pearl necklaces and pulled them apart and sewed them onto her dress.”

It’s this creative thinking that has inspired McIntyre to remake a dress that belonged to one bride’s mother, and incorporated lace doilies another bride’s grandmother had made into her one-of-a-kind dress.

She is happy to do custom bridesmaids dresses as well, something that can be hard to find in town. “It’s tricky to find one style that looks good on everybody, she says. “Often brides will make them all the same colour but different styles. It’s nice to be able to customize for each girl and make them look good!”

Kelsey-headshot-sm-200x300 And custom does not need to be more expensive than off-the-rack, either, she emphasizes. “My dresses tend to start around $2000, but often when you buy a $1500 dress in the store, by the time you get alternations done, you could have had something made specifically for you for the same price.”

“If you’re doing a shorter, more cocktail length dress, it’ll also be less,” she says. “And cost depends a lot on the details, fabric choices, and design you choose.”

Your best bet? “Go try on a bunch of dresses and figure out what you’d like. Then get in touch with McIntyre for a free consultation and let her give you a price quote. Who knows? You might end up with the dress of your dreams for the same budget as a store-bought one – all while supporting a local artist.

For more information on her bridal wear or to contact Kelsey McIntyre, please visit her website or email her at [email protected] . Please note that custom dresses must be ordered a minimum of 4-6 months before your wedding.

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