The Wedding of 800 Invitations (Nunta celor 800 de invitatii)

I already showed you the design yesterday.

It took me and my team 1 month to make them and probably another month to come up with a design before that. They filled up a mini van for transportation. I didn't count how many boxes there were, but I can imagine how much work the bride and groom had to put in to hand out or post each one.

Sunt invitatiile pe care vi le-am prezentat ieri. Ceea ce nu v-am spus e ca am lucrat pe ele timp de 1 luna, si inca o luna pentru a ajunge la un design final inainte de asta. 800 de fundite... 800 de bijuterii pe plicuri, o duba plina de cutii cu invitatii si satisfactia pe masura. In schimb mi-a fost cam mila de miri la gandul ca vor trebui sa le imparta pe toate 800 si la efortul pe acare o implica o astfel de operatiune.

gluing the jewels to the envelope flaps

(lipirea bijuteriilor pe plicuri)

one of the initial design options

(una din variantele initiale)

"Ruby" Invitation Collection

"Ruby" collection was born while I was designing Anca B.'s wedding stationery.
A combination of royal colors, damask pattern, crystals in the color of rubies, feathers, metallic paper... all these define like no other the style of Invitatii Couture. 

RUBY #1

Black and white damask raised pattern, burgundy lace cord and a square burgundy jewel on top. The dark red envelopes ads to the elegance of this invitation.

RUBY #2

A white fluffy feather adorned with a beautiful round jewel.
I changed the lace cord to white and the envelope to silver to achieve a softer elegance.

RUBY #3

My favorite of the collection. I think the dark envelope with a dark red rhinestone makes this invitations look mysterious beyond elegant.
I know not many couples will dare have black envelopes to their wedding invitations and you don't have to. This was mainly art for the sake of art, real soul nourishment between client work.

RUBY #4

This design is saying goodbye to the dark colors. I only kept the red lace cord and small red rhinestone on the envelope.

 Of course you can have a red envelope instead.
How about this matching menu? The big jewel just happened to lay around on the table and I loved the look so I had to snap a photo.

RUBY #5 (The Chosen Ones)

These are the winners for Anca's wedding. We also made menus, table numbers and candy bar labels.

More on this set with real wedding pictures coming soon.

Purple and White Splendor. The Wedding Invitations.

Celebrating purple!
This post is part of a special series dedicated to one of my favorite brides in 2011 and to my dear brother who is getting married this summer.

To everyone else who is having a purple and white celebration this year, stay tuned for a series of posts inspired by Diana's wedding.

As I am posting this image I realize how many things tie around this invitation. The brides initials are "DA". Then, looking at the shades of purple and white that I used for this design, I realize we have Diamond white paper and Amethyst crystal. Again, DA.

I  just love this coincidence stuff!
And the story goes on...

Diana had no less then 3 types of invitations. The thing they all had in common was diamond white paper, amethyst satin ribbon and purple Swarovsky Cristals.
The difference: price range.
I also used a special diamond-white lace Diana picked herself from another town. Unfortunately for other brides I don't think this lace is available anymore.

Design 1.

Custom designed pocket, tied with a purple bow and accented with an Amethyst crystal. Die cut tag for guest name attached with silver thread.

Design 2.

Added my signature boxes tied with a large satin bow, moved the lace on the inside card and complimented with a tiny bow and a small crystal on top.

Design 3.  Luxury invitations.

While I was working on Diana's design, I also had Irina's sapphire invitations in production.
So  I made a purple version and a few special guest received their invitations in these magnificent magnetic closure boxes topped with intricate jewels. The inside was padded with satin so they can also be used as trinket boxes.

On my next post I will show you my very first bridal shower invitations which were also designed at Diana's request.

Sapphire and Damask Magnetic Closure Box Invitations

I don't love blue, yet when Irina sent me a photo of her wedding venue, I was hooked. Can you tell what my major inspiration piece was? You got to love that pillar dresses in light blue and white damask.

The sapphire jewel was all the bride's idea. When she first contacted me she wanted some blue invitations that would contain a jewel like this. I thought it was a pity to put them on just any invitation, plus the usual invitations boxes I make are not sturdy enough so I proposed these magnetic closure boxes.

The invitations are not permanently adhered on the bottom, so the recipient can use the box to keep various things.