Welcome To Weddings And Stationery In 2013!

Hello all!
I know some of you will be back to work today like me and some of you .. like my jammy other half! .. will still be on holiday till Monday. Either way I wanted to start the New Year with a big hello!
Welcome back to all of you have been reading the blog for a while and a massive hello to all of you who are new to the blog and have discovered it in this New Year!
Congratulations to the many of you who will have got Engaged over Christmas and New Year! I hope you'll find the Knots & Kisses blog full of inspiration, helpful hints and most of all beautiful stationery for your forthcoming wedding plans!

One of the things I love doing with the blog is showing you bespoke stationery I have designed for clients and putting together wedding inspiration moodboards to go with these .. usually every Monday.
To kick start the year I wanted to look back at my favourite moodboards from the last year ... hopefully to give those of you who are currently starting to plan your wedding some ideas for colourschemes or themes.

My 'Anna Karenina' moodboard - beautiful shades of Burgandy red, black, grey and blush pink

(for full list of credits see original post http://knotsandkisses.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/wedding-styling-inspiration-anna.html

This Aqua & Mocha Colourscheme was created to match my new Candy Stripe range in 2012

(for full list of credits see original post http://knotsandkisses.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/candy-stripe-range-of-wedding.html)

 

This Moodboard has a Colonial feel with shades of Brown, Peach & Green to match some bespoke stationery I created for a couple in 2012

(for full list of credits see original post http://knotsandkisses.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/a-vintage-colonial-themed-wedding.html)

Finally a Moss Green & Palest Pink Moodboard with a beautiful touch of Lace to match some Save the Date Cards I designed.

(for full list of credits see original post http://knotsandkisses.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/moss-green-lace-wedding-inspiration.html)

I hope this has given you some real inspiration for your wedding and remember I have 2 new wedding stationery ranges launching over the next 2 weeks! Vintage Travel and Woodland will be with you soon so remember to check back on Monday for the launch!

Nikki x

A Vintage Colonial Themed Wedding & Invitations

Today I'm sharing with you a design for some wedding stationery for a lovely couple that I did last month. It was quite a complicated design as the bride was Catholic and from Botswana, and the groom was Hindu. This meant a huge family on both sides, a whole weekend of wedding ceremonies and an order for well over 300 invitations!

To incorporate both of their heritages they asked me to come up with a Vintage Colonial theme which would reflect both. They wanted it to be rustic and loved the idea of using hessian and twine in the design, and also wanted to incorporate some of the coral colour which would be seen in the bridesmaids dresses.
I decided on a set of vintage style postcards which could easily be adapted and added to depending on which part of the wedding the guests were being invited to, which were then wrapped in a hessian band, tied with string and packaged in a brown manilla posting box.
If you would like me to design a bespoke invitation set for your wedding I would love to hear from you .. visit the website at http://knotsandkisses.co.uk or drop me an email at info@knotsandkisses.co.uk

Here's a photo of the finished design and images of the fronts and backs of each of the individual cards in the pack ...

all stationery by Knots & Kisses http://knotsandkisses.co.uk

I absolutely love the idea of the Colonial wedding theme! It suits so many people .. whether you have an African or Indian heritage or not. The style harks back to days of vintage glamour and you can add in really nice elements of the Art Deco or Edwardian. Here is a mood board I've come up with to incorporate some ideas you could use for your Colonial style wedding .... use dark woods and old trunks for decor, and team with pretty lace and vintage jewellery to keep it looking bridal. Orange and coral colours are perfect as are hessian details ... perhaps you could wrap you napkins in hessian as I've done the invitation above.
The colonial look wouldn't be the same without some greenery so perhaps think of decorating your marquee or venue with palms and ferns for that authentic look!

credits:

artdeco inspired dress from www.boho-weddings.com ; www.weddingchicks.com ;

www.pinterest.com ; www.oncewed.com ; www.brides.com ;