STYLED CHIC by Paper Cut Industries

Using our Signature Collection as a stepping stone for your personalized wedding invitations is a tool for the jet-setters that need invitations fast but want something custom. For Atosa & Jeremy‘s wedding at the Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel, we did just that by pulling the pattern from our Past Tense wedding suite from our Signature Collection. Atosa loved the placement & everything was balanced perfectly using multiple color frames. We used a butter yellow & charcoal grey for a gorgeous two-color letterpress design printed on bright white cotton paper.

For this suite, we created a 5 x 7 wedding invitation, an RSVP card & a directions card which helped guide the guests to the venue. All of the pieces were printed on cotton paper which gave the invitations an extra touch of elegance. We then tied all the elements together using a double-satin yellow ribbon creating a beautiful presentation. The perfect introduction to what became a beautiful July wedding.

In this letterpress suite:
Wedding Invitation
RSVP Card
Directions Card
Flat Printed Envelopes
Satin Ribbon

If you’re interested in this set, please contact us:
hello(at)papercutindustries.com

I love Twitter. It’s true. I’ve met so many amazing people and it continues everyday. I was recently contacted by Helen Hodgson or (@Mobilespa2u) from Serve the Goddess: Mobile Spa Services via Twitter a few weeks ago. She was interested in my invitations and we just finished her set! It was such an easy process and when I got the chance to speak with Helen on the phone her accent truly made my day!

Ordering from my Signature Collection couldn’t be easier. It is set up for the jet-set couple that wants a design that is both unique and has a quick turn-around time. My French Artisan set did just that for Helen & Dave.

She chose the French Artisan design and we added her custom wording, fonts and colors. Her colors were sea-foam green, grey, gold and champagne. Not too far from the original!

This set turned out beautifully and Helen received them just a few days ago!
Thanks so much for contacting me Helen!

If you tuned in last week, you saw I will be posting a new design series called Style Chic. Last week, I presented a photo as inspiration. Often times, a room in a couples house is a true insight on their personality, and they normally don’t look there! Try and pull away from magazines such as The Knot or Martha Stewart Weddings that tell you what kind of couple you are. Look to each other as inspiration for something truly unique. For this Style Chic No. 1, I took this totally hip and modern room shot from Crate & Barrel. Here is the photo from last week.

The wedding suite I designed consisting of an Invitation, belly band and RSVP card. I love working with different color palettes. I took the cream, black and purple tones as my palette. There are so many combination’s that can come from from this including the silver from the wall, but I wanted something a little different. I also took the pattern from the pillow and incorporated it on the belly band. Perfect!

I created a custom monogram to layer on the belly band to really give some punch and brand the couple. I used an ivory cream linen card stock to add some richness and flat printed them. These could just as well be letterpressed! I would pair these with gorgeous ivory cream envelopes and a custom rubber stamp. *wink

The accompanying RSVP card. Clean and sophisticated.

The Invitation. Modern and chic.

So what do you think?

The latest trend for Fall weddings is definitely going to include lots of purples. When choosing colors for your wedding or special event, the colors help convey the theme and really tie everything together. So you really want color combination’s that work and convey balance. Consider going monochromatic as well by using shades of one single color.

To most people, labeling a color with it’s well-known spectrum name invokes a similar image.  I like to be more specific and say raspberries, plums and wine instead of purple. Doesn’t that help you visualize totally different colors? Me too.

This Tux Leather Chair from Crate & Barrel is a beautiful plum purple.

Most of my clients look to conventional wedding magazines for their color palettes. I like to go beyond that. Looking at objects like this one can show you that color palettes and inspiration can be created from anything. I am going to be starting a new blog series titled, {Styled Chic}.  This will be sort of a design challenge for myself but it will really help my clients understand the capabilities of looking beyond The Knot magazine suggestions (*wink ). Think beyond the page and follow your own beat! Open your eyes and look around what inspires you and truly reflects you as a couple or brand. This will help capture the personalities of the company or couple’s special event. Then the design will be featured in my Etsy Boutique and a Signature Collection that can be purchased.

Here is the first challenge: Turn this space into an invitation. Room interiors can often really capture a couples personality. Photos of family, heirlooms and items bought while traveling. Colors also help capture this because they evoke feelings. This image definitely shows a chic couple that is on top of their game. Bold and graphic, modern and clean. I personally would not have such a light wood floor, but my challenge is to create an invitation and brand this couple, not redecorate their boudoir!

Check back next week to see my interpretation and answer to this Styled Chic No. 1.