Ah, weddings. I love designing for weddings. The invitation is the first hint your guests will see of your personal wedding style, and can set the tone for every other choice you make in the planning stages.

For this particular wedding, the mother of the groom was my contact throughout the whole process – I never actually spoke with the couple. It was a unique challenge for me because the only information I had to work with was the basic “Who, What, When, and Where”… I had no idea what look or theme the bride and groom were going for. I decided to create four very different designs and emailed them to the future MIL, hoping one would catch their eye.  They in fact loved two of the styles, so I printed out proofs of both (sometimes seeing the actual invitation in your hand can make up your mind for you).

The wedding colors were red and yellow, but I wasn’t sure which color was going to be the main hue for the event. Since it was an early spring wedding, I felt that a light yellow would be a great color for the invites – reminiscent of  daffodils and fitting for the time of year.

For the first option I used pale yellow for the background, overlaid with lacy heart graphics in light gray and white. This was my “romantic” design, simple and pretty.

The second style they liked was my “typography” design. This invitation style has become increasingly popular over the last few years, much to my delight. Focusing on the fonts instead of images and graphics can make a visually appealing and fun design. For designers, it’s almost like putting a puzzle together when all of the pieces are completely different sizes – it takes a lot of thought, planning, and careful placement.

And the final choice was…. Option #1!  “Romantic” for the win