I love the idea of kicking off the holiday season by sending a pretty invitation to ask your loved ones to join you in giving thanks and these are just perfect.
It's never too early to contact me about your upcoming wedding & the calligraphy for your invitation envelopes!
I love the dual purpose this "belly band" serves. It holds the invitation suite together while delivering a special message to invited guests.
Invitations by ruby and willow via magnolia rouge.
It takes enough energy to send out holiday cards every year, so allow me to complete the most time-consuming task. Not only will your holiday cards be beautiful, but your envelopes will be too! I'll even offer a special 10% off discount on my pricing to the first three customers to reserve their spot on my calendar for completion! E-mail me at pennedandpretty {at} gmail {dot} com to reserve a spot for your envelopes to be addressed {All orders must be received by December 20th}.
The stache & the lips, the fun typography & the correlating thank you card make me quite happy.
It's never a bad idea to order matching thank you cards with your wedding invitation suite!
Sadly I didn't take a picture of the envelopes {white envelopes with gray ink} or the invitations {they were so cute!} but I did take pictures of the escort cards! As you can see, each guest sent in an entree choice with their RSVP and that was denoted by a c, p, s, k {chicken, portabella, salmon & kids meal} on the bottom right of the card so that the waiter could deliver the appropriate entree. So smart, if I do say so myself!
Check out this little link for other Penned & Pretty calligraphy styles for wedding invitation envelopes!
The invitation was housed in a pocket that also served as an inner envelope. I wrote the first name{s} of the guests on the square on the outside of the pocket/inner envelope.The white outer envelopes were then addressed with a coordinating navy ink to pull everything together.
So there you have it! Isn't it a gorgeous suite? You can never go wrong with navy & white...especially when it's a navy & white pocket invitation!
As if the outside of the invitation wasn't particularly awesome enough, just wait until you see the inside. Each and every page was personalized. I'm telling you, the amount of detail that was put into this wedding invitation is outstanding. 
My favorite page has to be the "Reference Guide...For Tying the Knot," For obvious reasons. How clever. 
Half of the back of our card displayed the "thank you" picture we took on our wedding day incorporating our purple monogram. The other half of the card was blank, which is where I wrote our thank you note. 
Read more about the details of our thank you cards {where i ordered from, pricing, etc} on this post at my wedding planning blog tying the knot. 
Now, someone tell me where I can get my hands on those sequin gold hearts that are too cute for their own good.
As seen on green wedding shoes. Paper goods by Pitbulls and Posies & photography by Gem Photo.
I am loving that the chevron print begins to appear in this invitation {above} & becomes more prevalent in the RSVP, info & other pieces of the invitation suite {below}.
Something other than the traditional paper place cards is never a bad thing, right?
Most of the time I attempt to center each line of the address to the middle of the envelope {see pictures 1, above and 3, below}. However, due to the amount of text that will be on the envelope or just length of the words per line, I sometimes find that its best to indent each line vs. attempt to center the text on the envelope. I hope that you'll agree that the result is just as gorgeous!
I addressed the back flap of each envelope with the return address. So, my client had this cute little envelope icon {sealed with a heart!} stamped where the return address would normally be placed. How cute!
My client wanted a way to let her guests know about their wedding website, without having it appear on the invitation itself. So, she sent me these little white cards to inform guests that they can view the website for additional details. I wrote the website address in hot pink to match the color of the envelope heart. Loving this idea! Please note that the website password has been blurred in order to protect privacy.
I won't even get into how adorable the font choices and kraft paper are. That is a different story for a different time.
Patterned cardstock can be used to create escort cards {above} which will correspond to a table number sign with the same pattern {below} thereby directing guests to their assigned tables at the reception. Other ways to incorporate a pattern into the details of your wedding reception are by using patterns on menu cards, bar signs, guestbook signs or favor tags. The possibilities are endless!
I just had to share this picture of the table decor for this wedding. Don't you love both the blue & mason jar vases?!
You can see all the details from this wedding at this post as seen on the brides cafe. All photos are by youkeun oh photography. 
You can view the entire suite {and the story behind every piece of it!} here. 
My Pretty Perfect style in black ink graced these gray envelopes and the result, is stunning!
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