Wedding Trends: Skylines

Skylines- The Next Big Wedding Trend?

Lately, I have been getting numerous inquires of doing skylines for invitations.  I have done a couple of skylines as you will see pictures below.  What I love about this idea is how this can easily turn into a theme.  You can label tables by famous building or streets of a city, or places of significant to a couple.  

What I have noticed when people are doing a skyline:

• They have a view of the skyline at their reception.  Many are at the heart of a downtown area and the skyline is already an amazing backdrop.  One couple that asked was having a rooftop wedding, which I thought was super fun!
• To honor where they have met.  Some couple met while they were in college and while they might not live there anymore, they want to incorporate how they fell in love in some way at their wedding.
• To incorporate where they live now.  Most brides get married in the area they grew up, but live in a different city.  Therefore, these brides want to bring some city landscapes into their wedding.
• They have a lot of out of town guests and by putting a skyline in for their save the date, it helps with these guests knowing the location.

Ways to keep the theme going while at wedding:

• Naming tables by famous building or streets
• Escort cards being luggage tags, buildings, or something known about the city.
• Having a signature food or drink of the area.  For example, here in Rochester NY, garbage plates are unique to the area. Or having am "apple-tini" for NYC.  The possibilities are endless. 
• Having lights everywhere.  Stringing lights helps create a romantic feel and will help with the theme.

Some examples of skylines I have worked on:

BOSTON, MA:  These pictures were for a rehearsal dinner invite and just made it look classy and modern by using the skyline.

 

BUFFALO, NY:  This couple started with just save-the-dates, to help highlight the city they were going to be married in.  However, they ended up loving the save-the-dates so much, that we kept the theme going throughout their wedding.  We ended up using the skyline on thank you tags to tie it into their original save-the-date.  It turned out beautifully, and they only needed subtle touches to get their theme across.    

Overall, this is a theme you can incorporate a lot or very little.  It allows you to have much variety, but still gives you a focus.  Skylines will work with any color scheme and can give a couple a way to tell a story, like how they fell in love.

So, what do you think of this new trend?  Leave your comments below and don't forget to "like" Sweet Pea Print on Facebook so see more ideas and pictures!

Happy wedding/life planning!

Themes, themes, and themes!

I have so many clients that come to me asking if I think their idea of a theme is cheesy for a wedding. Many worry that it takes away from the actual event, however I think it is a great way to really zone in on colors, ideas, and inspiration that a couple tends to be more creative and think outside of the box.  Helping clients with their theme wedding tends to be very fun for me creatively as often times I get free rein so to speak to help make their ideas come alive!

Peacock Theme

This theme was subtle, but by using peacocks their color scheme was already picked out in beautiful jewel tones that was incorporated into their whole wedding from invitations to favors the color scheme stayed and really looked beautiful across the room. This is a couple who was not flashy with their theme and helped guide their planning without being the focal point of the event.

Valentines Day Theme

Getting married on around valentine’s day already has a theme built in, so I had a couple that just wanted to embrace what that day and your wedding should be all about: LOVE.

 

These clients really used their wedding stationery to set the tone of love by using a heart, and the room on their wedding day was very romantic feeling due to the timing of the event, and embracing the theme.  Candles really helped set the tone in the room

Winter Wonderland Theme

Getting married in winter doesn’t have to be all dark and cold, after all you are celebrating your marriage.  Embracing what is beautiful about winter in your wedding will certainly add a fun element to your wedding.  This client really loved the idea of creating a winter wonderland that had snowflakes everywhere.  The stationery set the tone of the wedding, and looking at the silver sparkles, white, and subtle blue across the room made it very cozy and beautiful all at the same time. 

Vegas Theme

This couple got married in Vegas and embraced the theme right away.  From a box invite that incorporated their location of Caesar’s Palace to favors that included personalized chocolate poker chips, they kept the Vegas theme going in a very classy way that was fun to be creative with.

So don’t be afraid to embrace a theme if that is what you are leaning towards and if you want to brainstorm some ideas on how to make your idea for a theme a reality, I am always readily available.

Happy wedding/life planning!

Let’s talk about complementary colors

Remember being in elementary school and you had to know about primary and commentary colors?  Well, some of the best stuff we learn as children we tend to forget when it really counts, like when needed to decorate for one of the most important days of your life: Your wedding.

Being engaged is one of the most exciting times and in the very early stages of wedding planning picking out your color scheme can be very overwhelming to many couples.  Many of my clients always want to know a way to make their colors “pop.”  This can be achieved multiple ways, but one of the easiest ways is to utilize complementary colors.

Complementary colors, when used together in color schemes, are especially vibrant and pleasing to the eye at the same time.  The combinations of complementary colors are dynamic together because they play up to each other’s intensity.  Think of how a little bit of blue will really play up an orange invitation as the one below shows from a former client.

