featured bsd wedding : february : carrie and bradley

The Details
Location: The Woodlands, Texas, USA
Venue: The Woodlands Waterway Marriot Hotel
Photographer: K&C Photography
Our involvement: Custom invitations, wedding website, place card stickers, menu cards, program cards, guestbook cards, decorative craft paper.

Carrie and Bradley worked with us exclusively via email back in 2005 (wow that seemed like yesterday) and the world wide web. It worked perfectly and we wish we could have had the opportunity to meet them as they were a hoot (as my dad would say.)

The stationery order just got bigger and bigger over time, which happens often when couples get a better grasp of what we are capable of doing. What I appreciate most is working with people who believe in our work and trust us enough to know and believe in their heart that they WILL receive their order when we're done and it will look beautiful. Carrie and Bradley believe in us.

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Show and Tell #10

Just the other day we got an email filled with excitement from Ruby and Gus, a couple from Toronto, Ontario who hired us to design their wedding and baptism stationery and website, letting us know they are now married and loving it. These two are very special and it was a real treat (as my dad would say) to hear from them.

This has prompted me to share a few of their custom and ready2wear blue skies and daisies designs. Let the excitement build!

Ruby and Gus - August 30th, 2008

Ruby and Gus wanted to keep all their guests fully informed and in the know, so they mailed out wedding invitations and put together a full wedding website. Their invitations were designed just for them, with lots of input and feedback from Ruby and Gus. Their main concern was that the design reflected who they were as a couple...strong, lovable and goofy. Once it was finalized, Ruby had a special stock in mind for the invitations so we sent the files to print in Ontario where she would oversee final production.

A wedding website was built and slightly customized from a Ready2Wear design that Ruby and Gus chose. Included pages were: Welcome, Schedule, Travel and Accommodations, RSVP and Guestbook.

We're so happy for their marital success and wish them all the best...although I know this is not the last we'll hear from them.

WEDDING INVITATION - 1-fold design with an rsvp postcard

WEDDING WEBSITE

recycled paper and digital invites

The world is buzzing with the words "green", "environment" and "global warming"...you may have heard about this. Whatever your stance may be on the subject, because everyone has a right to their own opinion, we enjoy giving options. It's what we all deserve.

It wasn't until a couple years in business, when we met a wonderful couple from Haida Gwai, Sheena and Vanita, that we actually discovered the possibility of printing on recycled paper. It hadn't been a thought in our minds. We were immediately impressed by the quality of the paper compared to our standard 10% post consumer white stock. I'm not one for glossy printing, and we found out the recycled paper printed vibrantly and with a matte finish. For a while we tried to include the recycle paper option into all our initial meetings. We found most people weren't interested, mostly because of the cost difference, but also because the glossy digital printing, on standard paper, was what they wanted.

Over the past year or so, during the build up of the said buzzing, couples looking for recycled paper were becoming more and more frequent. Another growing popular idea is electronic save the dates and invitations. A few years ago this would be almost laughed at...or maybe wouldn't be formal enough for some. It's getting more and more accepted and we love it. We fully encourage it, because 1. it eliminates any use of paper and 2. the costs are much much lower. Two very good reasons...but that's only our opinion. ha!

I'd also have to mention that electronic invites work perfectly and simultaneously with wedding websites. This is also becoming more and more popular because it's a one stop shop for the guest's wedding day needs. You can RSVP online, sign a guestbook, look at pictures, check out the wedding day schedule, book accommodations or find directions to both the ceremony and reception.

When we started blue skies & daisies we provided only wedding websites. Realizing that we hit the market too soon with this idea, this idea from the future, we included printed invitations and other wedding stationery. Maybe one day we'll be the wedding website business we had started out as.

...At this moment that's not really our goal. But it was supposed to be my shocking punch of a last sentence and now I ruined that. Well whatever. We're taking it one day at a time.

Sheena and Vanita's wedding website. RSVP page.