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I’m always curious about what other people have done for their wedding invitations, especially those whose aesthetic I admire. I asked a few of my favorite married (or almost married) designers to share their wedding invitations with me.

Minhee and Truman Cho are the founders of Paper + Cup Design, one of my favorite online stationery shops.

I first came across their work thru a feature about their fabulous wedding in Martha Stewart Weddings. They made their entire set “grade school” themed to honor their meeting in the elementary school. I love the lined paper and windowed envelopes. So cute!

Lena Corwin is certainly no stranger to Design*Sponge and is another one of my favorite designers. Her blog ~>O<~ inspired me to start my own blog, and her designs for pillows, plates, and ties are to die for.

Her vintage inspired wedding was also featured in Martha Stewart Weddings. I love the restrained use of color on each separate piece. If you’re in the market for something similar, Pantry Press printed Lena’s invites and now offers a ready-made version of her suite for sale to the public. Lena also has a brand new book coming out on July 16th called Printing by Hand, which I’m looking forward to checking out.

joy’s photo by Karen Wise.

Joy D. Cho is another one of my inspirations, both in the design world and the blogosphere. Oh Joy! is daily read, and her line of stationery, Nantaka Joy, features truly elegant patterns and fantastic typography.

Her wedding stationery featured wind and butterflies to symbolize the metamorphosis she went thru with her husband during their 10 year relationship. I love the variety of patterns and iconography in this set. It all just flows…

And last, but certainly not least, Julia Rothman is one of my favorite illustrators and a prolific maker of patterns. She is engaged, and was kind enough to give me a sneak peek at her work-in-progress wedding invitations, which she plans to letterpress in two colors for her up coming fall wedding. Since this is her first attempt, she’s unsure if she’ll end up using them, but I think they’re stunning! They’ll look so fantastic letterpressed! I love that she used her own handwriting and that the background is so “overgrown” looking while still being pretty. Take it from someone who designs wedding invites for a living Julia, this is good stuff!

I LOVED lena corwin’s wedding feature in that issue of martha stewart weddings. I got married that year and wanted to recreate every single aspect, especially the mixed and matched plates to the fabric backgrounds for wedding photos. not that any of it happened, but it just blew me away. loved her dress too. all these designers are soooo inspiring and amazing. thanks for the recap!

We had a very, very simple and private wedding (at City Hall), but we held a brunch at a vegan restaurant the next day for about 60 people. I printed and machine-stitched the invitations, which, I think, were quite lovely. I tried to keep everything related to my wedding understated and casual. You can see it here.

i wish i had alot of money for invitations, but i didn’t so i had to do a DIY thing. i used snow & graham imprintables.

here is the after wedding party example:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pondblue/2613050173/

here is the wedding invites:
http://pics.livejournal.com/pondbluebird/pic/0005yhy5/

but the save the dates were my favorites - i did spend the money on them. it’s from papered together on etsy:
http://pics.livejournal.com/pondbluebird/pic/0005e49d/g8

i wish i couldve done all of them this way.

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