Clockwise from top: Petite engraved crest with 18th-century monogram printed in opal ink on racing green stock by Eugenie Babington for Heron Paperie, heronpaperie.com. Italian paper printed in forest green letterpress and gold foil with custom crest and companion reply card and custom illustrated table number by Jennifer Vencill for Eglantine Rose Letterpress, eglantinerose.com. Custom live oak illustration in French blue letterpress on white stock by Heron Paperie. A delicate wrought iron illustration frames the two-color letterpress on ecru stock by Heron Paperie featuring hand-drawn calligraphy by Maria Helena.
Clockwise from top: The hummingbird, citrus and floral motif of the envelope liner was repeated with the wax seal used to fasten the invitation suite printed in complementary shades by Scriptura, scriptura.com. For a Canadian couple’s destination wedding, designer Jennifer Vencill for Eglantine Rose incorporated an earthy color palette, texture and custom illustrations of Louisiana birds and animals paired with letterpress printed text. Inspired by the couple’s bright floral palette, their invitation is crowned by a watercolor floral crest including a trumpet and letterpress printed text, also designed by Jennifer Vencill for Eglantine Rose Letterpress, eglantinerose.com.
Scriptura captured the spirit of The Josephine in the Ellis-Carmody invitation suite letterpress printed in matte copper with pale pink die-cut edge. Save the date and reply inserts are letterpress printed on pale pink stock with die-cut edges and the custom envelope liner features an image of the altar in pale pink wash. The Ruk-Kern wedding suite elements include the Woodland green envelope with snowy egret liner and Light Mist heavyweight stock letterpress printed in charcoal ink accented with sage wax seal and cipher monogram, by Scriptura, scriptura.com.
A custom watercolor illustration of Saint Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux lines the envelope of the Naquin-Alleman invitation suite and fine, raised gold ink printed on ecru stock highlights the couple’s names. The McDonald-Lombard grand suite is adorned with a custom cipher and featuring champagne gold ink engraved on white stock with tinted beveled edge and companion detail card in the same weight and finish by Gem Printing Co., gemprinting.com. A modern stacked initial cipher printed in platinum on heavy white stock features beveled edges and notched corners by Eugenie Babington for Heron Paperie, heronpaperie.com.
The Columns Hotel inspired the elements of this playful custom-illustrated invitation suite by designer Catherine Flotte for Sprinkles Art Co. The envelope’s watercolor liner depicts courtyard scenes edited into a chinoiserie pattern inspired by wallpaper in the hotel’s Avenue Suite with an illustration of its signature umbrella and guest addressing digitally printed in white on the reverse; Laser-cut umbrella details card letterpressed in purple on green stock; Flood-printed letterpressed invitation in raspberry ink on pink handmade paper with an illustrative frame inspired by the stained-glass skylight at the top of the stairwell. Flotte’s dusty green petite rehearsal dinner invitation with an illustrative frame of an oak tree with Spanish moss, cast iron plant and cosmos letterpressed in matte gold ink on handmade paper inserts into the wedding invitation of invited guests, Sprinkles Art Co., sprinklesartco.com.
