Caroline and Evan 10.2024

Designing Caroline and Evan’s invitation suite was a joy. They worked with me on a tight timeline for their Save the Date, choosing a semi-custom suite before they moved from DC to California, where they were going to get married. Then, we dove into a fully custom design for their invitations. We used two methods of printing on the invitation, to have a fully colored crest and a lovely green letterpress for the text. They wanted a classic feeling, with hints of their Sonoma venue everywhere. We used line illustrations, highlighting the different events of the wedding weekend, and natural colors that would be found in the beautiful countryside on their wedding day. A custom gold wax seal provided a lovely finishing touch to the envelope.

Catherine and Ramsey 11.2024

It’s a special day when you get to design the wedding stationery for your brother-in-law and his fiancée! When Catherine and Ramsey got engaged, I was so excited to ask them if they wanted help designing their wedding invitations. They beat me to the punch and asked me if I knew of any calligraphers who might want to help them out, and we officially kicked off the design process. They met in Austin, and although they were living in Boston at the time, decided to go back to their roots for their wedding day. For their Save the Date, we decided to play with color and make a bold statement with a dark green card and gold foil. They wanted to feature one of their gorgeous engagement photos as well, so we worked on slightly modified versions of the Boston and Austin skylines (making sure to incorporate their favorite buildings). Their dog, Spookie, wax featured in a wax seal. Then, for the wedding invitation, they wanted to keep things a little more classic, with gorgeous white cotton paper. We designed a subtle outline of the greenhouse their reception would be in, with a soft watercolor overlay to make the guest experience of seeing their invitation a little more dramatic. For the Detail Card, we designed a tiny map of Austin, featuring UT (where they met in law school), their venue, and the location of the two food trucks that would be giving guests the true Austin experience. For the Welcome Party invitation, I hand drew hundreds of tiny illuminated light bulbs to mimic the logo of a classic Austin restaurant. The suite overall had a classic simplicity to it, with plenty of personality infused to make it one-of-a-kind.

Susannah and Mike 10.2023

Susannah and Mike had the cutest dog, Maya, who had to be featured in their day of paper. We snuck her into their wedding invitations on a custom wax seal, but were able to play with her a bit more for the wedding day. She featured prominently on custom cocktail napkins, as well as on the guest’s place cards, sitting atop a mountain to pay homage to the couple’s love of skiing. Overall, we kept the day of goods very subtle and simple, pulling the elegant floral wreath from their hand drawn then letterpress printed invitations into many of their other pieces.

China and Jermaine 8.2024

I love working with clients from their Save the Dates through their Invitation Suite. China had a vision from the minute we met, and it was a pleasure to work through the details and find a way to bring it to life. I created a watercolor of the iconic DC park across from her venue for her Save the Date, replete with ducks in the water. We used a vellum overlay for the text and a dramatic black envelope with a hint of the lace from her dress on the envelope flap. One of my favorite Italian papers has a gorgeous texture to it and a deckle edge that’s reminiscent of handmade paper. It’s large and dramatic, and with the invitation printed in black foil with a dramatic border of lace, made for a classic showstopper. To keep the suite feeling cohesive, we repeated the border on the detail card, but used a landscape orientation to shake things up a bit. In order to make the suite feel as luxurious as possible, each guest’s name was handwritten in calligraphy over their address, and a hand-dyed silk ribbon greeted the guest when they opened the envelope.

Kathryn & Symeon 7.2024

There’s no shade of blue I love more than the one Kathryn chose for her envelopes. It’s what I chose for my own invitation envelopes, after all! Kathryn wanted to feature her classic DC wedding venue, so we opted for a bold watercolor on her invitation wrap. She and her mom were a dream to work with, as we chose what details stood out the most to them. I carefully traced the lace pattern from her dress, which we decided to deboss into the corners of the invitation. Smaller details, like their Church (detail card) and the place where they were engaged (back of the envelope) were subtly highlighted with line illustrations.

Caroline & George 3.2025

When I first looked at photos of Caroline’s wedding venue, I was so excited. Living in DC, I can’t help but be a fan of museums, but this one had a little something different - hanging vines in the outdoor space. We quickly decided to use the tropical foliage that would feature heavily in their wedding day, but in the loose form of a hanging garden. Caroline loved the idea of a vellum overlay to protect the letterpress wedding invitation, and we printed tiny ferns and leaves in white for an extremely subtle hint at what lay underneath. The color palette she chose was simple, with shades of pale sage and a warm cream invitation. An envelope liner, belly band, and a bright stamp (for a little contrast) finished the invitation suite perfectly.