This week’s charette comes from a very excitedly engaged Erin, whose fiance surprised her with a hilltop picnic and a beautiful ring that inspired her wedding theme-glamor and sparkle!
Erin wanted invitations with a Great Gatsby sort of glamor (to go with her ring), in the colors Fuchsia, white, champagne gold and lots of crystals and sparkle.
Wearable Invitation Favors in Champagne Gold studded with Crystals
I wanted to design an invitation set that reflects the very classy Erin-and the challenge was to come up with something that incorporated everything she was looking for without being kitschy (it’s good sometimes, but not in this case), but is instead, understatedly glamorous in an old fashioned way. Gold letterings, lots of glitter and paper shimmer seemed like the obvious and common choice, but the Great Gatsby glamor of the 192os and 3os is always in my mind something very fabric-based. Shimmering silks, sequins, studded dresses, feathers….pearls and it would be a huge shame to not try to work this in somehow!
So after much sighing over pictures of the gorgeous fashions of that era, I finally found a way to include some lovely shimmery and sparkly fabric in the suite. The main paper invitation is kept very simple and classy, an art-deco inspired painting in fuchsia tones encrusted with rhinestones and crystals to represent stars in the night sky.
This is printed on beautifully understated heavy shimmer cardstock, not your usual scrapbooking store material, but fine high quality papers with a shimmer as subtle as pearls. To hold the RSVP (similarly themed) against the main invitation , a hand-made vintage-style headband of champagne gold, crystal-encrusted fabric is used. Under it, a white Ostrich plume, or other similar soft feather is tucked in. Feathers can be bought from several online stores.
Glamorous details....
For male guests, the champagne gold fabric band takes the shape of a folded silk pocket square, which can be readily bought in most tie-shops at affordable prices or even hand-sewn.
Matching subtly shimmery European-style envelopes finished off with a champagne gold wax seal hints of a fabulous wedding event, one not to be missed!
To pull off this invitation suite successfully, remember to keep the textures subtle and classy, shop for the best (and sustainable of course)material in each category, it will be worth it. The combination of a simple design and bold artwork, gorgeous materials and whimsical wearable gifts should set the tone for Erin and Matt’s special day and help excite their guests!
