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Typography Invitations

Typography invitations have become very popular.  These navy and lime green invitations have many different fonts.  We highlighted important words on the invitation with lime green script fonts.  For the main wording, we used many different serif fonts.  This typographic style for the wedding invitations make them fun, but still formal.  Without using any graphics, […]

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Destination Wedding Save the Date

This destination wedding save the date was more like a gift for their guests.  The wedding was taking place in Charleston, South Carolina and Jessica and Lee wanted their guest to have a special save the date since many would not be able to attend.  For their destination wedding save the date, we designed a […]

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Silk Wedding Invitations – Our Favorites

Silk wedding invitations are by far our favorite luxury wedding invitations.  We have put together a sampling of the different styles we have designed. Panel Silk Wedding Invitations Silk Panel style invitations are the most economical of the silk wedding invitations.  Made of a silk padded board, the silk colors are endless.  They are very […]

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Zoo Animal Baby Shower Invitations

When Nicole asked us to design her zoo animal baby shower invitations we were ecstatic.  We had the pleasure to design her wedding invitations and the ultimate compliment is when a client places another order with us. Nicole wanted the baby shower to have hippos as a focus.  She had ordered a wall banner from Gifts Define and the […]

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Rustic Bridal Shower Invitations

These rustic bridal shower invitations are designed with vintage flower graphics and flag banners.  Nicole has been one of my most faithful clients and I was thrilled when she asked me to design vintage bridal shower invitations for her sister-in-law.  The invitations were mailed inside a kraft gatefold.  Each gatefold is wrapped with a lovely […]

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Nautical Wedding Ideas

 Nautical Wedding Invitations Kelly and Matt’s Marathon, Florida wedding had so many fabulous nautical wedding ideas.  We worked closely with Kelly Fowler of Just Save the Date to create these gorgeous wedding invitations.  The design process started with their logo.  Kelly wanted an anchor with their initials for their monogram.  Their monogram was printed in white […]

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Lace Wedding Invitations

Lace wedding invitations can be expensive.  For this lace wedding invitation set, the lace was printed to save money. Lyndsey and Ryan’s colors were navy and light grey and the lace pattern looks stunning printed in a tonal grey on grey print.  Lyndsey’s style was on the whimsical side but the wedding was going to […]

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Italy Wedding Invitations

Italy wedding invitations are quickly becoming my most popular to design.  These Italy wedding invitations were designed for Suzette and Andrew for their wedding at Castillo Di Rosciano.  The quatrefoil clover monogram logo was inspired from the logo of the castle.  The Italy wedding invitations were presented as a gatefold with patterned sashes to hold […]

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FAQ: Process for Custom Invitations

Of all the questions we get here at Gourmet Invitations the most asked is “What is the process for custom invitations?”.  The best way to show you the process is through a past client, Carolina. Contact Us Carolina’s wedding designer, the amazing Shay Brown Events, contacted us last year to start the custom invitation design process. […]

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Storybook Invitations

Storybook invitations are perfect for book lovers, a story theme or library theme.  For Julie and Aaron, they have a love for books and they wanted that to show through on the wedding invitations. During our consultation, Julie told me that her degree is in the study of chickens and that Aaron collects antique pocket watches. […]

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Chicago Water Tower Invitations

Finding Chicago Water Tower invitations proved to be very difficult for Carrie.  Rudi and Carrie eloped to Portofino, Italy.  Their Nomi Garden wedding reception overlooked the Water Tower and she wanted to somehow incorporate Italy into the skyline wedding invitations as well. I designed the invitation with a faded Chicago skyline and the Water Tower more prominent in […]

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