Every design has to start somewhere. I have these FB's (future brides) who come to me with their wedding tid-bit collection albums and this is generally where we start from. There are pictures of colours, of cakes, of decor...dresses...everything that has caught the FB's attention makes it into her little collection of images and she therefore brings it along with her to our first meeting. We sit and discuss the look and feel of the wedding day that she envisions in her mind, we talk about her 5 words and where and how they have influenced the style she wants to go with, and we go through my library of images where I sit back and see what her reaction is to a folder full of images that I have set aside for our first meeting. I pick up on the little 'ooh's' and the 'aah's' and trust me there are even quite a few 'eeews' thrown in there that I take note of.
For this particular invite, Tina came to me with an image of an invite that she had in her album. This is what she wanted, and then when we started going through the albums, a different vision filled her head and she let me in on the fact that her fiance, Drew, is a keen cyclist. Inspiration hit, and I opened up another folder of illustrations that I have in a collection and we started looking at vintage bicycle illustrations. Along with her words rustic, vintage, timeless and elegance and her colours apple green, black and white, this is where the bicycle inspiration took over and a much more personalised invitation was created.
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Tina & Drew Moodboard (copyright Me Design Studio 2011) |
 Tina & Drew Stage 1 Designs (copyright Me Design Studio 2011)  |
Stage 2 Design - refinement (copyright Me Design Studio 2011) |
By Stage2 a set look was already established. The illustration style was chosen and minor refinements on type was taking place. The format of the invitation was also established, there would be 2 A5 size cards with the information and map to the venue. Brainwave idea's come along as I am designing, and I had the bride and groom send me side profile pictures of themselves. I re-illustrated the illustration so that it was them on the bicycle. A nice personal ingenious touch-if I may say so myself.
Stationary extra's. Thank you card series, order of service and menu. (copyright Me Design Studio 2011
The whole process of designing the invite was pleasant, and also set the standard for what the rest of their wedding stationary would look like. Menu's, order of service, table seating numbers as well as table seating cards and thank you cards were designed and carried through with the same style. A wedding invitation is therefore NOT just a wedding invitation, but it is the start of what the guests full experience will entail up until the end of the wedding.
* Tina & Drew, it was great meeting you both. I enjoyed working on your full stationary set and smile each time I look at them, especially knowing how happy you both were with the end results.
x
me
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