As the week draws to a close we sadly have to say goodbye to this weeks guest blogger. However not before we receive another great post from the lovely Sam Osborne Illustrations.
"For
the final day on the Ice The Cake blog I’d like to share a couple of my
favourite bespoke wedding stationery designs with you. I love this part of my
job, getting to know the bride and groom, hear about their story, their plans
and ideas. Each couple is different so each wedding is different and I really
enjoy being able to help all my clients create the unique and special day
they are after.
Often
the Save The Date or the Invitation is the first hint guests have of the kind
of day being planned and they help set the tone for everything to follow.
Clear, clever design can help the day run smoothly – by making sure everyone
knows what’s happening and where they should be. It can help set a tone – by
being fun or formal, and can communicate to guests how much you appreciate them
being there.
I’ve
chosen two of my favourites here which showcase the wide variety of styles and
personality. As with all my bespoke wedding stationery work, I worked very
closely with the bride and groom during each of these projects - from the first
conversations about themes of the day, venues, colours etc where I form my
brief, right through to the card and paper used, types of envelopes, bindings
and arranging a delivery schedule that means no one is panicking the day before
the wedding that the menus haven’t arrived!
Brightly-coloured
wedding
When I
first spoke to Jenny (the bride) about her vision for her wedding she told me
that she was basing her colour scheme on the balloons from the film Up! Well I
was over the moon - bright colours are right up my street and Jenny and Michael
were up for having some fun with the design and the format. So I presented them
with 3 possible routes, all full of energy and rainbow colours and they chose
the brightest and boldest of the lot! Hoorah. We also had quite a lot of fun
with the format of the invitation. Invites can be tricky and sometimes
cumbersome because there is a lot of information to give to people beyond the
date and time, so we combined it all into one large sheet. One side was a big
poster giving the full running order for the day while the other side, when
folded, created a booklet with hotel information, information of things in the
local area to see and do the day after, rsvp information and of course the
invite itself.
Vintage
Through The Ages
Being an
event organiser by trade Michelle had a very clear idea of how she wanted her
wedding to be. She had collected enough vintage crockery for 100 people at the
sit down picnic dinner and spent her weekends looking for props like old
typewriters, record players and lamps that she planned to use around the
beautiful venue they had chosen. It meant that there were a lot of eclectic
style going on and this would need to be managed to create a look that held
together. We selected a range of vintage styles that Jodie and Michelle liked
and picked fonts and styles to match these then made sure the whole thing hung
together with a soft pastel colour scheme and bespoke designed lace borders.
The ‘one the day’ items pushed this creativity to the max with the table plan
being made out of a vintage suitcase with table names designed to look like
beer mats!
If you
are interested in my bespoke wedding services visit my website www.sam-osborne.co.uk to find out more. From there you can get in touch with me and
we can have a chat about how I can help you and costs, timing etc."
Thank you Sam for sharing so many lovely designs and ideas this week. xx
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