rachel and stirling :: wedding stationery

Today's wedding stationery suite is a super pretty design which we created for Rachel and Stirling. This adorable coupled are located in the Goondiwindi region of country Queensland. With a theme of vintage eclecticism they are having their reception at the Sir Henry Parkes Memorial School of Arts in Tenterfield. This beautiful old building has a family connection and its classic historical history is perfect for their wedding theme.

For their stationery the brief was for something beautiful, elegant and understated. Both Rachel & Stirling have a love for nature and especially beautiful flowers. Keeping this in mind we designed their wedding invitation to feature a beautiful dusty vintage pink floral etching. And something new for us here at Bespoke - we commissioned custom lettering for their names to give the invitations a sense of movement and looseness which isn't always achievable in a more formal script font.

When then tied together the floral illustration and custom lettering with a vintage uppercase serif (with quirky numeral characters) all printed in a mid tone grey ink.

The stationery suite included invitations with printed and lined envelopes, thank you cards, order of service cards and the sweetest little gift tags complete with dusty pink satin ribbon.

Just the prettiest stationery suite don't you think?

phoebe & joey :: wedding stationery

Today we have a stunning wedding stationery set you to show you. Phoebe and Joey are based here in Brisbane, however are planning an amazing wedding in Sydney in April this year at the crypt at St Mary's Cathedral, followed by an evening of decadence at the The Ivy Ballroom.

Phoebe is passionate in the planning of her wedding to use young independent designers as much as possible so we were tickled pink that she chose us to design her wedding stationery. Her brief was for a black and white typographic design which was classic, understated yet glamorous all at the same.

We designed their invitation to feature two of our most classic typefaces and printed them in a strong black on white cotton stock. The central alignment keeps the design in line with the traditional aspect and the over sized feature script gives the design a real wow factor.

As well as invitations we also designed and letterpress printed reply cards with envelopes, registry cards, order of service booklet covers and invitation envelopes. We finished off the envelopes with our new scalloped envelope labels utilising the same typefaces from their invitation design.

We wish Phoebe and Joey and amazing day in April, and have our fingers crossed that they will share some photos from their amazing day with us - it is bound to be spectacular!!

Catherine & Timothy :: wedding menus

Last week I was printing these menus on Herbie for Catherine and Timothy who are having an amazing wedding next weekend! We have worked with them on their entire stationery suite over the past few months, but for the first time ever - printing made me ravenously hungry - their degustation menu sounds simply amazing!

sara & ian :: wedding stationery

Last week I showed you a fabulous Blue we had been mixing on the ink table. Well today I am super excited to show it all printed and looking gorgeous!

Sara and Ian are based in Adelaide however they contacted us sometime ago to design and print invitations for their wedding which is being held in Santorini, Greece in May this year.

For their wedding Sara and Ian were planning a small intimate wedding and as their immediate family and close friends were willing to travel across the world they put on their thinking caps. Sara was born in Greece, although having never been back since they decided to make the most of the opportunity and have chosen to have their wedding perched upon the stunning Santorini cliffs. Totally jealous!


For their invitation we designed a very intricate illustration based upon images of the Santorini cliff side which Sara supplied us with. This illustration was then printed in a very light ivory ink coupled with our new fabulous blue (nicknamed Santorini Blue funny enough).

We coupled this gorgeously detailed illustration with very simple and relaxed typography and printed these on our 100% cotton stocks in a white colour for a beautiful classic contrast of blue on white.

It was such a wonderful joy to illustrate and print these invitations. We wish Sara and Ian and amazing trip, wedding and fabulous holiday to follow! If only they could find some room to squeeze us in their suitcases...

love :: oh so beautiful paper

It is true, I suffer from blog obsessive overload disorder. However what keeps my sane in this big wide world of blogs are those which just get it right and time and time again. These beautifully written and presented blogs keep me just that little bit calm amongst the manic storm of design blogs out there in the world.

And one of my all time favourite blogs if Oh So Beautiful Paper. This adorable blog has been a firm favourite of mine for years. It is one of my first daily port of blog calls each and every morning. Living in the land of paper myself, I can't help but feel at home.

Oh So Beautiful Paper originates out of Washington DC and is written and curated by Nole, who I must admit I think I have a little girly design crush upon. Do make sure you pop on by and have a visit, be warned though, so much paper candy will keep you busy for hours!!

Have a great weekend my sweets!
xox

amanda & mick :: wedding stationery

Today we have a super lovely wedding stationery suite to share with you. Designed for Amanda and Mick who are a Brisbane coupled getting married in May this year. Their design brief was for something classic and elegant, which a touch of vintage styling.

For their invitation we designed a vintage inspired botanical illustration which we combined with classic and elegant typography. This invitation was accompanied with an information and map card and reply postcard. All three cards were held together with a personalised bellyband and housed inside a matching ivory envelope with a stunning black and metallic ivory lining. Just gorgeous!

Amanda & Mick it was such a joy to work with you, we hope your guests love receiving your invitations as much as we loved making them for you!

order of service booklets

With many of our clients Autumn weddings fast approaching we have been busy busy bees lately designing and printing a lot of order of service booklets.

We have a few different options for these little beauties. We can do a single program card (for less formal ceremonies) or order of service booklets which have a letterpressed outer cover and then digitally printed inserts which we bind together with a machine stitched spine.

For crafty brides, or those on a bit of a budget, quite often we letterpress the outer cover and our clever clients design and compose the internal sheets themselves. These can be bound with a pretty ribbon and bow. This helps keeps the cost down a little and also allows our clients to have a very special input with the production of their stationery.

Either way, we love these little booklets. They make such a wow beginning to a wedding ceremony don't you think?

on the mixing table

We have been mixing and printing the most amazing shade of blue here in the studio, Although since we mixed the above ink I have been finding bits of blue ink all through the studio. I don't know what it is about blue ink, but out of all the inks it is always the one that always travels the furthest around here.

I find it on the studio floor, walls, fingers, feet and doggy paws. Now don't think we are messy - because we do keep the studio quite clean, but some how this sneaky blue ink finds its way to explore the studio. One tiny little blob makes it way off the mixing table and we find it for months to come. We never seem to have this issue with other colours. For some unbeknown reason, blue just likes to make its mark around here.