our programs & direction cards
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.
Responses to “our programs & direction cards”
Amy
May 14, 2009 at 9:22 ami loved these! i told jason to try to get one of each :) funny how easily some of the final details just fall into place!
Kelly
May 14, 2009 at 9:43 ammy goodness your ceremony programs are stunning! love them!
jessica
May 14, 2009 at 10:14 amWow! 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 amI’m just giddy by looking at these–this type of creation makes graphic designers thrill! You guys did such an excellent job!
Amy@OldSweetSong
May 14, 2009 at 11:45 amLOVE LOVE LOVE! These are great. You had a lot of fun designing these, I can tell!
Heather from the bar
May 14, 2009 at 11:49 amThese are gorgeous! Can I ask where you got them printed at?
two brunettes
May 14, 2009 at 12:41 pmI’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 pmThese 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 pmThese 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!
Melanie
May 14, 2009 at 3:23 pmWow, those look amazing. All your guests are in for a treat.
April T.
May 14, 2009 at 4:18 pmOh wow, those are beautiful. I love the color combo.
ellie
May 14, 2009 at 5:51 pmthank you : )
Meg, A Practical Wedding
May 14, 2009 at 5:54 pmEllie! We have some of the same readings. Yay! Which Tom Robbins bit did you use?
ellie
May 14, 2009 at 6:17 pmoh 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
Rachel @ Design Lovely
May 14, 2009 at 6:21 pmHave I ever told you are so fabulous!? All I can say is wow!
Venessa
May 14, 2009 at 6:55 pmthey are stunning!
Ada Rosman
May 14, 2009 at 7:53 pmSuper sweet idea. Great color combo and wonderful mix of graphics on the fronts.
Heather
May 15, 2009 at 7:45 amI love the colors and patterns, they are perfect! I know you are so proud!
Meg, A Practical Wedding
May 15, 2009 at 12:09 pmMmmm… that one is such a good one. Mmmmm. Good stuff. I’m going to tell Amanda, who put it out there on the internet, she’s going to be THRILLED :)
Rachel (jolie jolie)
May 15, 2009 at 2:16 pmi love the color scheme. it’ feels so cool and springy
Betty
May 16, 2009 at 1:59 pmJust love the design and the color combination. Stellar work!
ellie
May 16, 2009 at 9:56 pmthanks so much!
theaxx
May 17, 2009 at 3:04 amTotally gorgeous!! can’t wait to see pics of the day. eeeek!
LW
May 17, 2009 at 3:11 amHey 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 amI love these they’re so beautiful! where did you get the graphics for the front covers from? did you design them yourself?
beautiful!
lovelymorning
May 21, 2009 at 8:07 pmstill life with woodpecker = one of my fave books ever. and everything else by tom robbins, of course.
what pretty programs, ellie!
Gina D
May 22, 2009 at 10:26 amI love these!! They are simply lovely!
Jennifer
May 26, 2009 at 6:34 pmI’m with “Alix” – did you draw the patterns, or were they a find?! LOVE them, love them.
ellie
May 26, 2009 at 6:54 pmHi Jennifer and Alix, I designed them, although two of them use found floral vectors to create a pattern.
Jennifer
May 26, 2009 at 7:55 pmThansk 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 pmYes, 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.