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@TwinHeartsPhotography

What’s in a wedding suite?

All the things! Whatever your heart desires. That’s the beauty of custom invitations, designed by an artisan, just for you. 

But, we have to start somewhere! Below are exemplary design packages of core items to include in mailed items, as well as expanded offerings for mailing or day of. How we bring your vision to life with digitized illustration, painting, calligraphy, typography, and graphic art design elements are up to us. During the project I’ll confirm best fit printing and production materials. How does this work?

First, we will select some core motifs to riff off of, and align on the tactical elements for your design. We may include a classic or loose modern take on a heraldic crest. Often our work together influences the feel of and aligns with event design, from the venue to botanicals. We’ll land on digital mockups ready for printing. 

Then, we decide how much we want to play with printing and production. You may want to take your designs to your own printer or use paperless post to send them digitally. Most couples want to enlist my support in print management. We can also play with add-ons like wax, vellum, ribbon and more. I also support couture embellishments, as well as individually painting invitations. We might include explore adding in hand lettering and calligraphy addressing for the invitation suite, or expand into bespoke day of goods.

Read more here about the custom process. Otherwise, peruse exemplary design and printing/production packages below!

 

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ARTISAN Design packages

Classic Core, or Fully Custom graphic art design package tailored upon request

CLASSIC CORE 

It all starts with the classic core wedding invitation suite. This Incudes everything you need to have a fully custom, illustrated suite, created just for you.

Illustration-led Fine and Graphic Art Design. 

Front of flat card design for: A7 Save the Date. A9 Invitation, A6 Details Card, 4 Bar Response Card.

Classic Printing Methods

Classic digital / indigo press printing methods for all. Double thick card stock for Invitation flat and single thick card stock for Save the Date and Response card.

Neutral recycled or cotton paper selections with matching envelopes. Variable guest address envelope printing for invitation envelope and back of card single return address printing for response card.

Assembly and Mailing

Curation of inclusion of current USPS postage. Assembly stuffing postage application, and mailing on your behalf to guests.

Extras

Complimentary inclusion of one calligraphed envelope and vintage postage set for day-of flat-lay.

$ Standard Package

CUSTOM PACKAGE

Then you decide on inclusion of an extras that you most yearn for… from expanded content for me to design, to paper upgrades, calligraphy, and embellishments. We might land on ‘must-have’ extras during our initial discovery call. You might decide these up front or instead book me through a 50% of the classic core package, and we can decide on extras as we go during your design sprint.

Expanded Content

Map, Rehearsal / Welcome Party Invitation Card, Enclosure Sticker Seals. 

Welcome Card. Vows Booklets, Program. Seating Chart / Escort Cards, Table Numbers, Place Cards. Food Menu, Cocktails Menu, Signage, Guest Books.

Thank You Card / Personal stationery to be used post-event. Bouquet Painting.

Inquire for other possibilities.

Calligraphy Upgrades

Hand lettered dip pen calligraphy in place of printing for select content.

Paper and Printing Method Upgrades

1+ Folds added to paper (folded cards, folio enclosures, mounted elements, fortune teller menus). Hand-tearing for torn edges.

Upgrade to Hand-made abaca paper with optional deckled edges.

Letterpress or metallic foil printing.

Embellishment Add-ons

Individually hand painting (acrylic or watercolor) or gilding (mica wash, gold foil hand-application to illustration motifs) each piece. Wax seals and vellum wraps. Ribbon. Vintage postage curation and application.

$ Custom Pricing Proposal for eachCouple. See below for two examples.

DESIGN, PRINT & PRODUCTION packages

Average pricing production costs for reference in sets of 50 unless otherwise noted, tailored on request

ClaSSIC

All items in Classic Core Design illustrated and painted, digitized and graphic designed, then printed on neutral luxe cardstock.

Accompanied by selected matching envelopes, with return address and variable guest address printing included. Inquire for select upgrades, such as calligraphy addressing, wax seals, hand painted touches and more.

$2.6k

ROMANCE

All items in Core Design, printed instead on hand made deckled or double thick torn edge paper. 

Invitation suite wrapped in translucent vellum, tied with ribbon mounted to the vellum with a hand applied wax seal. 

Accompanied by selected dark hued envelopes, with added thickness for absorbing calligraphy ink.

Hand lettered gold calligraphy guest addressing for 50 households. Return addresses incorporated into the enclosure sticker seals.

Domestic postage stamps included for mailing. Vintage postage stamp set curated for your photographer’s flat lay image. 

Hand lettered day of place cards and escort cards included for 75 guests.

$5k  

COUTURE

Discerning clients to inquire for luxury couture pricing.

Printing and production to incorporate elements of embellishments that might include;

  • Complex format printing, for example incorporating at least one fold
  • Letterpress or metallic foil printing layered on digital designs
  • Hand painting or foil gilding each invitation, mounted card back, envelope liner, or inner envelope
  • Calligraphy love letters included in invitation suite
  • Large scale acrylic painting and lettered welcome signage 
  • Post-wedding acrylic bouquet painting 
  • 100% silk ribbon
  • Double and triple thick paper
  • Custom wax seal design and wax color matching
  • Production coordination of wedding designs on any number of welcome and day-of physical elements
  • Vintage postage stamps curated and applied for mailing as part of hand assembly.
$10k+ 

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