I was recently approached by my friend Josephine, who asked me to design a save-the-date and invitation combination to let her friends and relatives know about her upcoming wedding next summer. She wanted it to be low on paper waste, so we combined the save-the-date and the invite in an effort to get people to RSVP on the website only. I was super excited, because knowing how playful and fun Josephine is, I knew this would be a fun project. Also, I’ve never done any wedding design before, so I was super stoked about the experience. I will also be setting her up with a WordPress site with RSVP functionality in the coming month or so.
Josephine said she wanted a color palette that is “vibrant and retro” and she wanted something playful and whimsical. Other than that, I had not too many other guidelines. She gave me complete creative freedom, which was so much fun! I knew that she likes orange and green, so I based my color research on that, and found this color palette at Design Seeds:
The plan for the wedding is for it to be a very casual camping weekend in Alberta, and she said she wanted a VW camper van theme, which I was skeptical about at first, but thought could be really cute and fun.
Here’s what I came up with for the final electronic version:
Josephine loved it so much that she has asked for postcards as well! (Which will mean changing the dimensions a little bit.)
The illustration originally had a bunny where the groundhog was, but I replaced it because Tony loves groundhogs.
I have to give a shout-out to Michelle Booth, who has taught me everything I know about wedding invitations, save-the-dates, funky typography and ampersands ;). She is a design force to be reckoned with! I believe I was channelling her on this project!
Anyway, this is one of many projects that have been keeping me busy lately. I will post more updates on other projects soon!
Leanne Padgett 