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A more expanded form of complementary color wheel here also incorporates warm and cool color ideas:

Notice how this former client utilized a more red fuchsia color to go with a mustard color below.

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Now, to really expand your thinking on the complementary colors is looking at the additive model of color: 

The complements using this wheel are green and magenta, red and cyan, and blue and yellow.  I have had many clients use colors similar to this scheme and this is also very popular for business logos--- think of IKEA using blue and yellow.  Not only does this scheme complement each other, but also draws your eye to their logo.

Notice how this client uses just a little bit of yellow to really make their pattern stand out:

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photo credit: Images Unveiled Photography http://imagesunveiled.com/

Or this one that does the exact opposite, using just a little bit of blue, to complement the yellow background and bow:

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The possibilities are really endless when using complementary colors as different shades will complement different colors.  And just when you thought you never really used anything from elementary school ever again!

Happy wedding/life planning

Sweetpeaprint

 

Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterfly Wedding Invitations and Stationery

Designed by www.sweetpeaprint.com
Kelly and Richard - Custom Wedding Invitations and Stationery
Theme - Theme- Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterflys
Invite - Pocket, Layered with 3 inserts and tag
Escort Card - Layered
Table Name - Layered
Program - Tea-length layered

Best Wish Sign - Layered

 Designed by www.sweetpeaprint.comKelly and Richard - Custom Wedding Invitations and Stationery
Theme - Theme- Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterflys
Invite - Pocket, Layered with 3 inserts and tag
Escort Card - Layered
Table Name - Layered
Program - Tea-length layered
Best Wish Sign - Layered

 Designed by www.sweetpeaprint.comKelly and Richard - Custom Wedding Invitations and Stationery
Theme - Theme- Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterflys
Invite - Pocket, Layered with 3 inserts and tag

 Designed by www.sweetpeaprint.comKelly and Richard - Custom Wedding Invitations and Stationery
Theme - Theme- Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterflys
Invite - Pocket, Layered with 3 inserts and tag

 Designed by www.sweetpeaprint.comKelly and Richard - Custom Wedding Invitations and Stationery
Theme - Theme- Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterflys
Program - Tea-length layered

 Designed by www.sweetpeaprint.comKelly and Richard - Custom Wedding Invitations and Stationery
Theme - Theme- Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterflys

Escort Card - Layered

 Designed by www.sweetpeaprint.comKelly and Richard - Custom Wedding Invitations and Stationery
Theme - Theme- Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterflys
Escort Card - Layered

 Designed by www.sweetpeaprint.comKelly and Richard - Custom Wedding Invitations and Stationery
Theme - Theme- Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterflys
Table Name - Layered

 Designed by www.sweetpeaprint.comKelly and Richard - Custom Wedding Invitations and Stationery
Theme - Theme- Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterflys

 Designed by www.sweetpeaprint.comKelly and Richard - Custom Wedding Invitations and Stationery
Theme - Theme- Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterflys
Best Wish Sign - Layered

Designed by www.sweetpeaprint.comKelly and Richard - Custom Wedding Invitations and Stationery
Theme - Theme- Green, Purple, Champagne and Butterflys
Invite - Pocket, Layered with 3 inserts and tag
Escort Card - Layered
Table Name - Layered
Program - Tea-length layered
Best Wish Sign - Layered

Cute As A Button - Baby Shower Invitation and Stationery

Designed by Sweet Pea Print 

Recently we were contacted by one of our past clients mothers to work on her daughters "Cute as a Button" themed baby shower.  We we so excited and honored to be asked to work on such an project.

Since the couple was not finding out the sex of the baby, she wanted to keep the shower neutral using the colorls green, yellow, pink, blue and purple.  It was so much fun.  We immediately started brainstorming....

Cute as a Button Custom Invitations and Stationery
Designed by Sweet Pea Print

Above is the final product of the invite.  

We layered the piece and used an actual button.  It came out so cute!

Cute as a Button Custom Invitations and Stationery
Designed by Sweet Pea Print
Custom Sign for guests to sign-in
Our clients had us put together a sign so that the guest could thumbprint and place on this tree.  What a unique way to display the guests  that attended as well as a great keepsake.

 Here is a full table display from the party.

Cute as a Button Custom Invitations and Stationery
Designed by Sweet Pea Print

 Above is a placemat we made, it was layered and we under the centerpieces.

Cute as a Button Custom Invitations and Stationery
Designed by Sweet Pea Print

This is what the actual placemat looked liked at the event.

 

Cute as a Button Custom Invitations and Stationery
Designed by Sweet Pea Print

We were so happy with the fin outcome of the full set, let us know what you think

xoxo

~Samantha