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CHRIS & ELAINE'S WEDDING DAY INVITATIONS
Chris and Elaine stand back to back (homaging Mr & Mrs Smith), with a glass in their hand. The background was created with a Hollywood / glamour feel evoking the old musicals of the 40's and 50's.
EVENING INVITATIONS
Making the background a purple colour and adding twinkly stars and a glitter ball helped to convey the party / celebration message of these evening invites.
THANK YOU'S
Some cooler colours were added for Chris and Elaine's thank you cards.
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SEAN & JESSICA'S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Vibrant pink colours and the Desired Designs logo were elements Sean and Jessica requested to be built into the design of their invites. White heart style confetti was added to cascade around the happy couple.
EVENING INVITATIONS
Keeping with the theme of the day invite, a change in colour and the addition of a disco ball and twinkly stars conveyed the party message of this invite.
THANK YOU'S
The Thank you cards were based on the Hello/OK type of celebrity magazine with relevant straplines added.
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SEAN & JESSICA'S WEDDING (cont)
ORDER OF SERVICE (FRONT AND BACK)
Sean and Jessica kept the same pose for the order of service that they had used on their day and evening invitations so that they would all look like part of a set. However as the order of service was to be printed landscape, they suggested an illustrated picture of their wedding venue(from a supplied photograph).
The back of the order of service was used by the couple to thank people who had been important in helping prepare for the big day.
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CHRIS & ELLIE’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
A logo was created to link through Chris & Ellie’s invitations, order of service and placecards. As the couple were to marry in February some winter elements were added to the background such as a cool blue colour and snowflakes.
EVENING INVITATIONS
A slightly different pose for Chris and Ellie on their evening invite. As the couple were also having a firework display this was also built into the design of the background.
REAR OF INVITE
The logo was placed on the rear of both the day and evening invites.
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CHRIS & ELLIE’S WEDDING (cont)
ORDER OF SERVICE (FRONT AND BACK)
Chris and Ellie also supplied ‘side on’ photographs to be used for the front of the order of service. The illustration depicts the couple exchanging marital vows in church. The logo created for the day and evening invites is placed on the front to tie them together.
The back of the order of service was used by the couple to thank people who had been important in helping prepare for the big day.
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CAROLINE & NICK’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Caroline and Nick wanted a Christmas/wintery feel to their invites with red and silver colours to convey this. Heart style confetti and snowflakes were added to the background.
EVENING INVITATIONS
For the evening invites we made the red slightly darker and added a glitterball to the background.
THANK YOU'S
The Thank you cards were based on the Hello/OK type of celebrity magazine.
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CAROLINE & NICK’S WEDDING (cont)
ORDER OF SERVICE (FRONT AND BACK)
The silver/winter effect border used in Caroline and Nick’s day and evening invites was carried through to the order of service, with a background illustration of the church added behind the bride and groom.
The back of the order of service was used by the couple to thank people who had been important in helping prepare for the big day.
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MATTHEW & VICTORIA’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Matthew and Victoria requested landscape style invite that would better suit their idea of having an illustration of their wedding venue in the background.
EVENING INVITATIONS
The venue was altered to convey the nightime aspect of these invites.
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GARETH & LISA’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Admiring the invitations we had produced for Chris and Elaine, Gareth and Lisa employed the same ‘Hollywood Glamour’ background but added their own ideas such as the white butterflies in the background.
EVENING INVITATIONS
For the evening invites, a funky disco ball was added and the white butterflies were altered to pink.
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PETROS & MARIA’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Petros and Maria requested a landscape style invitation with a background illustration of their church.
EVENING INVITATIONS
A postcard size invite was sent out depicting the couple against a night sky, on the reverse contained a map
of the evening reception.
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DAVID & MICHELLE’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Instead of illustrated portraits, David and Michelle requested a ‘Moulin Rouge’ themed flyer/invitation. A logo was created for the centre of the invites with the wedding date at the bottom of it.
GIFT LIST
A small version of the invite (business card size) was created as a gift list to be placed with the day and evening invites.
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DONNA & TONY’S WEDDING
Donna and Tony were getting married in Sydney, Australia and having a blessing in Nottingham at a later date, the invites reflect both destinations with black and white sketches of both the Opera House and Nottingham Town Hall behind the happy couple.
