Purple and White Splendor. The Bridal Shower Invitations

Diana is an awesome customer! She let me go crazy with her bridal shower invitations and came babysit while I was making them. We are both loving the result and I am finally ready to share these beauties with you.

 I wanted to make these different, yet keep some elements from the wedding invitations.

I added the flowers for a more delicate, feminine touch and the chandeliers and crystals to bring an extra note of elegance. The purple splatters and the unusual card shape is a drop of craziness since we are talking about a bridal shower (the last night of fun before taking over the responsibilities of a married woman).

I kept the diamond white cardstock and Diana's lovely lace, but gave it a diagonal positioning to keep with the crazy theme.

This last photo shows the true color of the invitations. The others are just how my camera likes to see the evening light in the room. I happen to love this effect so I don't always adjust the white balance.

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.