Freshly-Squeezed Rehearsal Dinner Invitations

Freshly-Squeezed Rehearsal Dinner Invitations

July 27th, 2009 @ 4:17 pm by Mrs. Bruschetta

After seeing her work in several of Miss Cowboy Boot’s posts — and on Weddingbee PRO — I eagerly reached out to Sarah Parrott hoping she could create our rehearsal dinner invitations.

I loved the crisp, clean, monochromatic style Sarah had used for her sister’s bridal shower invitations, and envisioned capturing this same look and feel with a Gocco design featuring one of our main wedding colors in combination with summer produce like oranges, peaches, grapes or plums.

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Sarah was cheery and responsive, and quickly churned out a series of proofs. She willingly tweaked the style to be a little less “natural” (think fruit on the vine) and a bit more culinary. And she arranged the content in three sizes — 5″ x 7″ (A7), 3-7/8″ x 9-1/4″ (tea length) and 5.5″ x 5.5″ — since I’d mentioned I wanted to set these apart from the pieces in our wedding invitation suite (which I’ll reveal soon, I promise!).

I love the final design — which includes the outer envelope flap return address printed in purple. It completely captures the slightly romantic, decidedly summery mood I had in mind — and totally makes me crave something citrus-y every time I look at it! (Photos courtesy of Sarah Parrott.)

Did you DIY (or like me, DISE) rehearsal dinner invitations that incorporate your wedding colors?

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22 Responses to “Freshly-Squeezed Rehearsal Dinner Invitations”

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thefuturemrsjewell (message) 1,655 posts, Bumble bee

those are fabulous! thanks for sharing more of sarah’s work… so stunning.

7/27/09 @ 4:20 pm (reply)

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mmc4474 (message) 71 posts, Worker bee

we DO have the same name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i knew it! oh the years of nicknames, togram, maggot (lovingly from my 4 brothers and sisters of course), etc. etc. How many times have a said “it’s silent…you know, like, merlot?!”

7/27/09 @ 4:21 pm (reply)

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Champagne Wishes (message) 731 posts, Busy bee

I love these! Her work is amazing.

7/27/09 @ 4:25 pm (reply)

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kjpugs (message) 1,229 posts, Bumble bee

OH I LOVE THEM!!

ps… Lancaster Ave… oh the memories. My friends and I got lost there once and ended up MILES down Lancaster, past Haverford… and she went to Villanova! LOL

7/27/09 @ 4:48 pm (reply)

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Curlysue (message) 697 posts, Busy bee

I love them Orange is my favorite color and one of my favorite fruits! We are doing a “welcome dinner” for the out of town guests after the rehearsal so I can’t wait to get to work on all that paper biznass!

7/27/09 @ 4:51 pm (reply)

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littlebug (message) 412 posts, Helper bee

Oh, I love those!! The orange is so summery and cute, both the color and the fruit! *cue jealousy here!*

7/27/09 @ 4:53 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Hot Cocoa (message) 1,955 posts, Buzzing bee

These are gorgeous. And how cute would they be framed in your kitchen post-wedding?

7/27/09 @ 5:13 pm (reply)

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MeaghanH (message) 79 posts, Worker bee

Does anyone know the font used on the orange invitation for the cursive? I’ve been looking for a beautiful cursive for a very long time. No Scriptina please, I feel it is so played out. = (

Very stressed, and have to DIY our invites in a few weeks, but don’t even have the design done!!

7/27/09 @ 5:37 pm (reply)

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Miss Poodle (message) 3,286 posts, Sugar bee

I truly love her work, your invitations are so *fresh*

7/27/09 @ 5:43 pm (reply)

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Sarah @ Parrott Design Studio (message) 18 posts, Newbee

So happy you like the invitations Miss B! And thanks for all the compliments everyone!

MeghanH - the font is Aprodite Sylistic - http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/typesenses/aphrodite-pro/stylistic/. Dafont has a simliar font for free called Freebooter - http://www.dafont.com/freebooter-script.font

7/27/09 @ 6:34 pm (reply)

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Lillindy (message) 4,992 posts, Honey bee

Adorable! Sarah sure did a beautiful job!

7/27/09 @ 7:44 pm (reply)

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Miss French Bulldog (message) 6,549 posts, Bee Keeper

Those are GORGEOUS!

7/27/09 @ 8:01 pm (reply)

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Miss Cowboy Boot (message) 396 posts, Helper bee

Glad she could help you out too!!! I love her work!

7/27/09 @ 8:12 pm (reply)

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mrspaetz (message) 1,794 posts, Buzzing bee

yummers. now i want OJ. or blood oranges.

7/27/09 @ 8:14 pm (reply)

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Bellini (message) 555 posts, Busy bee

beautiful! love the juicy color!

7/27/09 @ 9:05 pm (reply)

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Sister Bruschetta Dinks (message) 18 posts, Newbee

yay - so pretty!

7/27/09 @ 10:13 pm (reply)

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Miss Labrador (message) 1,465 posts, Bumble bee

Those are GORG. Love the font your names are in!

7/27/09 @ 11:32 pm (reply)

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slicey19 (message) 980 posts, Busy bee

They came out great and thanks for the monochromatic inspiration, now I can give FI an idea of what I picture of our monochromatic inviatations (except in blue).

7/28/09 @ 4:33 am (reply)

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pvaulter718 (message) 1,958 posts, Buzzing bee

I love the orange! Our invitations feature lemons and limes, it would be so cute to use something similar for the RD Invites! Great inspiration!

7/28/09 @ 11:13 am (reply)

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Miss Buttons (message) 2,658 posts, Sugar bee

I think these are just beautiful! I’m jealous of them!

7/28/09 @ 9:39 pm (reply)

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Miss Mouse (message) 5,171 posts, Bee Keeper

They’re so refreshing! I love that color and the design.

7/30/09 @ 10:42 pm (reply)

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