our rehearsal dinner invitations
Brendan designed our rehearsal dinner invitations, and at the last minute we decided to gocco a silhouette illustration I made and slip that in the envelopes as well. The invitations were printed at a cheap, local printer (similar to kinkos) on French Speckletone Kraft.
I gocco’d the illustration on French Mod-Tone aqua paper, which we had lying around from some previous invitation idea. It’s a patterned paper, but it’s hard to see in the photos…
We wanted them to feel casual, light-hearted and fun, and we didn’t mind a departure from our other printed materials. (see our save the dates, invitations, & programs)
On a side note, those flowers popped up in my backyard this week. Anyone know what they are?
You can see more photos of the flowers, the invitations, and a couple photos from our actual rehearsal dinner on Mint’s Flickr. Have a great weekend!
Responses to “our rehearsal dinner invitations”
abigail
May 15, 2009 at 7:28 amwonderful invitations!
I have no idea what those flowers are, but they are pretty!
two brunettes
May 15, 2009 at 7:41 amthose flowers are interesting and I am clueless as to what they are. There are no great sites out there for identifying random flowers, I’ve looked! Your invites are so cute. I went off the beaten path with mine as well! Very fun.
Meghan
May 15, 2009 at 8:14 amSplendid type treatment! These are really fun. You and your hubby are so creative + talented. :)
Erin at Vale Design
May 15, 2009 at 8:18 amLove the invitation. I designed something similar for a couple. Love blocked plain black typography. PS would you please post the name of that flower if you find out? So gorgeous. Thx! Have a great weekend!
anna and the ring
May 15, 2009 at 8:32 amWhat a beautiful design. Do let us know what the flowers are – so pretty.
Kelly
May 15, 2009 at 10:18 amfantastic! i love that look – they turned out brilliantly!
xo
Kelly
Amy@OldSweetSong
May 15, 2009 at 10:26 amI love the look of the invite. So awes.
Ana
May 15, 2009 at 10:45 amI believe the mystery flowers are called “love in a mist” (Nigella damascena)–a nice surprise for newlyweds..
paula
May 15, 2009 at 10:48 ambeautiful!
jen jafarzadeh
May 15, 2009 at 1:24 pmabsolutely love the way the type looks. thanks for sharing!
LPC
May 15, 2009 at 3:01 pmMe too on the type. Kind of reminds me of when people would send blackmail note out of magazine decoupage. In a good way.
Betty
May 16, 2009 at 1:59 pmSo inspirational!
ellie
May 16, 2009 at 9:53 pmthank you all, and thank you ana for the flower name!
LW
May 17, 2009 at 2:59 amLOVE these pics, the flowers and printing is stunning 8)
prairiegirl
May 18, 2009 at 3:46 pmwow … i would love those pretty blooms to pop up in my back yard!
a special give for newlyweds ~ congratulations!
prairiegirl
prairiegirl
May 18, 2009 at 3:47 pma special GIFT for newlyweds … sorry about the typo!
prairiegirl
K @ Blog Goggles
May 19, 2009 at 2:46 amThose are absolutely gorgeous.
ellie
May 19, 2009 at 11:52 pmthanks, and thanks from brendan too : )
laura
May 21, 2009 at 7:35 pmi’m curious, how big are these? A7 sized?
ellie
May 22, 2009 at 12:34 amwe put them in A2 envelopes, but they weren’t a perfect A2 size (they were skinnier). I can’t remember exact dimensions…
Dee
May 24, 2009 at 10:25 amI believe the flowers are “bachelor buttons” very fitting!
PURPLE DAB
May 25, 2009 at 3:01 aminteresting invitations…☺♦♦
Cecilia Hanna
June 11, 2011 at 8:52 pmYour lovely flowers look like pincushion flowers to me. Check out the link and see what you think. Happy days to you and your love.
http://www.daytonnursery.com/encyclopedia/perennials/Scabiosa.htm