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Watercolor Wedding Invitations

Last year at this time I was busy working on these watercolor wedding invitations for Nancy and Elias’ destination wedding. (It was featured on Martha Stewart here.) These are the most labor intensive invitations I’ve ever made (see some outtakes) but are also my favorite thing I’ve designed. I have to give credit to my talented studio manager Alexis Birkmeyer who printed and painted and duplexed each one by hand (she is the most detail oriented person I know-perfect for letterpress.) The invitations were two sided: English on one and Greek on the other. and several parts were duplexed together which means you take two sheets of paper and glue them. It was all wrapped up together with pretty silver string. Nole from Oh So Beautiful Paper featured them today with all the details. Go here to read more.

ps: Here are some watercolor business cards and my watercolor Christmas card.

  1. caroline

    November 29, 2011

    beautiful, as always!

  2. Amanda Jane

    November 29, 2011

    oh my goodness. Jordan! I love these.

  3. Lindsey

    November 29, 2011

    Gorgeous!!

  4. Mary

    November 29, 2011

    these are so so beautiful! i love how light and airy they look….so elegant!

  5. Susan

    November 29, 2011

    Lovely!

  6. Gabrielle

    November 29, 2011

    pretty! I bet these would make great holiday cards as well

  7. nancy

    November 29, 2011

    truly, the craftsmanship of these invitations were absolutely tops! the hand, the weight, the color wash, the little booklet! as labor intensive as these were to make (im so sorry!) is as easily and facile as you handled the production, jordan. you and alexis were a seamless team. i didnt worry a single second about how these beautiful creations would turn out. it was as easy as dreaming. thank you for such a beautiful keepsake (no one wanted to send in the rsvp b/c they wanted to keep the set!).

  8. Mara {A Blog About Love}

    November 29, 2011

    I cannot even tell you how much I love these! Thanks for writing one of the best blogs EVER.

  9. love+cupcakes

    November 29, 2011

    These are lovely. I would have loved something like this for my own wedding.

  10. Maggie

    November 29, 2011

    These are really very beautiful. I love them.

  11. Rebecca - A Daily Something

    November 29, 2011

    Jordan, these are amazing. Wonderful work designing…..and I cannot believe they were handpainted!

  12. rachel!

    November 29, 2011

    these are too gorgeous.

  13. Hannah @ Sparrow + Spark!

    November 30, 2011

    These are so beautiful- I love how delicate they are.

  14. monica

    November 30, 2011

    These are so AWESOME.

    I love them because they are simple and elegant yet sooo stunning!!

    If I would have had more time, I would have loved to do something like this for our wedding invitations. I ended up still making my own, but I still want to make some watercolor cards!

    Just gotta figure out what for! haha

    lovelovelove
    moo.

    http://themusingsoflilmoomoo.blogspot.com

  15. Deepa

    November 30, 2011

    These are so beautiful. So soft and subtle, I love it!

  16. Jessie

    November 30, 2011

    They are beautiful. I love the attention to detail.

  17. Lily

    December 4, 2011

    These are really beautiful.

  18. katrina Vanderlip

    December 7, 2011

    I ave just started painting elegant and fun ( I hope) cards and invitations specialised for each client and would like to find out about getting in to the wedding invitation market. Would love some advice. Yous are lovely. Mine would be very different. Thanks.

  19. katrina Vanderlip

    December 7, 2011

    http://aquarelles.us/ this is my web page

  20. heather clendenin

    December 7, 2011

    These are exquisite! Are you going to do a ‘how-to’ for the watercolor wash?! *fingerscrossedwithacherryontop*

  21. Sam Levine

    December 9, 2011

    These are awesome. Did you use a watercolor paper? If so, which one?

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