laura wedding suite

The Laura wedding invitation suite is named after my great-great-grandmother and namesake, Laura Stump Dumm. For this suite, I tried to visualize what a 1899 wedding celebration in Ohio would be like. I pictured my great-great-grandmother wearing her mother's handmade wedding dress and carrying a bouquet of daisies. The wedding would take place outside under blooming trees, and family, friends and neighbors would bring food (lots of farm fresh veggies and homemade pies!) for the picnic reception. The day would end with fireworks or a parade.

I'm not sure of my great-great-grandparents' actual wedding date, but I do know they were married in 1899. My great-great-grandfather was born on the 4th of July, so I decided to make that their wedding date. Red and greige seem a fitting color combination for July 4th park wedding, and the embroidered daisies fit with the summer picnic vibe. Thanks to the rich colors and classic fonts, this wedding suite could also work really well for a rustic or vintage-inspired fall or winter wedding.

For more information about the Laura wedding invitation suite, please contact us here. 

denise wedding suite

When it came time to design a wedding invitation suite for unfussy country-inspired nuptials, I pulled inspiration from my mother-in-law, Denise, and a set of vintage napkins I found at an estate sale a couple of years ago.

If Denise and her husband Greg were getting married this year, she'd want a low-key country wedding in the summer. The wedding would take place in a white clapboard church, and the reception would feature fried catfish, sweet tea in Mason jars, wildflowers as decorations and lots of fireflies. There would be live music, well-worn cowboy boots and lots of close family and friends. 

To go along with this imagined wedding, I created a cheerful country wedding suite that has a little bit of a vintage vibe and a very relaxed feel. The colors are slightly country, but they were also very popular in the seventies, back when Denise and her husband Greg actually tied the knot. The daisy embroidery unites those themes of country and the 1970s. The fonts are some of our very favorites. 

This suite can be customized to match any of the colors used in the embroidery -- so avocado green, soft pink, sun yellow, cottage blue and lavender are all color options.  

Below is a photograph of Denise and Greg when they were dating. It was definitely the 1970s. :)

To learn more about the Denise wedding suite, contact us here.

the heritage wedding invitation

 Vintage family travel photographs inspired our latest design, the heritage wedding suite.

The invitation and RSVP postcard are customized with the images of your choice. The fonts and colors reflect the images, so they are completely customizable. In this case, we chose two fonts that had a nautical feel, and we pulled the blue and orange colors from the image itself. The RSVP postcard features a complementary image.

For this particular wedding, we'd pair the suite with some navy and white baker's twine, a navy envelope and a custom envelope liner that features a vintage sailing map.

We think this suite would be perfect for a destination wedding that is taking place in a waterfront locale in spring, summer or early fall. It feels very Martha's Vineyard to us. 

If you'd like to learn more about this design or any of our other creations, you can contact us here. We'd be happy to help.

lauren wedding invitation

This week we're featuring the Lauren wedding invitation suite. The fonts and gray and yellow color combination are both cheerful and classic, and they feel appropriate for a spring or summer wedding. For a little added personality, the back of the invitation and RSVP card can be customized in either solid yellow, yellow with white polka dots or yellow with white chevron stripes.

The actual wedding that inspired this suite took place at a historic plantation in the country, so the vibe was rustic, vintage and elegant. The bride loved the bunting detail so much that she hired us to create fabric polka dot and chevron bunting for the reception. You can see more details from the wedding here. 

If yellow and gray aren't your wedding colors, no worries! The colors of the Lauren wedding suite are completely customizable. For more information about the Lauren wedding invitation, suite, simply drop us a line here, and we'll be in touch!