I was standing in the check out line at Pottery Barn over the weekend (after having grappled with myself over whether I should buy a table runner for my dining room) and was delighted to see a bold display set up in black, white and grass green – I LOVE this combination (oh to plan my wedding again – the things I would do . . .) They had black furniture with black and white patterned pillows and a really fun shade of bright green worked in. It reminded me of our new Josie wedding invitation – which we just designed in this color combination.
Here are some inspiring photos of weddings which used black, white and green. The floral designs are by one of our favorite florists, Fresh Affairs.
Photography by Azul Photograpy
Photography by Walters and Walters Photogrpahy
Based on the popularity of our Cari and Sophie wedding invitations, we decided to combine the best of these two invites and create the Josie – perfect for a country club or ballroom wedding! The Josie comes with a matching postcard reply, inner and outer envelopes, two complimentary proofs and, of course – your own personal consultant to help you with any design questions you may have about your wedding invitations or other wedding stationery!
Really take it up a notch by adding custom pattern printing and guest addressing on the outer envelope,
or even a custom map card!
Let’s continue on MJO’s note of wine .
I can not tell you how many brides have asked us about vineyard themed wedding invitations.
Vineyard weddings are such festive and elegant celebrations! But you don’t have to have a Vineyard Wedding in order to incorporate wine (or the love of wine) into your invitation design. Some people have a rich family heritage in wine, and others (like myself) are just immensely fond of it! Wine is something that holds sentiment – in a variety of ways.
At TGK, we have an amazing team of people that sell, design, and produce our invitations. Despite the numerous requests for wine-oriented wedding invitations, it wasn’t until recently that we had a reason to design one. Lucky for us – and for all the brides who come after her – Michelle D. graciously helped pave the way to our new Vineyard Design Theme for her October Wedding.
Michelle told us that she was looking for something clean and contemporary, though not ultra modern. Her primary wedding color was Navy, but she wanted to bring in another color to accent. We discovered that her wedding reception was to be held in a grand cask room, and the walls were filled with towering wine barrels. The immediate accent color that came to mind was “sand” – an oaky color that is contemporary, yet organic. We combined an old-world script with a clean block font to further enhance the overall design of her invitation.
My favorite part of her invitation… her reply postcard!
Michelle decided on the Audrey Pocket invitation, and gave her guests the courtesy of written driving directions and a custom-designed map along with her reception card. She provided us great input and feedback, and allowed us the creative liberty to work our magic. The result – an invitation design that everyone loves!”
A few years ago I purchased some Chinese lantern lights to string in my backyard during the summer and simply love putting them out each year! We have been discussing hanging some pink and green ones in our studio, but haven’t picked out the perfect ones just yet. I am strongly considering ordering from Cultural Intrigue. See the inspiring photos from their website below.
We recently worked with a bride to design a wedding invitation around the Chinese lantern theme – which I am in LOVE with, and just had to share with everyone. The bride we designed this for used chartreuse and chocolate but I think the theme works well in a number of color schemes.
We have this lantern theme shown on the Claire invitation, but there are a lot of fun themes you could go with! Happy Friday!