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CHRIS & SARA’S WEDDING
This larger ‘flyer’ style wedding invitation contained an illustrated version of the reception along with a back to back pose of Chris and Sara in the foreground.
TABLE NUMBERS
11 table numbers were created based on the idea of Sara and Chris portraying famous couples throughout history (real or fictional).
Table 1 is Adam and Eve, Table 9 is Bonnie and Clyde, Table 11 is Danny and Sandy (Grease).
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DANNI & KEV’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Danni and Kev were inviting a small group to celebrate there wedding in Ibiza. A picture of the location was illustrated in the background with different clothing added to both Kev and Danni.
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LYNNE & ELAINE’S CIVIL PARTNERSHIP
THANK YOU’S
After celebrating there civil partnership, Lynne and Elaine enjoyed there honeymoon across the US. For the thank you cards a postcard style format was suggested, with Lynne and Elaine in the foreground surrounded by some of the areas they visited.
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KATE & STUART’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Kate and Stuart requested a landscape invitation for their wedding in Olu Deniz, the backgound illustration depicted the clear blue water, sunshine and golden beaches of the resort. The text “come fly with us’ was added
to the invite as though it had been written in the sand.
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JOANNA & PETE’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Joanna and Pete were marrying in Madeira and wanted an invite which clearly depicted them at the resort. Joanna suggested it be more like a postcard and so the back of the invite was designed with that in mind.
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KATIE & STEVE’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Katie and Steve knew exactly what they wanted with their invites! They sent us a photograph of themselves in the above pose and requested chocolate colours for the clothes and hair and cream colours for the skintones and background. Gold style text was added for the invites as it provided a nice contrast on both chocolate and cream.
EVENING INVITATIONS
Only one change was requested between the day and evening invites and that was for Katie’s dress to be shortened.
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LORRAINE & PAUL’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Lorraine and Paul requested an invitation which depicted them walking through a bluebell wood near to their wedding venue. A small white border was added to provide a clean space for the invite text.
EVENING INVITATIONS
The background was altered to create and evening/nightime mood.
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LIZ & DAVE’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
Liz and Dave requested a landscape style invitation which not only depicted an illustrated version of the bride and
groom, but also a nice background illustration of the church.
EVENING INVITATIONS
Although Liz and Dave remained the same for the evening invitation, the background was altered to night sky with
the couples evening venue added.
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LIZ & DAVE’S WEDDING (cont)
RSVP’S FRONT AND BACK
These postcard sized RSVP’s were placed with the day invitations, assuring a quicker response from Liz and Dave’s
guests. The front of the RSVP contained the couple postage details and the reverse provided the required response
instructions along with the opportunity for their guests to choose a song for the reception.
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LIZ & DAVE’S WEDDING (cont)
ORDER OF SERVICE (FRONT AND BACK)
Liz and Dave’s order of service was designed to compliment the day invitations. As the couple were having a black and white colour theme, we altered the background image to black and white.
We also changed Liz and Dave’s pose slightly and removed the champagne glasses from them.
The back of the order of service was used by the couple to thank people who had been important in helping prepare for the big day.
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LIZ & DAVE’S WEDDING (cont)
ORDER OF SERVICE INSIDE
The text for the order of service was nicely split over 4 columns, with room for a black and white image of the church to go on the right hand side.
The actual size of this order of service is 420mm x 148mm folded to a booklet of 210mm x 148mm.
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LEANN & SCOTT’S WEDDING
DAY INVITATIONS
As the couple were to be married in Mexico, they requestes evening invitations for their UK celebration for all the family and friends who missed the big day. A nightime pic of Mexico was drawn with an airplane flying overhead to help convey this.
EVENING INVITATIONS
A map was added to the left side of the invite (the main text being on the right), so that guests could easily find the venue.
RSVP
A postcard style RSVP was sent out with the evening invites so that Leann and Scott’s guests could respond more quickly.
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NICK & SHARON’S WEDDING
SAVE THE DATE CARD (FRONT, BACK AND INNER)
The save the date cards were produced at a double folded business card size (11cm x 8cm) The front contained
the simple message ‘save the date’ , the inside displayed an illustration of Sharon and NIck outside their wedding
venue, and the back contained a logo with the couples name and date of the wedding.