Wedding Invitation Eye Candy by Spark

July 06, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

Spark Stationery has a sneak peek of the first invitation set from their 2010 Wedding Love Album, which will focus on bold use of color and materials. Mallorca, the new set, evokes a tropical setting, with bright aqua blues and golden yellows, and the letterpress printed tone on tone image on the pocket fold envelope (bottom) is truly original.

Spark has much more wedding invitation eye candy over at their blog, including the Peaceful Winter invitation set shown above. The woodgrain paper used on the custom pocket fold envelope is absolutely swoon-worthy! I’m also digging the Gone Country set, which features fabric inspired patterns and elements:

images from Spark Stationery

The New Inspired Bride

July 06, 2009 // kristen // 3 replies

I’m so excited to see the relaunch of The Inspired Bride. Maddy has been a great blogging buddy for a while, and I’m so jazzed to see what a wonderful job she’s done in putting together the new site. The new design is, of course, impeccable, and I’m in love with the logo, which features calligraphy by Emilie Friday.

The most exciting part about the new Inspired Bride is that it’s absolutely packed with new and returning features (inspiration boards, the invitation of the week, color palettes, DIY projects) to inspire not just brides, but anyone who loves color, pattern, and image. New features include a directory of design elements for non-commercial use, and a vendor directory that will be ramping up over the coming days and weeks. Congrats, Maddy!

image from The Inspired Bride

Parrott Design Wedding Invitations

June 30, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

If you haven’t been to the Parrott Design Studio blog lately, then you’ve been missing out on some fantastic wedding invitation design. Sarah’s been a busy little bee and has been posting new client designs on a regular basis, so if you’re looking for some drool-worthy wedding invitation designs, then head right over and check it out! Here’s a little preview:

Parrott Design Wedding Invitations

images from Parrott Design Studio

The Happy Envelope

June 30, 2009 // kristen // 2 replies

I’m just loving everything that I’ve seen from The Happy Envelope. Sarah Pattison, the designer behind the fab line, started her career in advertising and design, where she obtained all of the building blocks that she would need to build a stationery company. After designing a few wedding invitations for friends as side work, she knew she had found her passion, and The Happy Envelope was born!

The Happy Envelope’s offerings now include a must see portfolio of four gorgeous wedding invitation collections, custom stationery and invitation design, and a new line of thermography printed boxed and single cards, which Sarah describes as having a “great raised, bumpy texture”. I’m loving the sounds of that! Find a retailer here, and check out their collection of wedding invitation designs, available through Minted.

A little more eye candy from The Happy Envelope:

images from The Happy Envelope

Publicide Letterpress

June 29, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

I stumbled upon NYC based letterpress shop Publicide’s gorgeous Flickr photostream the other day and just had to share their work with those of you who aren’t already familiar with it. I’m just loving the gorgeous illustration and type combinations featured in their letterpress wedding invitations and business cards. Publicide also offers print and web design services, as well as digital printing.

More gorgeous creations from Publicide (see their whole stream here):