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.
caroline
November 29, 2011
beautiful, as always!
Amanda Jane
November 29, 2011
oh my goodness. Jordan! I love these.
Lindsey
November 29, 2011
Gorgeous!!
Mary
November 29, 2011
these are so so beautiful! i love how light and airy they look….so elegant!
Susan
November 29, 2011
Lovely!
Gabrielle
November 29, 2011
pretty! I bet these would make great holiday cards as well
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!).
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.
love+cupcakes
November 29, 2011
These are lovely. I would have loved something like this for my own wedding.
Maggie
November 29, 2011
These are really very beautiful. I love them.
Rebecca - A Daily Something
November 29, 2011
Jordan, these are amazing. Wonderful work designing…..and I cannot believe they were handpainted!
rachel!
November 29, 2011
these are too gorgeous.
Hannah @ Sparrow + Spark!
November 30, 2011
These are so beautiful- I love how delicate they are.
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
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Deepa
November 30, 2011
These are so beautiful. So soft and subtle, I love it!
Jessie
November 30, 2011
They are beautiful. I love the attention to detail.
Lily
December 4, 2011
These are really beautiful.
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.
katrina Vanderlip
December 7, 2011
http://aquarelles.us/ this is my web page
heather clendenin
December 7, 2011
These are exquisite! Are you going to do a ‘how-to’ for the watercolor wash?! *fingerscrossedwithacherryontop*
Sam Levine
December 9, 2011
These are awesome. Did you use a watercolor paper? If so, which one?