Designing a wedding is no easy task… especially when it’s yours.
As the creative director, I concepted, designed, wrote and produced many elements of the event including the save the dates, invitations, program guides, table cards and menu cards. I also advised on the look and feel of the overall ceremony and reception.
I wanted the look and feel of the event to match our personalities, so I choose to incorporate a more illustrative style into the various elements.
After an extensive search through the Small Press Expo archive, I found an illustrator that matched our style. Her name was Ramsey Beyer and you can find her work at http://www.everydaypants.com.
We sent her numerous photographic examples of poses to help her draw something quite interesting. She came back with this.
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Next I designed and produced the invitation suite. I consulted a boutique paper supplier named Just Paper & Tea for help choosing the format of the suite.
I then designed the look and feel of the invites.
This took extensive production work, as I choose to use a pocket fold and cut out each individual info card by hand using an exacto knife. I also had everything printed at a professional printer, so that the colors would be consistent throughout all the collateral.
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I created a variation of the invitation for the save the dates.
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The wedding and reception took place in an old french country restaurant called the Milleridge Inn. I wanted the look and feel of the collateral and of the affair to compliment the rustic feel of the restaurant interiors. I also advised we add candles and rose petals on the tables plus selected flowers that would match the interior.
Here are some shots from the ceremony layout.
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Here are some shots from the reception layout.
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For the program guides, I choose to play off the invitation design.
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For the place cards, I used cityscape elements from the original illustration.
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For the table cards, I choose to use neighborhoods to define the table layout, since each neighborhood in New York has a slightly different personality. Again, I used cityscape elements from the original illustration.
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I also designed menus, since we wanted a sit down affair with dancing to follow.
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All in all, the wedding went off perfectly. Stacee and I are now a happily married couple.