Shabby Starfish Collection - Wedding Stationery

This collection was designed for a bride that fell in love with my Shabby Chic and Starfish collections. I was flattered to hear her excitement.  We started the collaboration by meshing the two collections together to create a brand new collection called the Shabby Starfish!  The light airy colors and whimsical design is sure to bring a smile to your face, as it is all the shabby and chic.  It is simple, elegant, and fun too! The Shabby Starfish is the perfect collection for any bride who wants to take whimsy to the beach on her special day!

The Shabby Starfish collection features place cards, favor sticks, and wedding programs.

The place cards were designed to be attached to individual starfish that the bride set on each table setting.   What a unique way to make the place cards special! If you're looking for a more typical style place card, the Shabby Chic place card is a great example.

The favor sticks were designed to be placed inside individual small white metal pails filled with assorted colored jelly beans. The favor sticks feature a monogram on the front side with wedding date and the bride and groom names. On the back side,  there is a “Thank You” note.   This detail can be made with your personal monogram and any quote or message.  Another unique touch to the decor/stationery!  See this link for more favor ideas.

 

This collection also featured pretty rhinestones that were placed in the center of the starfish graphic. The wedding program is a flip-book that also features a rhinestone. The style and format of this program is exactly the same as the Shabby Chic program. A few other signage elements were designed such as a layered card that she tied to a white vintage birdcage, labeling it as her gift card holder! Signage is a nice detail to add to any wedding or event!

The choice of decor used with the stationery added to the overall “beachy” feel.  This dreamy collection is displayed in a popular wedding color palette of white, beige, gold, and shades of pink.  However, it can be modified to fit any colors you wish! This was a fun project for me, so if you are undecided between collections, no worries!  Just let me know what you like and I will be happy to custom design a collection specifically for you and your event!  Wedding, birthday, or any occasion!   View all my collections and designs via my portfolio!

Happy Planning!
My Lady Dye

Crystal Embellished Vintage Modern Damask Wedding Invitation Suite! Modern, Elegant, & Fun!

This wedding invitation suite is especially close to my heart because it was a custom design for my little brother and his sweet fiance!  They gave me total freedom to design away and without question, "I commenced with enthusiasm!".  Keeping in mind, their bold color palette of black and white, with accents in red, my creative journey lead me to a canvas of damask scroll work and an array of mixed font types.

 This Crystal Embellished Vintage Modern themed wedding invitation set is "The Jenley Collection".  It's a GUARANTEED jaw dropper, according to all of their guests, whom ramped and raved! Likewise, the Bride & Groom were VERY happy with My Lady Dye!  The modern yet elegant design incorporates various damask scrolls and a heart graphic. The design has a funky feel with the fun and interesting mix of script and block type fonts and a classic elegant feel with the use of crystal and satin ribbon. Little design details such as font choice may seem minute, but when paired with bold graphics in an innovative layout, the end result is undeniably "mod".  And the vintage feel is reflected in the style of scroll work chosen.

 The invitation suite features a square crystal embellishment with wide satin ribbon detail. This 5 card set is organized in a 5 x 7 inch vertical pocket-fold.  The suite includes Invitation, RSVP, Hotel, Directions, and Reception cards.  The intricate design of the enclosure cards allows for an ascending staggered "pocket".  When the cards are presented together, they display one composite, clean, and elegant damask graphic.  When guests unveil each card from the pocket, they are then introduced to and entertained by a totally different graphic design.

The theme is carried onto the envelopes as well.  Both envelopes are addressed with a printed return and/or delivery address.  The invite and RSVP envelope both display a custom monogram that was designed for the suite. This detail adds continuity and personalization.  There are so many ways to personalize envelopes!  This is another great and fun way to excite your guests. Even more important, it will be their first impression to your invitation suite!  View my invitation collections for more examples of envelope detailing!

And you can't have a custom invitation design without a full matching stationery set!  Hence, I also designed their program, menu poster, seating chart, tented table names, place cards, candy jar labels, favor stickers, and tented signage for all their accents areas (candy bar, cookie bar, photo booth, drink bars, guest book table, and bathrooms). Their BIG DAY is right around the corner!  Photos coming soon!  Keep posted!  You can follow me on Facebook to keep up-to-date on all my new designs!

Like all my designs, this stationery set is available in any colors of your choice!  Contact me for questions, pricing, or quote.  View my Portfolio!  Chao!

A Colonial Historic Themed Save The Date!

Another custom project landed at my finger-tips by way of an old childhood friend!  Now a Bride and excitedly engaged and very ready to be happily married, she ventured into the artistic hands of My Lady Dye for her custom wedding stationery needs!  She did not know exactly what she wanted and being a carefree Bride, she allowed me to have creative freedom and was open to any and all my ideas and suggestions. When she informed me on the unique venue they chose to get married at, I immediately suggested we reflect the charm of that venue in their Save The Date. 

The venue, Joseph Ambler Inn, has colonial history dating back to 1682 with William Penn as the owner of the land on which the Inn now stands.   It has much to offer from unique architectural character to a vast landscape of natural, as well as amazingly kept/manicured grounds and gardens.   It has many fabulous features and details such as wood, stonework, masonry, pavers, and a unique color palette of browns, cream, light yellow, black, rusty orange, deep red, and greys, all of which caught my "design eye".  Especially, the venue's logo of a carriage. A historic property that is formal yet whimsical with all it has to offer and having been renovated over the years with many new additions and amenities, the venue is a prime location for any fabulous wedding event!

Now, enough about the venue!   Though, it is in these details that truly help inspire a Designer. With a complete vision of the venue, the design evolved into a formal yet fun colonial design with a historic feel.  The Save The Date features a back-splash of vintage filigree (reminiscent of vintage wallpaper), the use of a nature-based and earthy color palette, and the all-important symbolic graphic of the carriage, all of which was combined with ornate graphics and matching font types, to truly reflect the character of Joseph Ambler Inn.

This Save The Date card is an A2 size (typical Thank You card size) with coordinating envelope and it is available in any color(s) of your choice! View all my handcrafted stationery designs via my Flickr site. I can design a full matching stationery set in this theme as well, so feel free to contact me with all your wants and desires.  Hear from you soon my friends!