WEDDING INVITES FOR TAYLOR AND ALLIE

 

I had WAY too much fun designing these invites for Taylor and Allie!!!! I loved coming up with different ideas for this project and I really loved everything I got to learn from it too.  I had called Allie up and asked if I could use her pictures for some wedding announcements that I wanted to design for my portfolio, and she said yes:)  That part was exciting, but what really got me dancing was her call the next day telling me they wanted the design for their actual wedding invitations!!!!  I was SOOOOO excited!!! But then I realized that someone was counting on me for some fun invitations that needed to look professional and I wanted to make sure the bride and groom were completely happy with them!!! AHHH.  Now the pressure was on haha.  Allie and I emailed back and forth for weeks getting everything perfect.  I wanted the invitations to be fun and different.  This is how I felt when I designed mine.  I wanted the invitation to get people excited about our wedding!  But now that I was designing something for someone else's big day, I wanted to make it even better.  During their engagement shoot she told me they wanted photobooth pictures for their announcements.  Such a fun idea:)  So I went along with that theme for their invites.  I had come up with a few different ideas that were pretty different from each other so that Allie had a bunch of options to chose from.

I had also given her an option that was very similar to the finished product, but way simpler.  She liked that idea and we went from there. Everyday I would design more or take away things here and there and she would tell me what worked for her and what didn't.  I loved hearing her ideas on things.  It was fun putting both our ideas together to create such a fun detail for her big day.

 After Allie had chosen her favorite design I started putting different ideas and graphics together to see what graphics, fonts, and colors would work well with each other.  Here is just a clip of one of my idea boards.  I loved the simplicity of the black and white with red details.  It kept the design clean and classy, yet the red gave it that fun, creative kick.  We decided to not have a picture on the front or back of the invitation like most, but instead placed an actual photobooth picture inside for a fun surprise:)  This worked PERFECTLY with the invitation.  I had also designed a smaller luncheon invite with a red heart on the front that made all everything really come together.  I learned quite a bit from this project.  I got to work with a few different printing companies and learn more about how things run.  I was really nervous on how these would turn out once printed, but the outcome was great:)

 

 

This project has been one of my absolute favorites.  I am lucky enough to get to design a few more for some cute brides:)  If you or anyone you know is interested in having some invitations designed you can contact me through email at jackistoddard@gmail.com. Stay tuned for more fun projects and photoshoots!!! Oh yeah....I will be having my first GIVEAWAY soon!!!! So keep comin back from more details! So excited:)