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Nicole's 21st Invitation

The Brief: Custom creations are always exciting projects, and when Nicole first got in contact with us, her theme called for something truly special. Nicole is an avid fan of the film "Ever After" and was planning a sophisticated gathering for close friends and family. To use Nicole's words, as she represented her theme beautifully: "I want do a bit of a vintage theme, and as far as dress code goes, ladies have to wear little black dresses with a bit of dazzle in their hair and stylish shoes. Men are dressed smart and all in black as well. I'm planning to have candelabras on every table, a mannequin with an old 1800 Victorian style dress on it, a dressing table spilling over with makeup and scarfs and feathers coming out of it... The set up will be a marquee with the sides flowing down with material.. yellow and black theme all around..." Our hearts skipped with excitement, and we immediately envisioned a fold out invitation on parchment, sealed with a red wax sticker.

We used all of Nicole's ideas in the design, and devised a creative way of trimming and folding the invitation so that it had the address for each guest on the outside, and party details on the inside. The invitation also had to make a feature of the dress code, and we did this with beautiful cameo style signs. Custom illustration was created of the mannequin to give the invitation an antique boudoir feel. We were so excited to see this project come together and even more excited when Nicole called us to tell us it was perfect and that she loved it!

This invitation was designed as a double-sided print, so that the invitation could be sealed and posted without an envelope, and we also created custom wax-look stamps to seal each envelope together. This was a truly unique project, and we were so honored to be involved. Happy 21st Nicole!

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