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.
