When given the task of sending out the bridal shower invitations for a good friend, I couldn't just go with store bought ones and miss an opportunity to showboat. But not only that, it was a chance to design something without a client; I had free reign to do whatever I liked.
Since I'm in the midst of several wedding related projects right now, I've been hitting the blogs hard, and came across this excellent tutorial from Oh So Beautiful Paper and put my own twist on it. I loved the idea of doing something two sided. It added so much style to what could have just been a simple card. After painting the watercolor flowers (check the tutorial for how to), I grabbed a few of them from the back in Photoshop, and used them to adorn the front. Using old typewriter font went along with the vintage feel of the whole thing, and the delicacy of the flowers was partnered with a simple script. One learning was not to make the watercolor too light, or the scanner won't pick it up.
They were printed out on Neenah 110lb Natural White Classic Crest paper, which is tough to cut by hand, fyi. The envelopes are Laid Continental Blue, picked up from Paper Presentation. Beautiful and classy, much like the bride before she is corrupted at the bachelorette party. More pics below!
