Look what the postman brought me today!
Kind of surreal to see your married name in print.
And that’s just the beginning… cupcake flags and table numbers and a little sign too.
Thanks, Jenna!
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…they will be covered in ridiculously pretty Jenna Hein calligraphy. Yay!
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It’s no surprise that the hardest wedding details for me to finalize are related to our paper goods and wedsite. I’m most critical of my own work, and I’m extremely picky — so playing designer and client, hyper-attention to detail sets in and with it, indecision.
When I had to prioritize photography over stationery (it should be a no-brainer, I know, but it was a struggle), I had to reduce the number of items to letterpress. Then the real vacillation set in. I was approaching a direction for the suite when I knew that everything would use the same paper stock and the same printing method — and I knew that I could stick with my simple, elegant aesthetic to let the letterpress shine.
But switching it up introduced a myriad of new questions. Do I still want fabric inner envelopes? Do I want to bring stitching and other handmade elements into the non-letterpress pieces? Should the envelopes match? Should I integrate calligraphy into the save-the-dates to coordinate with the invitation envelopes?
I still haven’t answered all those questions, and I have a couple dozen thumbnail sketches in my planning binder. But at long last, I chose a script. It’s Burgues Script (displayed above) and it’s gorgeous. I added it to my wishlist a couple of years ago and I’ve been waiting for the perfect excuse to purchase it. Another favorite, Feel Script, was first runner up.
It will be accompanied by a classic serif, most likely Garamond. And both will be finished off by masterfully calligraphered details by Jenna Hein.
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Despite my complete adoration of calligraphy — and, in particular, calligrapher-artists like Jenna Hein, I thought I’d ruled it out for my invitations and signage. But seeing Laura Hooper’s work today made me reconsider — if not for invitations that at least for signage and seating cards.
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Calligraphered butterfly seating cards from the brilliant designers at Hello! Lucky.
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