From Inspiration to Invitation by Paisley Quill
You guys are all probably familiar with our From Inspiration to Reality feature, right? You know, where we turn one of your inspiration boards into a real life photoshoot, chock-a-block full of steal-worthy ideas. Well, we took that idea in a slightly different direction with today’s From Inspiration to INVITATION feature, with Molly Myers of Paisley Quill steering this super creative wheel. A few months back, Molly asked each of you to help her decide between two fabulous inspiration boards and from your comments, she would choose one lucky bride to receive a custom letterpress wedding invitation suite inspired by the chosen board. So cool, right. Well, we’re back today with Molly’s finished project and when I tell you that it’s good, I am pretty much coining the understatement of the year.
And here is the invitation that the board inspired…
{click here to see lots more pics}
From Paisley Quill…I chose Katie to be the lucky winner of this giveaway because, I personally love the retro look and colors of the board, even thought it wasn’t the popular choice. But is seems like she really has an eye for detail and appreciates those subtle design elements that could easily be incorporated into an invitation. Her wedding is a weekend long event at a camp in Oregon. It is a very fun and natural setting that compliments all of that green!
After speaking with Katie further, She really liked the image of the pine trees on the milk bottle, that is kind of where the whole concept started. I hand drew the trees and floral images. I wanted to do a fun, swirly font to compliment the swirls on the tray that she liked, so I contacted Debi Zeinert of the Blooming Quill for the calligraphy. She was kind enough to donate her services for all of the calligraphy you see in this suite. I had Andrew of Heritage Printers do the letterpress, and one of my favorites, the red edge painting!
Katie had seen some of the timelines that I have done in the past on my blog and requested that we do that instead of a regular reception card. It is the longest timeline I have done, but by far my favorite and it is an added personal touch for the bride and groom.
I wanted to incorporate some of the other colors that Katie liked, such as the plums and pinks. I did this with the envelopes liners. Using images from nature, such as wood grain, florals and ferns. The finishing touch were the vintage stamps. I had so much fun picking out ones that would match!
I also crafted some accessories especially for the shoot. Drink stirrers in the same patterns as the envelope liners and s’more kits, complete with your own roasting tools!
Invitation Designer: Molly Myers, Paisley Quill or BLOG / Printer: Andrew Harrison, Utley Borthers / Calligraphy: Debi Zeinert, The Blooming Quill
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I love these because they are so unique...they'd surely catch my eye! Love it.
Beautiful! I love Debi's calligraphy so much!
i love the choice of colors...very unexpected and bold ...love the different envelope liners
Molly at Paisley Quill is AMAZING! I'm the lucky Katie who she designed these for and it was a wonderful experience. She really listened to what our wedding is about and she had beautiful and creative ideas. She kept me informed throughout the design process and when everything arrived, nestled in tissue paper and tied with ribbons, it was like Christmas. I LOVE MY INVITATIONS! Thanks to Paisley Quill and SMP for the contest!
When I did this inspiration board never crossed my mind that the inspiration was chosen for the challenge of the invitations.
I love bright colors and cheerful and the results of the calls has exceeded my expectations.
They were fantastic.
And amazing how the Paisley captured the whole essence of inspiration.
Congratulations, great job:)
Many happy days for the Bride
(sorry my english!!)
Thanks
Ana - Pinga Amor
I love the color scheme, the wonderful use of type!!, the red edges on the stationary, I am doing that with gold on my black website enclosures, I hope they turn out as beautiful as these!
Love when inspirations come to life..especially when they do so, so perfectly! Love this
LOVE how these turned out!!!
WOW. Those invitations are WONDERFUL!
Beautiful invitations!! I love the envelope liner and the typography - amazing :)
Beautiful stationary, especially the patterns. I also love the flower in the hair of the girl at the start, it's just so dreamy!
I really wanted to do a Christmas in July themed wedding last summer, but couldn't think of a tasteful way to do it. I really wish I had seen this post before that because I totally would have done it with this inspiration!
Anyone know how I can find those green shoes? They're not listed on the J Crew website anymore and I've had a heck of a time finding flats like those.
Could anyone tell me how the s'more sticks were put together? I love that idea!!!
This is just too gorgeous! I can barely stand it-so fun and colorful and whimsical, with a sophisticated and familiar feel all at the same time. Great work with this design delight!!
Fantastic, gorgeous, bold, unique, perfect!
The board is amazing (Ana did once again an outstanding job) and the final result is gorgeous!!! The bride must be extremely happy!! Congratulations!!!
I love the invitation suite, but I especially love the lining of the envelopes. Lucky bride!
I love the invitation suite, but I especially love the lining of the envelopes. Lucky bride!