Weddingbee Blog

Mr P and I engaged in a think tank session this past weekend, brainstorming ideas for our invitations. How it works: I compile boatloads of pictures from the internet, and shove them in his face. He likes it. He’d rather me whittle down the choices to a select few, and contribute his two cents at the end.

All of the imagery below, I pulled from Flickr. The Flickr community never fails to impress. Using ‘wedding invitation yellow’ as my search criterion, I was presented with hundreds of ideas at my fingertips. And with one click of the mouse, I started hopping from one gallery to the next. Here are certain elements we hope to incorporate in our homemade invitations. I’m very much a visual person, so I add some color to each image to gain a better sense of the concept with our colors included.

I’m a huge fan of the graphite/yellow combination. Although slightly straying from the Save the Date colors (black/yellow on white cardstock, and teal envelopes), it’s close enough. We’re considering using graphite colored envelopes with yellow/white polka dot liners. I attribute my polka dot obsession to the Melissa Sweet Dora dress (Swiss dot organza). When considering that dress, too many polka dot ideas flooded the brain, many of which, I still think about.

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Again, our colors, with a splash of Tiffany blue.

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But, I love the look of white/yellow text printed on darker cardstock.

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The picture RSVP card is just too much fun. Yellow borders coupled with the black and white photos make a nice addition to the invitation theme. Where’s the Tiffany blue? Maybe on the ribbon, as pictured in the first image.

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So there you have it… our invitation in the making.

Where do you look for invitation inspiration? Did you find an invitation set that collectively hit the mark? Or, did you pick and choose different elements from different designs?