Monthly Archives: August 2009

Invitation du Jour (#2)

So I usu­ally don’t do more than one Invitation du Jour posts per day, but when Kella MacPhee sent over this invi­ta­tion I couldn’t wait until tomor­row. The suite, designed by the bride her­self, tells the story of how they met on a cruise ship. It is richly detailed, com­pletely unique and per­sonal to them, and I absolutely love […]

August 31, 2009 – 11:56 am | By Courtney | Posted in Paper Goods | Comments (4)

Invitation du Jour

I love these Tattoo-inspired invi­ta­tions that Diane Faye Zerr of Faye + Co. cre­ated for an uncon­ven­tional cou­ple. So fun.

August 31, 2009 – 8:00 am | By Courtney | Posted in Paper Goods | Comments (3)

The Week in Weddings

A lit­tle late, but here’s a few phở­to­graphic high­lights from last week, which I would have posted had I not been buried in piles of work. Next time I’ll try to post these round-ups on Fridays. But in the mean­time, if you hap­pened to miss out on any of these wed­dings, be sure to take a look (click on […]

August 30, 2009 – 10:32 pm | By Courtney | Posted in Inspiration, Photography, Real Weddings | Comments (0)

Invitation du Jour

I was so excited to see today’s design pop up on Flickr this after­noon. Designed and illus­trated by the amaz­ing Katie Kirk, this pair of invi­ta­tion suites was cre­ated for her sister’s upcom­ing wed­ding in Mexico and recep­tion. And in my opin­ion, they’re absolutely per­fect. I espe­cially love the “Hola” and “Hello” enve­lope detail. You can […]

August 24, 2009 – 5:24 pm | By Courtney | Posted in Design, Paper Goods | Comments (3)

All Cupcakes, All the Time

I real­ize a lot of peo­ple are over the cup­cake trend for wed­dings. I am not one of them. As beau­ti­ful as cakes can be these days, I per­son­ally see no value in the cake cut­ting cer­e­mony, other than hav­ing a pretty edi­ble sculp­ture on dis­play for the night. (Although B recently sug­gested that we sym­bol­i­cally cut a cup­cake. Yes, we’re […]

August 20, 2009 – 9:05 am | By Courtney | Posted in Sweets | Comments (1)

Invitation du Jour

A col­or­ful, illus­trated invi­ta­tion for Christine and Michael by Vanguard Works.

August 20, 2009 – 6:50 am | By Courtney | Posted in Design, Paper Goods | Comments (0)

Inspiration Board: Black Raspberry

Silly me, for­got the cred­its! They are now below. Clockwise from top left: 1. Lanterns photo by Ken Luallen, 2. Invitation by Hammerpress, 3. Desserts by Liz Wolfe, 4. Flowers by Rosenow, 5. Dress by Jenny Yoo, 6. Plaid pat­tern by me, 7. Groomsmen photo by Ken Luallen

August 19, 2009 – 6:52 am | By Courtney | Posted in Inspiration, Inspiration Board | Comments (2)

A Well-Branded Wedding

I’ve been anx­iously await­ing pic­tures from Tad Carpenter’s wed­ding so I could do an Invitation du Jour post on what promised to be a really fun set of paper goods. But now that I’ve seen what the über-talented cou­ple came up with, it’s clear that they deserve much more than that. As you can see below, their […]

August 18, 2009 – 10:01 pm | By Courtney | Posted in Design, Paper Goods | Comments (2)

Invitation du Jour

After read­ing about the Bureau of Invitations in both HOW and on sim­ple + pretty, I knew I had to share this design here. I con­tacted the designer, David Eller, to get some more detailed phở­tos and he told me that, sur­pris­ingly, this the first wed­ding invi­ta­tion he’s cre­ated. Judging from the cre­ativ­ity of con­cept and the intricacy […]

August 13, 2009 – 11:03 am | By Courtney | Posted in Paper Goods | Comments (0)

Inspiration Board: Mint Chocolate Chip

The theme of this blog seems to be “Better Late Than Never”. Life and work always seem to get in the way. But in any case, here is the sec­ond offi­cial hvh mood board. Since it’s ridicu­lously hot in NYC at the moment  —  and ice cream is prob­a­bly one of my biggest addic­tions  —  I’ve decided that’s going […]

August 12, 2009 – 8:00 am | By Courtney | Posted in Inspiration, Inspiration Board | Comments (2)