The Green Kangaroo - Unique Wedding Invitations and Stationery

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!

One of our favorite local wedding magazines, Southern Bride and Groom, recently featured the wedding of Mary Craven Hines and Christopher Burney Dawkins. The wedding was held at Duke Chapel in Durham, North Carolina. We were asked to incorporate a beautiful sketch of the Duke Chapel – see below.

On occasion, we do have brides ask us to incorporate college logos and images into their wedding stationery. We always explain to them that most of these images belong to the school, so we need permission to reproduce them. If you are looking to use an image from your college days, make sure that you have written permission before asking the company you are working with to incorporate these types of images.

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!

Tis the season . . . for wedding programs! Which normally translates to: “oh my gosh – my wedding is in three weeks and I’m in panic mode – can you please help me with my programs??” So, earlier this spring we decided to be proactive and remind all of our brides via email to make sure that they planned ahead. And now our summer brides are happily receiving their programs and have one less thing to fret over at the last minute! If you are trying to decide whether programs are for you or not, read on . . .

Though it isn’t written anywhere that wedding programs are a necessity at your ceremony, they are not something to be forgotten. Having a wedding program is important for a number of reasons:

1. You didn’t spend all that time working with a designer to create the perfect wedding logo for your wedding invitation, not to take advantage of seeing it carried onto your programs (and also the menus, place cards, table cards, “thank you notes”: . . . but I digress). I know you also have that monogram on the cake, the isle runner and dance floor, but your guests can’t take those guys home, so give them something to keep as a reminder of your big day!

2. Make your guests more comfortable by letting them know what’s happening during the ceremony. For instance, if you are having a Catholic mass and half of your congregation is Baptist, a program is a great way to help them understand what is happening, what is expected of them, and how long they may be in their seats.

3. You didn’t get here all by yourself! A program is a great way to thank your family and your guests for supporting you both on this special day and throughout your lives.

4. Who are all those people standing next to you? Most likely your guests will know some of your wedding party, but listing everyone in the program is a nice way to properly introduce them to everyone. It’s also a great idea to include a line or two about why each person is important to you and your fiancée.

5. Let your personality shine – love music or poetry? Include a meaningful lyric that will have your guests saying, “that’s so you”.

6. Point your guests in the right direction! If your reception is at a different location than your ceremony, the program is also a great place to include directions (just in case they forgot to pack the ones you so graciously included with your wedding invitations!).

7. Honor those who could only be there in spirit – your wedding program is a wonderful way to include those who could not make it regardless of the reason.

Just like your wedding invitation, your ceremony program should be a way to inform your guests about your event in a way that’s all you! See some new programs we just designed: