Colour Inspiration

Pantone Spring – Summer 2016 Colour Palette

20th January 2016

So it’s that time of year when all you lovely engaged couples start thinking and planning your Spring – Summer weddings. While you’re gathering inspiration and filling your Bride book with photos or madly saving ideas to your Pinterest page, here’s some inspiration that just may help! The NEW gorgeous 2016 key colours to get you started. Pantone the colour prediction service have put together an adorable palette, a mix of fresh bright pastels, just perfect for weddings. We’re loving them! Each and everyone works so well for weddings and we can’t wait to start putting together some exciting new ideas using them. For…

Themes and trends

28th October 2015

We’ve just found the amazing Kristine Go and her amazing work, she is the Creative Director & Curator for Pattern Curator. Pattern Curator collects images and photos to create really visual and inspirational story boards. Their goal is to inspire and connect like minded creative individuals, like us… and since finding them we have loved checking out the website for updates and new theme boards! With our fashion background and love for working on themes we have found Patter Curartor so helpful. They look at everything from print, pattern and colour trends, each board is curated visually in a way that is directional,…

The Ethereal Garden

14th October 2015

Whilst searching for laser cut cards, Samantha Greenhalgh found our website and felt our stationery would perfectly compliment a wedding styled shoot she was planning. The theme she said was slightly unusual and would we be interested in sending something special for the shoot! ‘It’s going to be an all white colour shoot with a focus on texture and form with unusual details’ she told us. We loved the idea and soon we were sharing links to her secret Pinterest board for inspiration! Gothic touches with bones and lace and Sami had found the most stunning ethereal model, just perfect for…

Luxe Gold

6th July 2015

Ksenia and Yassine had found their perfect venue.. ..’The Palace Downtown Dubai’. It was everything they wanted for an amazing setting for a fairytale wedding! They gave us a call with a brief to create a Gatefold style invitation using details from the palace. Here’s the ‘oh so gorg and glamorous’ venue! Ksenia wanted a gold shimmer invitation, so we sent her lots of swatches of gorgeous gold card. They chose the beautiful Gold Leaf card which has a subtle shimmer and matched this with pearl quartz card for the printed inlay and matching envelope. Laser cut with added pearls and tied with a bow…

Belvoir Castle Winter Wonderland Wedding

23rd January 2015

Sophie & Sam came to us to create a bespoke design for their wedding stationery. The theme was for a beautiful winter wonderland wedding at the stunning Belvoir Castle. They knew exactly what they wanted so after a few initial sketches we quickly had the design for the Save the Date card. The scene was their summer proposal with Belvoir Castle in the back ground set under a tree in leaf, with their little cat under a sign post with the all important date of the wedding. Save the Date bunting hung in the tree with little hearts, with their initials carved…

Ski Lodge Winter Wonderland Placecards

11th December 2014

So you’ve decided on tying the knot in winter and you’re thinking about themes. We adore an all-white winter wedding, or perhaps a Scandinavian red and white theme, or even ‘let it snow’ with snowflakes! We’ve recently been inspired and have been dreaming about a ‘Ski Lodge Winter Wonderland’ theme. It would have to start with finding your perfect country barn venue, with long wooden tables, cosy blankets on the chairs for your guests, candles – lots of them in Kilner jars, snow globe table numbers, white twigs and branches, snowflake decorations, pine cones & maybe even a reindeer! Vintage Ski…

Colour of the Year 2014 from Pantone

15th January 2014

Radiant Orchid Colour trends come and go, sometimes you just have to take them with a little pinch of salt, especially where weddings are concerned! In the last couple of years we’ve had emerald green and tangerine (not the easiest of colours for a romantic wedding.. & trying to get your bridesmaid into a tangerine dress may have proved slightly difficult!) but this years Radiant Orchid & Dazzling Blue are the colours that experts at Pantone are predicting. Radiant Orchid is a vibrant, rich, pretty purple shade that works perfectly for weddings, from bridesmaid dresses to flowers and accessories, and, of…

Pink Pierrot

15th November 2011

Just had to share this beautiful inspiration board with you, from the wonderful Snippet & Ink blog “Pierrot’s costume was the main inspiration here. His ruffled collar and cuffs inspired a dramatic ruffled wedding gown. The black-and-white palette made me think of whimsical chalkboard typography and calligraphy, but I also added some pale pink for a little romance. Pierrot’s pom poms made me think of this dark chocolate truffle-studded wedding cake, and his painted face translates to real life in the form of black wing-tip liquid eyeliner”. Top row from left: chalkboard art by Dana Tanamachi, vintage Pierrot with mandolin, chocolate truffle…

Caramel & Cream

6th October 2011

Just had to share this lovely mood board with you from the fabulous Snippet & Ink (they always put together the most beautiful mood boards!) After seeing all the beautiful manila stationery from Sally-Ann’s wedding, (we will be sharing some pictures from the big day very soon!) we thought this Caramel & Cream collection compliments the theme perfectly. Top row from left: white rose bouquet from Martha Stewart Weddings, fall leaves, table number runner from Wedding Style Guide, photo by Elizabeth Messina Row 2: white calligraphy on kraft paper envelope by Oscar & Emma via Oh So Beautiful Paper, bosc pears via…

Coral Colour Inspiration

18th August 2011

We love the soft hues of coral, from delicate coral toned peaches, to warm soft corals and pinks. A beautiful colour for anytime of year. It looks particularly great when used in combination with cool soft silvery grey, like this lovely mood board from Snippet & Ink: Below are some beautiful mood boards to inspire your coral theme featured on Postcards And Prettiness Blog. Our Laser-cut Cake from our Boutique Collection, shown below on Alabaster textured card, with a Coral Inlay and diamante. Clean, fresh and gorgeous! Above is our Dove Laser-cut Wedding Invitation shown in Quartz, shimmery ivory card, with a…