Bespoke...Santorini Destination Wedding Invitations

When approached to create a suite for a destination wedding in Santorini, I jumped at the opportunity! 

This suite differs from our typical work a tad...when building the ideas and design elements that this suite would be created around, I toyed with the idea of creating an illustration that embodied the classic Santorini buildings.  We also wanted to incorporate the distinctive blues of both the classic Santorini rooftops as well as the surrounding piercing blue ocean.  In the end, we nixed the building idea and decided to keep it a bit more simple and focus on the blues and the movement of the ocean.  

I used a watercolor wash as a base in a vibrant cerulean blue, letting the wash be uneven in saturation.  I then illustrated a map of the island itself and used that as an overlay for both the backers as well as envelope liner.  I used a fairly flourished calligraphy style to balance out the simplicity of the suite.