Moody Velvet Fall Watercolor Wedding Invitations

Moody Fall at Filoli Gardens

A color palette focusing on rich tones of burgundies, golds, deep blues, and ochres started us on our design path with Natalie and Ammar’s suite. The truly remarkable venue with a historic brick mansion, tulip fields, apple orchards, and rose gardens was the perfect setting for a modern take on an old-world wedding.

Bold and deep colors, mixed in with pale roses and deep-hued papers bright this suite together. We began with a moody watercolor pattern, incorporated a simpler line botanical, and mixed in the bride and groom’s silhouettes.

The bride wanted her suite to feel like guests were opening a book into their love story, which was the perfect jumping-off point for a bound invitation suite.

Each guest received a custom made burgundy linen-bound book with the couple’s silhouette on the cover in a custom wax seal. The inside of each linen-bound book was lined in the pattern we created for them and held their invitations with brass corner mounts. The invitation itself was printed on leather paper with a glorious texture. We also incorporated individual wax seals of each of the bride and groom’s silhouettes into the invitation design.

Our custom made reply envelopes of deep blue velvet had the climbing rose line botanicals tumbling off the velvet. We went with bold white printing on burgundy paper for the reply cards.

Our additional insert cards, including a hotel information card, reception card, and brunch card, were printed on pale blush, rust, and blue velvet reflecting the artwork and florals used throughout the suite.

Let’s talk envelopes! Since the linen bound folio we created was fairly thick, we had custom made envelopes printed to accomodate the size we needed.

Each envelope was printed on the inside with the same artwork we used throughout the suite, with additional artwork details on the front and wrapping around the edges of the envelope.