new at hello tenfold: colleen & doug’s wedding invitations
Most of the couples I work with on invitations are out of state, but I love when I get to work with locals! Colleen and Doug live in my area, but are getting married on Bald Head Island, which is a beautiful spot off the coast of North Carolina, only reachable by boat. Once you’re on the island, the only transportation is your bike, a golf cart, or good old-fashioned walking. It’s a beautiful vacation spot, or a great day trip if you’re lucky to live close enough.
Colleen & Doug wanted something simple and modern, but with traditional elements and illustrations to reflect their wedding destination. There is only one chapel on the island, and I made an illustration of it for their main invitation. I made an illustration of the Bald Head Island light house for the label on the outside of the vellum wrap, and then we used a hawaiian shirt for the luau-themed rehearsal dinner and an orchid illustration—orchids are their wedding flower—for the morning-after brunch and the address label on the rsvp envelope. They were printed on a soft white paper with a charcoal grey liner for the outer envelope and a matching grey envelope for the rsvp. Like my own invitations, Colleen and Doug decided to use a vellum wrap instead of an inner envelope.
This inspiration board isn’t what Colleen and Doug are planning, but it’s what I imagine their wedding could be like!
image credits: [1] oyster photo by michele waite via 100lc [2 and 3] hello tenfold [4] by simply bloom via once wed [5] by ashley garmon [6] bald head island [7] studio foto via smp
These will be added to hello tenfold next week!
Responses to “new at hello tenfold: colleen & doug’s wedding invitations”
two brunettes
February 12, 2010 at 9:31 amthese are just adorable!!!
Meredith Perdue
February 12, 2010 at 9:34 amEllie, these are fantastic! Having been vacationing on Bald Head since I was a child, I especially love your illustrations of the chapel and Old Baldy. I’m actually flying down to BHI next week to do an engagement session- your invitations have made me even more excited going back!
design traveller
February 12, 2010 at 9:42 amso nice… I love the style wit handwriting typefaces.
Erin
February 12, 2010 at 9:49 amThese are so great!
Jenna
February 12, 2010 at 10:40 amThis is really great. The line/dot borders bring in an old feel. The subdued color choices are really refreshing. Nice illustrations too! Are were those done in Illustrator? Also, what is the script font you used?
Ivana
February 12, 2010 at 12:31 pmlove, love the illustration and all those little details! the colors make it all so adorable!
Truly Smitten
February 12, 2010 at 12:43 pmthey are perfect and lovely! i love it!
ali
February 12, 2010 at 1:28 pmlove that dark charcoal color
Laura B
February 12, 2010 at 1:35 pmSo beautiful and simple! I love this style!
Meg G.
February 12, 2010 at 2:59 pmBeautiful work Ellie! The illustrations work perfectly with the rest of the invite. Pretty pretty pretty…
Delilah
February 12, 2010 at 10:24 pmThose invitations are great! I lOVE the Hawaiin shirt theme! Very cute!
Jeanelle
February 13, 2010 at 10:29 amoh wao, love the icons, at first glance the invitations look so classic & elegant, but the icons puts the quirky & fun to it, love it, great work :)
Meghan
February 13, 2010 at 10:41 amThese are beautiful, Ellie. Bravo!
erika
February 13, 2010 at 7:55 pmloving this while wedding! gorgeous!
jessica
February 15, 2010 at 1:13 pmreally beautiful work
i especially love the illustrations, what a perfect touch!
joanna goddard
February 15, 2010 at 5:13 pmthese are so beautiful!!!