Wedding Invitations: Old Fashioned Lemonade

When Caroline and Matt came to us with this heart-warming theme for their spring wedding in Charleston, we gushed—literally, like a bushel of fresh-squeezed lemons. They were pretty much the dream couple to work with, letting us run with the color scheme of pale yellow with navy accents to do whatever our puckered hearts desired. And the ideas just started pouring out. Some of the inspiration for their custom suite:

found via pinterest

{ See the full board of inspired goodies here. }

Now, this wasn't our first rodeo on the Southeastern seaboard, you'll recall Lisa and Justin's own Savannah-nanza. But this is our first Chucktown invitation, and we were excited to work with a new, lovely color scheme. (Our new credo: no.more.green.) On our list for this charmingly Southern affair there were three must-haves: soft seersucker. heavenly florals. faux bois (Lisa's newfound fave...stay tuned for more on the matter).

We served up Caroline and Matt a pretty little letterpressed diddy that mixed a modern peony design and a classically elegant type treatment. Then we finished it off with a tall glass of pale yellow seersucker laced with a navy stitched border, all given that extra sweet touch with a faux bois bellyband.

Here's a look at the final pieces!

Delish. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see the final event pics. Till then, a sweet cheers to you all!

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Going Green.

Just when you thought we had done all we could do with green-on-green, we've taken it even further. For Lisa and Justin's July 4th weekend post-wedding celebration in her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA, we wanted the invitations to have the same personality of the Savannah invitations, but not quite as formal. Maybe, just the chiller, laxer cousin of the originals? With a little P-Burgh flair, of course.So we called in the fabric troops once again, and recycled the placemats from Lisa's wedding to make some awesummerific Pittsburgh invitations. I tell ya, we've gotten some major mileage on these bad boys—literally: they've gone from Atl--> SF--> Atl--> Sav--> Atl-->SF --> Pitt. Whew.

The way I figure, they'll carry all the good times and fun memories from Lisa's wedding with them to the reception in Pittsburgh. :)

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Farewell on Style Me Pretty!

Well, folks, we've officially made it. Ok, maybe we're still making it—but in our books, this is the bee's knees. We were featured on Style Me Pretty, our absolute favorite wedding site! My own wedding from last fall was shown, along with some really great feedback from the wedding style maven and blogger extraordinaire, Abby Larson.

Here are some of the pics featured...

{t-b: 1.dress by Amy Kuschel from Bel Fiore Bridal, bouquet by Kristin Hinkle Designs,
2.decor by Geri Sims Productions, 3.stationery by Farewell Paperie, 4.-5.boutonnieres by Kristin Hinkle Designs}

{t-b: 1.rings from D. Geller & Sons, 2.bridesmaids dresses by Melissa Sweet,
3.earrings from Macy's, bracelet from AmericasMart Atlanta }

{t-b: 1.bouquets by Kristin Hinkle Designs, bridesmaids dresses by Melissa Sweet,
2.ceremony signage by Farewell Paperie, 3. decor by Geri Sims Productions }

{clockwise: 1.cupcakes by Sweet Cakes Atlanta, 2.laterns from Luna Bazaar online,
3. wholesale florals and vases not sure where from, 4. stationery by Farewell Paperie }

{t-b: 1.homemade fabric panels, 2.escort cards by Farewell Paperie, 3. programs by Farewell Paperie}

Fab photo credits: wedding shots, Ben Vigil | stationery shots, Dan Schultz

Thanks again to Style Me Pretty and all the great readers who commented! Be sure to check out the full posts and more pics:

Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V

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