Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

Ceremony : Programs

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE when Brides share their photos with me. Over the weekend Emily sent me this great shot of her booklet style programs, so cute! Check out their  save the dates and invitations and how all their wedding materials worked together.

We are have been working on a new website launching later this year, [...]

Reception: Custom Cake Stands

Over the past few years I have started collecting plates and glasses for every occasion.  Lately when ever Tim and I are out of town I always come home with a new set of something. My latest finds,  a crab shaped aluminum serving piece from our weekend in Provincetown, and before that a set of 4 [...]

Wedding Colors: How to choose

Weddings are all about color right now. And I love it! It’s everywhere and it’s so much more than just the accent, that color was years ago. When choosing your color palette be sure to consider location and the season. Be aware of things that you can and can’t decorate inside your reception space. The [...]

Rehearsal Dinner Invitations : Jessie & Michael

Jessie and Michael are getting married at the end of this month! On the first of July we sent out these fun, preppy, nautical, Newport themed invitations asking their wedding party and families to join them for their rehearsal dinner. 
Sorry for the sort post and the lack of posts these days, we are  working on some [...]

Couture Invitations

What are couture wedding invitations? This is a question I have personally asked myself. Many invitation companies are marketing their invitations as “couture”. I understand they are trying to relay that they are upscale, but why call them couture? Many people, rightly so, relate couture with high fashion clothing. In fact, in a couple dictionaries [...]

Invitations & More : Victoria and John

This coming weekend Victoria and John are tying the knot at their preppy beach themed wedding. Sparkling silver and blue set the tone for their event right from the start. The Invitation packaged was mailed in a sparkling white envelope. When guests opened their invitation they were treated to the short version of the couples proposal story. Yes, [...]

Wedding Materials : Lauren & Nessim

Last weekend in Washington D.C. Lauren and Nessim tied the knot! I worked with them to create some fun wedding materials that made both their welcome totes and reception truly one of a kind. In their welcome tote the couple included a sweet letter thanking their guests for joining them for during the wedding weekend. The note [...]

Trends: Pantone Colors

Have you noticed that we have added a splash of color to our website? For the Summer wedding season, we choose the 2009 Pantone color of the year: 14-0848 Mimosa.  Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute® explains why this is their color of the year “The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and [...]

Invitations : Outdoor Elegance Anniversary Party

The past few weeks have been super busy for us as JSD, we are in the midst of the summer wedding season and have been cranking out some fun and unique programs, escort cards, table numbers and more. (Which  I promise to share soon!)
In the middle of them all we created these elegant and contemporary anniversary party invitations [...]

Invitations: Rebecca and Anthony

I have two chocolate and champagne wedding invitations sets that I worked on for this summer. The first is Rebecca and Anthony. Metallic chocolate brown envelopes were lined in sparkling champagne paper and housed a pocket folder wrapped in champagne ribbon and a monogrammed seal. The invitation itself is classic and romantic with a dotted detail, classic Mrs. Eaves and Bikhman [...]