Elena + Rheise

Villa Terrace - Milwaukee, WI

 6.26.26

Wedding Design

Inspiration

Color Palette

Vibes:

  • mix of Classic & Whimsical

  • romantic

  • formal

Wishlist

(First Priority)

  • Invitation suite

    • Details Card (RSVP on Website)

    • Letter Press Preferred

    • Torn Edges

    • Envelopes with Envelope liners

    • drawing of Villa terrace on invite

    • Possibly a crest

    • light french blues

    • off white paper

  • Guest Favors- match boxes

    • 3 different designs

(Second Priority)

  • Welcome sign (Fabric)

  • Bar Sign (Fabric)

  • Place Cards (Roughly 75)

  • Menus (Roughly 75)

    • May be provided by catering

Rough Timeline:

March 2nd: Design Process Begins

March 31st: Order Invitations

April 16th: Mail Invitations

May 26th: Finalize all Wedding Day Items

June 1st: order all wedding day items

June 26th: Wedding Day!

Match Boxes

Final Ideas

color suggestions

Linen Ivory + Navy Font

Linen Navy + Dove Grey Font

Matte French Blue + Navy Font

More ideas!!

We can add any words/dates/etc to any of these as well!

NOTE: if you absolutely love the idea of having the venue sketch on the matches, we may need to play around with the drawing a little bit- it is a very detailed drawing that will need to be shrunken down quite a bit.

Which Style of Matches do you prefer?

A few ideas:

Invitations

Final Choices

Main Invitation:

  • 5”X7”

  • Letterpress (Color Periwinkle)

  • 220 lb. Pearl White 100% Cottonstock

  • Torn Edges

Details Card:

  • 4.5”X6.25”

  • 118 lb. Pearl White 100% Cottonstock

  • Digital Print (printing front & back)

  • Oval Die cut

Envelopes:

  • Light Sky Blue

Envelope Liners

  • Image with the boat & lower saturation

Things to Double Check

  • Overall wording and spelling

  • Overall look and layout

  • Names & Spelling

  • Dates & Times

  • Locations

  • Website & RSVP Details

  • Printing methods and details

  • Paper Type & Color

Light Sky Blue

Rain

Alternate Details Card Wording

Envelopes

I found several envelopes that I think would pair beautifully with your invitation suite! Below are a few options I pulled that I believe would look great. I have also included a photo showing your letterpress color, paper color, and all six envelope colors side by side so you can see how everything coordinates and compares.

The colors are:

  • Seedling Green

  • Olive Green

  • Stone

  • Wedding Cream

  • Light Sky Blue

  • Rain

Note: If you choose Seedling Green, we will need to use some kind of label, as pen or printer ink won’t show up well on this color. I have a fun label trick I can show you if you’d like!

Envelope Liners

Below are two envelope liner options I created that I think would pair well with the invitations and envelope options. This is one area we haven’t discussed much, so if you have any input or ideas just let me know!

Details Card

Below are Two ideas for your details card. If neither of these speak to you, I can absolutely show you some more ideas!

Looking for your thoughts on:

  • Spelling Check

  • Information Edit/Double Check

  • Thoughts on the Monogram??

  • Anything else!!

Idea #1

Idea #2

Front

Back

Idea #3

Front

Back

Main Invitation: Second/Final Draft

Note: The red lines are roughly where the edges will be torn.

Also, this background is not representative of the actual color of the cream colored paper we will print on.

Looking for your thoughts on:

  • Final Edits

  • Spelling Check

  • Information Double Check

  • Anything else!!

Main Invitation: First Draft

This is the first draft of your main invitation design. As I continue refining the artwork, a few small adjustments may be made while I work with the printer to ensure everything prints beautifully with letterpress.

Looking for your thoughts on:

  • Fonts

  • Wording (I had to change things just a little bit from your original copy to make the spacing work. I can absolutely play around with it more though if you want the wording changed or modified :)

  • Anything else!!

Letterpress Ink Colors

The stock ink color that best complements your palette is Periwinkle.

If that shade doesn’t feel like the perfect fit, we can absolutely have a custom color mixed for you. One thing to keep in mind -we will want to avoid going too light with the ink to ensure all of the text remains crisp and legible.

Paper Selection

I recommend the 220 lb. Pearl White 100% Cotton stock as our best option for the main invitation. I have placed it next to the Fluorescent White so you can clearly see the difference in tone - the Pearl White has a softer, warm white finish.

The other photo gives a good sense of the thickness of the 220 lb. stock so you can visualize the weight and feel. You can also see the 110 lb. weight in the photo for comparison.

The details card will be the same Pearl White color to keep everything cohesive, just in the lighter 110 lb.

Pricing

first priority

Invitations

Main Invitation (letter press)

  • 5” X 7” Letter pressed Invitation (60 cards) …$485

  • 220 lb paper (Heavier Textured Paper) …$100

    *Note: this typically requires extra postage*

  • torn edges …$75   

Details Card (digital print) *can upgrade later

  • 4.25” X 5.5” Digital Print Details Card (60 Cards) …$220

    With 110 lb paper

  • torn edges …$75

Envelopes

  • Regular Envelopes …$100

    *No address printing*- That can be added on later

  • Custom Envelope Liner … $200

Match Boxes

  • Match Box Art (3 designs) … $150

  • Match Boxes … $200

Add-ons & Upgrades

Custom letter press ink

  • custom letter press ink …$75/color

Envelope Upgrades

  • Address Printing …$150

  • Deckled Envelopes …$125

  • Deckled Envelopes + Address Printing …$300

Letter pressed Details Card

  • 4.25” X 5.5” Letter Pressed Details Card with torn edges (60 Cards) …$360

  • 220 lb paper (Heavier Textured Paper) …+$50

    *Note: this typically requires extra postage*

Signs

  • Custom Fabric Welcome Sign… $250

  • Custom Fabric Bar Sign… $150

Reception Table Stationery

  • Custom Place Cards… $200

  • Custom Menus… $300