our programs & direction cards

| by ellie
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I completely forgot I hadn’t shown these yet on Mint! Our programs & direction cards were really fun to design, and easy to assemble since I had them printed at the same place I took our save the dates, used regular old cardstock, and had the printer cut them down to size and punch the holes. We tied the ribbons in one quick evening, and it was done!

I made four different covers, but the inside content was the same for each program. They were 6 pages long including the cover, and about 4×5″.

The direction cards used our profile illustration from the guest book and rehearsal dinner invitations (coming tomorrow!). I used a hand-held corner rounder from Michael’s, which was surprisingly fast and easy. They were handed out to guests as they left the ceremony so that they could easily find our reception.

For more photos, you can visit Mint’s flickr.

*These are now available for sale! If you’re interested, please email mintdesignblog (at) gmail (dot) com.

32 Responses to “our programs & direction cards”

Amy

May 14, 2009 at 9:22 am

i loved these! i told jason to try to get one of each :) funny how easily some of the final details just fall into place!

jessica

May 14, 2009 at 10:14 am

Wow! These are amazing. The colors are unexpected, but beautiful together. I love that you did different covers and the designs on the covers are SO fun! Seriously amazing! Thanks for sharing!

Julia

May 14, 2009 at 10:50 am

I’m just giddy by looking at these–this type of creation makes graphic designers thrill! You guys did such an excellent job!

two brunettes

May 14, 2009 at 12:41 pm

I’m designing my programs today! So what amazing inspiration I have. How beautiful and fun are these! You guys did beautiful work. I love how everything goes together so well but isn’t too matchy! Just gorgeous :o) And I couldn’t pick a favorite if I tried.

Anonymous

May 14, 2009 at 1:24 pm

These are so beautiful. I love that you’ve pulled off a variety of textures and colours (it’s my plan too – hopefully I can execute as well as you). It’s funny that you posted the Lucia soap right before this post – their packaging was the inspiration for my invites!

Thanks for posting these – they’re just so lovely!

Vancouver Bride

May 14, 2009 at 1:25 pm

These are so beautiful. I love that you’ve pulled off a variety of textures and colours (it’s my plan too – hopefully I can execute as well as you). It’s funny that you posted the Lucia soap right before this post – their packaging was the inspiration for my invites!

Thanks for posting these – they’re just so lovely!

ellie

May 14, 2009 at 6:17 pm

oh cool! we used this one:
“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words “make” and “stay” become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.”
- Tom Robbins, Still Life With Woodpecker

LW

May 17, 2009 at 3:11 am

Hey there sis!!!! Im so glad we have these booklets, they’re the most beautiful pieces of documentation I’ve ever seen 8)…

Alix

May 21, 2009 at 1:32 am

I love these they’re so beautiful! where did you get the graphics for the front covers from? did you design them yourself?

beautiful!

Jennifer

May 26, 2009 at 7:55 pm

Thansk for the reply, Ellie. I love the floral patterns and am wishing I could find something similar (or that I could buy the patterns from you!).

If you’d rather not pass them on (which I definitely understand), I’m still curious – where do you typically go to find great vectors? iStockphoto?

ellie

May 26, 2009 at 9:14 pm

Yes, sorry, the digital files are not for sale. Finding good vector art is so hard, because the really good vector art is unaffordable (at least for me)! Those were files that I’ve had stored on my computer for a long time and to be honest I don’t remember where they came from. I tend to just download good, free vectors whenever I run across them (links on blogs etc.) and I also work for a graphic design firm that has many vector file resources that I can use.

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