New Year, New Love

I am soooo excited to let everyone in on a few exciting updates and changes for LAFI in 2009. Due to overwhelming demand, Love at First Invite will be introducing the Ready to Love collection.

This will be a few designs with different styles, that will be perfect for the Bride on a budget, the last-minute Bride or the Bride who just wants to see what she's getting! This will be launching early January, so get Ready to Love! :)

Love in Texas!

You know what they say about Texas. Can you imagine how stunning this wedding will be? Amanda and Kenneth are getting married in the beautiful Rockefeller Hall in Houston, Texas. Amanda is using bright apple green for her centerpieces with rich chocolate brown accents throughout. Amanda is a vintage kind of gal, while her fiancé tends to be drawn to the modern. We married those two styles and came up with this little gem :)

Modern Spanish Love Pt II

Goodness, It's been a busy holiday season, and subsequently it's been awhile since I blogged... I have tons of new projects to show you, but for now I would like to show you how Jennifer & Jayson's amazing invitation suite came out. These are one of my favorites so far!

We got a new printer and it's a special printing process that uses solid inks. They start off as waxy blocks, melted down, mixed and applied to paper. The end result gives a tiny bit of a raised ink feeling as you can feel the wax on the paper. Too cool! She also upgraded to 110 lb. paper which gave these invites a substantial feel.

Congratulations again to J&J :)

True Love

You may remember my post from awhile back about Lindsay & Brandon's beautiful Gocco'd programs. Their wedding was amazing and the colors all came together beautifully. LAFI had the pleasure of designing all the ceremony and reception items for the day. :)



Congratulations Mr & Mrs G and thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting me be a part of your unforgettable day.

Modern Spanish Love

Can I just say, designing these invitations made my day! Hey that rhymes! :)

When Jennifer & Jayson met with me they had this very cool idea of incorporating their photo in their invites. Jennifer & Jayson's main theme is Old Spanish infused with Modern styles. Their colors are cranberry, chocolate and ivory. These invites have such a cool personal vibe to them. Love it!

Jennie & Jason Love

I am so happy to have had the opportunity to see all my design pieces in action, at the wedding of my friend. It was just a beautiful day, thank you again for allowing me to be a part of it!

The lovely photography is credited to the amazingly talented photographer Chrystal Cienfuegos.

Enjoy!

I <3 NY

"I'm in a New York state of mind..."

I just finished up designing invitations for a Bride and Groom getting hitched in NY, NY. I think I had too much fun designing these. I've been looking forward to designing these ever since she contacted me.

Their wedding is going to be a mashup of elegant, urban, funky, sophisticated... basically New York! Their colors are chocolate brown and lavender. Here are my top favorites.



I am so in love!! :)

Pink Love

Whoosh!

That's what this week has been for me. I laughed, I cried.

Most of you have heard through the grapevine about Love at First Invite's feature on Style Me Pretty's Think Pink week. Style Me Pretty first contacted me a few weeks ago, and asked if I would be willing to do a free stationary giveaway for their Think Pink week, dedicated to survivors of breast cancer. I excitedly accepted and designed a special invitation set that was inspired by survivors of breast cancer, the bond between generations, and the bond between women together all around the world.



On top of all that love, the world was introduced to Love at First Invite! I received tons and tons of love mail, loving the idea of bringing custom design to all brides, loving my designs, and loving the affordability of all of it! I feel like the world just gave me a big fat hug. All the hard work and sleepless nights are all worth it.

To bring the week to a close, SMP posted a young cancer survivor's story that moved me to tears. It was a powerful statement to such an important cause.

Thank you to the ladies of Style Me Pretty for all that you do. Lots of love ladies!

damask'in in love - i2i

Another inspiration to invite (i2i) damask style!

Katie and Steve are getting married in a large ballroom, their colors are a dramatic candy pink and black with lots of dressy details. Brilliant!

This stationary set was a pleasure to design and the end result is really breathtaking. These are called U-fold invitations, and they are less expensive than traditional pocketfolds but nonetheless striking. They are actually in a black linen paper which I am totally in love with now. Trés chic!

j'aime gocco

I haven't busted out the Gocco machine since my own wedding. I have forgotten how much I love it. For those who don't know, Gocco is a sort of mini-silk screen machine. It's made in Japan and was actually discontinued in production. Which makes it even cooler. The machine is definitely quirky and gives the prints a cool distressed look.

Lindsay and Brandon are having a French-inspired designed wedding, and really loved the look of dark programs with gold ink. So I brought out the trusty little Gocco and went to work!

C'est magnifique!

love under the california sun

Hayley & Chris are getting married alongside the beach and wanted a super modern caribbean feel to their save-the-dates. Their main colors are Aqua and Yellow and their centerpieces will be lemons! How delicious is that? :)

love in del mar - i2i

My first inspiration to invite (i2i) is from Jennifer & Matt. They will be married in Del Mar alongside the ocean.

Jennifer's colors are an ocean blue and chocolate brown. She wanted her stationary to have that breeze of the ocean and beach life, without being over stated.

Above is her inspiration board for her wedding, you may recognize it as it was featured on Style Me Pretty.

We followed the theme through to her pocketfold invitations, welcome booklet, programs, table cards, and seating chart.

love me pretty

I just received some wonderful news... Love at First Invite was chosen to be featured in Style Me Pretty's Little Black Book. For those of you that aren't familiar with Style Me Pretty, go there now. :)

It's my favorite blog in the whole wide world, and while planning my own wedding, it was an integral part of my morning routine. The Little Black book section is SMP's list of their favorite and preferred vendors. They hand pick only 3 vendors per category, ones who fit their design aesthetic and style. It is an amazing honor and such a blessing. The VIP launch is on Monday, September 15th. I couldn't be happier right now!

Thank you so much to all the wonderful ladies I had the privilege to design for, you all made this possible!

love at first post

Welcome to loveinvites.com, the blog for Love at First Invite.

Lots of exciting stuff to come soon, including inspirations to invites, invitation etiquette and wording tips, as well as general fantastic wedding inspirations. Stay tuned!