thank you with love!!

Okay here it is folks! Love at First Invite is giving away FREE custom thank you card sets with any custom design invitation order! This will be custom, based on your invitation suite! This is a $100 value, just our way of saying THANKS!

Just place a custom invitation order now through June 1st and give us the promo code SUMMERTHANKS and we will add 50 thank you cards and envelopes to your order for FREE! There's no better way to thank your guests than with matching cards to bring your wedding theme full circle. :)

But hurry! This offer is only valid until June 1st!

giving away our love!

Susan was the winner of our FREE letterpress Ready-to-Love giveaway that was hosted on Style Me Pretty. She chose the Dotted design from the Ready-to-Love collection for her invitations. It turned out beautifully and her guests are going to swoon!

Stay tuned for an exciting announcement today for the May giveaway/sale for all new LAFI clients!!

summer lovin'

Introducing the Summer 2009 Ready-to-Love collection!

We've added four new designs and brought in the four top favorites of our spring collection.

We are now shipping sample packs of the entire collection for only $20. This includes all 8 Ready-to-Love designs, in different paper types - Smooth, Linen, and Metallic and Natural White and Bright White finishes.

Download the new catalog or order sample packs here.

nouveau love

old-fashioned love

love cinco de mayo style

Happy Cinco de Mayo all! For day 2 of my post a day, comes a destination wedding in Mexico. Lindsay wanted it to remain light and casual, but not too overdone with the theme. Her colors were rich and bright primary colors. We first did the Save-the-date with the Mexican papel theme, and it became a cornerstone, so we brought it through to the invitation suite. For the invitations, we kept the same feeling but brought in some handwriting to make it more personal and classy.

Have a fun and safe 5th!

bring on the love

As a graphic designer first, and stationery design second, I realize that while the two design worlds are very different, they are of course intrinsically related to each other. There are definite styles to the wedding design world, and I find interesting when the design "real world" seemingly takes cues from the wedding/romantic/feminine style of the wedding world. But then I think, is that the chicken vs. the egg syndrome? Does wedding style/design come from real world? Or does the wedding world have it's own trends that radiate outward? It is a big enough chunk of the industry to make an impact. Either way, they do influence each other, and I'm more than happy when I identify styles from wedding design in real world packaging and vice versa. Here are some of my favorite packaging designs that include beautiful details that could be amazing wedding invitations:

Photo Love!

Yippee yay! We finally got a rockin' camera to take some Bee yoo teee full invitation shots with. So be on the lookout for more invite sets on Love Invites! Here's a sneeky peeky!

Ready to Love - The Favorites

It's been a very busy season for Love at First Invite, with no signs of slowing down anytime soon! :) I haven't had a chance to post much because of it, but soon we'll be showing some really exciting new works! In the meantime, here's a few images of our most sought-after Ready to Love designs in living color.
Ready to Love invitations are ready to be customized with your wording and your colors, to match your day!

FREE Letterpress Love!

Style Me Pretty is the host of our FREE Letterpress Invitation giveaway! The contest is for 100 Letterpressed invitations of your choice from the Spring 2009 Ready to Love collection. Head on over to the Little Black Book Blog to enter the contest. Contest ends Monday night! :)

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 :)

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!