Remy's Candyland Birthday Invitations

Ever since I created the carnival birthday invitation last year, I've gotten a lot of requests for similar types of invitations in different colors, or with different wording, like a county fair, instead of a carnival. Melissa contacted me in March to design the invitations for her daughter's first birthday, but wanted to incorporate a Candyland theme into the existing carnival invitation.

I loved the idea, and incorporated things that she was planning to have at the party, like cotton candy, penant flags, pinwheels, huge lollipops, a candy buffet, and a cupcake piñata! I also included a colorful walkway similar to the Candyland board game. The invitations were made of a pearlescent metallic white cardstock, with a light pink metallic cardstock backing, and fuchsia metallic envelopes. The cotton candy, the candy buffet, and the little flower on the cupcake were all hand-glittered to give the invitations some extra texture and sparkle.

I love how colorful the invitation is, and the shades of pink make it very girly =)

~Emilie

Personalized Tin Tie Candy Buffet Bags

I recently blogged about Gary and Maartje's phalaenopsis orchid invitations for their wedding this summer in the Netherlands, and in addition to invitations, I created some other items for them like thank you cards, ceremony program covers, and candy buffet bags.

Candy buffets are very popular for weddings, either as an additional favor, or as the main favor for wedding guests. It's great because there's a variety of candy to choose from, and guests can pick and choose what they like the most. I created 180 candy buffet bags for Gary and Maartje with personalized labels that included their names, wedding date, and a phalaenopsis orchid stem that matched their invitation. The frosted tin tie bag holds 1/2 lb. of candy, and has a closure on the top to make it easy to securely seal the bag.

Seeing the open bag just makes me wants to fill it with lots of colorful candy! This type of bag works well for not only candy, but other popular buffet items like popcorn, cookies, and other desserts. If you are interested in these personalized candy buffet bags for your upcoming wedding or event, email me at info@pinkorchiddesigns.com!

~Emilie

A Modern Save the Date in Pink and Green

A great way to let guests know of your upcoming wedding is through a "save the date" card. These cards are particularly important for destination weddings, dates that fall on a holiday weekend, or for weddings with a lot of out-of-town guests. They can be sent out anywhere from six months to one year before the wedding date. After these cards are sent out, a formal invitation with more wedding details will be sent out to guests approximately six to eight weeks before the wedding.

This save the date card for Kristina and Joshua is modern and simple, with a little pink and green flower detail on the top, and rounded corners. The card is made of a pearlescent white metallic cardstock, and paired with a silver metallic envelope. The one thing that I love about this card is that it is small, and fits in a 4BAR size (5 1/8" x 3 5/8") envelope, which is the same size as most RSVP envelopes. Because there's only a small amount of information to display, I thought a smaller card would be perfect.

If you are interested in these save the date cards for your upcoming wedding or event, please email me at info@pinkorchiddesigns.com!

~Emilie

Cherry Blossom Pocketfold Wedding Invitations

A couple of months ago, I was contacted by Peter and Jennifer to create invitations for their spring wedding at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The cherry blossom branch invitation was a pocketfold style, which is a great way for guests to keep all of the invitation components together. I designed the brown metallic pocketfold so that the branches from the main invitation, rsvp card, and directions card all look like they are coming out of the same area of the pocketfold. It is as if the branches are part of one tree, because the color of the branches match the color of the pocketfold.

All of the invitation cards are made of pearlescent white metallic cardstock, and the main invitation is wrapped with two pieces of double-faced brown satin ribbon. The envelopes were also made of pearlescent white metallic paper, and custom stamps with the cherry blossom design were created for both envelopes to match the rest of the invitation. For the directions and accommodations card, a custom map of Cambridge was created to show some key streets in the Harvard Square area, along with the wedding venue and closest T stop.

The other major element of this invitation are all of the hand-glittered cherry blossom flowers. There were definitely a lot of them, and here is a little statistic for this invitation project:

# of cherry blossom flowers on front cover: 6
# of cherry blossom flowers on the main invitation: 18
# of cherry blossom flowers on the directions card: 9
# of cherry blossom flowers on the RSVP card: 9
Total # of flowers per invitation: 42
Total # of invitations created: 160

do some multiplication and ...
Total # of hand-glittered cherry blossom flowers: 6,720

If you are interested in these invitations for your upcoming wedding or event, please contact me at info@pinkorchiddesigns.com!

~Emilie

Gold and Champagne Wedding Invitations

Gold and champagne sound like quite a luxurious combination, don't you think? They are the colors for Joe and Anni's wedding this summer in San Francisco, and also the colors of their invitations. Anni contacted me in early February about my sweet lovebird invitations on the blog, and also sent me some darling engagement pictures to get to know them better. I couldn't help but include one below. They look so in love!

photo by Tran-Dinh Photography

The cards and envelopes were a mix of champagne metallic and gold leaf metallic colors. The response card included little icons for the meal choices of beef, fish, and vegetarian. Also, they wanted to include a quote on the back flap of the main invitation envelope: "All the birds in the world carrying poems in their wing, could never tell the happiness I feel just loving you." I thought it was a great way for guests to read something sweet before even opening the invitation.

If you are interested in these invitations for your upcoming wedding or event, please email me at info@pinkorchiddesigns.com.

~Emilie

Personalized Stationery - Flower Scroll Design

I was recently contacted by a friend from my college days, Mary, to design and create two sets of personalized stationery as a gift. After sending over a few samples, she decided on a flower scroll design in two different colors: plum purple, and sage green. The cards were made of pearlescent white metallic cardstock, and had rounded corners. The flower scroll design matched the envelopes perfectly, and both sets were packaged together with our signature "pink orchid" ribbon.

Each set of personalized stationery contains 10 cards and 10 matching envelopes. If you are interested in personalized stationery sets for yourself or as a gift, please contact me at info@pinkorchiddesigns.com!

~Emilie