new at hello tenfold: olivia’s invitations!
This invitation was designed with the 1920s or 30s in mind, for a bride having a reception at an art deco themed restaurant in Chicago. The illustration is the Chicago skyline (which could be customized with any city skyline or other silhouette) and I printed these on Lemon Drop Pop-Tone paper from French Paper.
It’s my first time doing an invitation on a brightly colored paper, and I’m hooked! It’s a great way to add color to a one-ink invitation.
Is it pigeon-holing to pair these invitations with inspiration boards? This board was fun to make, but of course I think this invitation could go a few different routes and would look very classy on an ivory paper, too. Once I started looking for images, I realized there were about 3 different weddings I wanted to create for this invitation! For this set I picked vintage-inspired, “old Hollywood glam” images and a black, white, and yellow theme.
Photo credits:
pronovias radiante gown / bridesmaid styled by darcy, via ruffled / shoes photographed by docuvitae via ruffled / invitation from hello tenfold / ginny photographed by josh goleman / reception photographed by our labor of love via smp / ring photographed by jose villa via smp
Responses to “new at hello tenfold: olivia’s invitations!”
Rebecca
December 8, 2009 at 9:11 amLOVE, LOVE, LOVE!
The color scheme is to die for rich and classy. And the ring? Yowzers!
erin
December 8, 2009 at 9:23 ami love that you are posting inspiration boards along with your invites. love this one.
alexandra keller
December 8, 2009 at 9:57 ami love the black on yellow! very eye catching!
Erin at Vale Design
December 8, 2009 at 10:20 amVery beautiful! Simple and elegant.
Lyndsay
December 8, 2009 at 11:09 amStunning work Ellie!
And keep it up with the inspiration boards, it’s a great way to see your design inspiration and also how the invite themes could be carried through to reception, etc.
Meghan
December 8, 2009 at 11:22 amBeautiful! I love the border detail and the typeface you chose for the bride + groom names. Great work!
Sarah
December 8, 2009 at 11:32 amThis is really beautiful, I especially love the attention to detail in the typography. Gorgeous!
cara
December 8, 2009 at 11:34 amGorgeous! And you say “pigeonholing” like it’s a bad thing to add even more gorgeousness — I for one enjoy it :)!
ellie
December 8, 2009 at 11:57 amthanks you guys! and thanks for the input on the boards… i’ll keep doing them, then!
Johanna
December 8, 2009 at 12:08 pmGorgeous!Love the pops of yellow!
Brandi
December 8, 2009 at 12:43 pmLovely invitations. But that room — the table, the flowers — it’s like something out of a storybook. It’s gotta be the hanging flowers. Just so different.
I’m swooning.
Alexandria
December 8, 2009 at 3:53 pmSimple and elegant. You did a great job and I love the paper too.
two brunettes
December 8, 2009 at 8:21 pmllloooooooove how these turned out! And I do love the boards too!
Lisa
December 8, 2009 at 9:16 pmWow, I love, love those invitations and the color scheme!
The Lil Bee
December 8, 2009 at 11:34 pmThis is absolutely exquisite…I am 100% in awe!
Maddy @ the Inspired Bride
December 9, 2009 at 9:45 amLovely!
KT
December 13, 2009 at 1:49 pmI adore the yellow! Beautifully done!