Maureen & Joseph – May 9, 2009
Maureen & Joseph are one of the wonderful couples I met and was able to work with in 2009. Their gorgeous swirl-inspired wedding suite has been featured on my main website for some time now, (you can view it here), but I wanted to feature some of their wedding day stationery for the blog. Maureen and Joseph’s wedding was designed around a vintage color palette of antique pinks and creams with the warm base of chocolate brown. Their selected color swatches from Envelopments® were Blush Pink Repousse, Ecru Micah and Bronze. For their wedding ceremony Maureen wanted a traditional folded program. We decided to go with a 5×5 Folded Program in the Ecru Micah. This matched their wedding invitation which was set in a 5×5 Signature Side Pocket Fold. Keeping the same shape from your invitation to your program to table numbers, etc. can bring a continuity to all your wedding related stationery, especially if it’s a unique shape like a square. At the spine of the wedding program is a hand-tied bow of double-faced satin ribbon in chocolate brown.
*Planning tip: When figuring out how many programs you need, don’t worry about getting 1 per guest. Many guests will share a program. You can base your order on how many invitations you had to send out, and then add in enough extras for your wedding party and keepsakes. For example if your wedding will have 150 guests, order about 100 programs. Note: Set the keepsake programs aside prior to your wedding! (An exception to this rule is if you are planning on placing programs on seats prior to the ceremony – then you will need 1 for each guest.)
Instead of traditional escort cards, Maureen opted to do 2 seating charts. Seating charts are a wonderful alternative to escort cards for a few reasons:
• for a large wedding escort cards can get easily confusing – too many cards make it difficult for guests to find their name
• for outdoor weddings where wind/weather is a factor and escort cards can take flight!
• seating charts are easy to use, easy to setup, easy to read
Maureen & Joseph had a large wedding and opted to do two 18×24-inch seating charts framed in Satin Gold frames. Check out the charts being used at the wedding in the photos below!
A big thank you to Massachusetts Wedding Photographer Eric Limon who graciously provided the photos below.
2010 Bride’s Choice Award
Admire Design has just won a 2010 Bride’s Choice Award from WeddingWire!
Check out the press release:
WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Admire Design LLC has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Invitations.
The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.
Admire Design LLC is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.
“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”
We are happy to announce that Admire Design LLC is among the very best in invitation design within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings.
A big thank you to our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards!
Martha Stewart Weddings
I’m excited to announce that Admire Design was chosen to be the featured designer for Envelopments® representing Connecticut in the winter 2010 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings! How awesome is that? The magazine is celebrating their 15th anniversary, plus Envelopments® is turning 15! A double birthday, congrats!
The ad debuts a brand new design “Claire & Diego” which you can view in detail here. The suite features a warm and inviting color palette of Coriander and Pyrite, accented with Serpentine, Chrysophase, Navajo, Aquamarine and a hint of White Micah. The Art Nouveau inspired graphics swirl around the playful Adios Script by Alejandro Paul. When assembled, the Save the Date sits halfway inside a Portable Pocket®, concealing the wording until you slide it out and, surprise!
I also want to point out how both pieces from the “Claire & Diego” design are printed on non-neutral stocks! I just love the way color is used here. The Save the Date is printed on Serpentine stock and the Wedding Invitation is on Aquamarine stock. Envelopments® offers a wide range of very pale colors that can be used to print on. I think it’s a very clever way to bring a unique look to your invitation set instead of using the traditional white or ecru. Like this idea? Here’s a list of pale neutrals you can coordinate into your design: Casaba, Blush Pink, Powder Blue, Aquamarine, Serpentine, Luster, Coral and Zinc! View the colors here.
As featured in Martha Stewart Weddings - Winter 2010 Issue
Happy Holidays…here we come 2010!
While we’re all speeding toward 2010, I’d just like to take a minute to wish everyone a very happy holiday season, and to thank all the friends and family of Admire Design for their continued and very appreciated support! I hope your holidays are filled with peace, joy and love.