It has been a long time coming, but I am super excited to finally present the last post to this three-part saga of blogging about my wedding invitations! I wanted these invitations to showcase color, texture, and dimension--and in order to achieve that, a lot of time, thought, craft, and care was invested to bring it to life. I hope you enjoy!




The covers of all the invitations were laser cut from chipboard (a cheap material that I became very familiar with to make millions of sketch models during my days of getting an architecture degree). The logo of our names are displayed in the center, with a pattern of honeycomb surrounding all around. Because of the intensive heat of the laser cutter, all the invitations ended up smelling like burnt wood, which I guess you could say added another sensory level to the invitation opening experience.


After untying the ribbon, the interior reveals a palette of peaches, pinks, and soft blues.


The background of the main body of the invitation was extremely labor intensive (refer to the previous post!). Every stamp was carefully placed for a "wallpaper effect" and embossed.


I love maps that show the relationship between land and water. Our wedding was located inland from the California coast, so the map was designed to help guests understand where the venue was relative to popular destinations such as Carmel and Monterey.


Garden roses are one of my favorite kinds of floral and I wanted them to be an essential design element of my wedding day. This custom garden rose stamp was used throughout the invitation and the programs.


I also designed another more geometrical stamp that was used to "seal" the flaps of all the invitation envelopes.

All in all, designing and assembling my own wedding invitations was a fun and creative-intensive experience. With every design project, I hope that the invitation can be representative of the couple and the theme and style of their wedding, which I think these invitations did achieve! They are Nate & Janet on paper.