Jessica & Marc : Wedding Invitations

Jessica and Marc will be celebrating their wedding this summer at Shadowland on Silver Beach, a unique venue in Southwest Michigan that is located on the shore of Lake Michigan near the Silver Beach Carousel. Jessica's vision for their wedding invitations was something whimsical and slightly vintage in style, but still formal and elegant looking, and she chose to use shades of champagne, ivory, black and a hint of bright pink.

Their pocketfold invitation with tiered enclosure cards

Various typestyles were combined on the invitation design, along with vintage flourishes

A wedding "Details" card with accommodations information, a note about their wedding website and a custom map design. A carousel horse icon marks the location for the reception on the map.

The Reception card features a carousel in pink with their "S" monogram initial, which conveniently works for Silver Beach and Shadowland as well!

The back of the response postcard was designed to look like a carousel ticket. This was Jessica's idea, and it is my favorite detail! I enjoyed browsing through images of vintage carousel tickets for inspiration. The photo on the "ticket" was taken at Jessica & Marc's engagement shoot on Silver Beach, as was the photo we used for their save the date announcement.

To complete the look of these gorgeous invitations, envelopes were printed with the addresses and custom carousel horse response card stamps and carousel/monogram mailing envelope stamps were designed.

Jessica & Marc : Save the Dates

For Jessica & Marc's June 2011 wedding, I created save the date postcards that incorporated their favorite engagement photo with a wedding monogram and vintage flourish details.

Many of their guests will be travelling in from out of town, so they included accommodations information and their wedding website on the reverse side of the card.


Custom postage stamps with their monogram were designed to complete the look!

Real Wedding : Jessica & Marc

Jessica and Marc's wedding took place at Shadowland on Silver Beach and was full of unique experiences and fun details that made it an unforgettable event for all. Jessica sent me the gorgeous photos that Jennifer Mayo captured from their June wedding day, and I am excited to share them with you!

{whimsical & elegant beach wedding}

Wedding day photos by Jennifer Mayo Studios

The wedding day stationery included champagne-colored ceremony programs in a booklet style, tented menu cards that doubled as table cards, each table named after a different ride or site from the original Silver Beach Park. My favorite detail was ticket-style escort cards in bright yellow, pink and purple for the three different dinner choices. I looked at vintage carousel tickets for design inspiration. I also designed the wedding monogram that was used as the gobo light on the dance floor, and also on their photo booth strips. After the wedding, photo thank you cards were also created.