Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Sarah's wedding announcement

The theme for Sarah's* wedding is 1950's garden party. I scanned the images from a 1950's garden book. The cards have a quarter inch white border around the outside (I should have put a border on, it isn't showing well on this blog. So..... what do you think? I don't think they ended up very authentic '50's but I do like them.

*For those of you who may know Sarah, the dates on this announcement are not final so don't write them down in your calendar just yet.



Posted by Ashley Mackay at 3:07 PM

3 comments:

  1. coleAugust 5, 2010 at 10:40 AM

    ash, some thoughts:
    1. i think the concept is really nice. the second piece seems to nail it the most, in my eyes. I really like that one, especially.
    2. the interstate font (that's what you're using, right?) feels awkwardly out of it's era in there. what about something like futura?
    3. i really like the white ornamentation that you bring in. again, i think it works best in the second piece overall. I like the way it sits in the flowers in the first, but the 1/2 border on the top and left side feels a little weird to me. I'm not sure if it's just me being square or what. I don't know… i don't think I would want it going over to the flowers as I really like the way they're extending off the blue.

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  2. jennyAugust 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM

    The second is definitely my fav. That image is great. And I agree with Cole about interstate. It feels a little heavy to me in the first invite? But I don't know if everything has to be straight up 1950's. I think you can fake it with something else and have it still look 50's, if that makes sense.

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  3. heymendozaAugust 6, 2010 at 10:35 AM

    Good concept. Image 2 works the best. Like the white border, but when you break the border it seems to cause some weird shapes. Does that make sense? White flourishes are a good touch but would look at making the top ones in image 2 balanced/evenly spaced.

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