Our Wedding Suite

We knew we wanted our invitations to reflect our style and our faith. I have a precious Bible from the 1800s I won at an auction, from which I wanted to use some artwork to include in our suite. I found a gorgeous scarlet and ivory dress on sale at a bridal boutique, whose colors became my inspiration. (Photos to come soon.) We decided on a booklet-style format with a "flysheet" of metallic gold. My husband, Charles, composed a special poem he wrote for me to include as part of our design, making it even more uniquely "us."

8-page invitation and response card printed offset.

Our invitations were much more extravagant than what most could afford, thanks to our good friend Brett, a printer rep for Burton and Mayer. He gave us a wonderful deal in printing our two-color job, which included gold metallic ink. We are forever fond of him and his company for doing such a fine job. To save even more we assembled everything by hand together. In 2005, we attended an Addy award gala with the design firm we both worked for. We both had individual pieces entered in the contest that year ... my husband as a writer ... me as an art director... including our invitations. And, I’m happy to say, our suite won a Silver Addy award!

Ceremony program, escort cards, menu, seed packets and thank you card design printed digitally.
“You have stolen my heart, my sweetheart, my bride, you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. How delightful is your love, my sweetheart, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any spice!”  –Song of Songs 4:9-10