Rosenthol Design samples: carnival wedding invitation

[gilana]

Here are the wedding invitations I designed for Briavael O'Reilly and Nicole Pashka. They wanted the invites to look like carnival tickets, so I drew from my extensive collection of vintage woodtype fonts to create something with a fun old-time feel. The final invitations were 9" x 4", designed to fit into standard envelopes to keep costs down, while still looking like a ticket. I suggested using string-tied policy envelopes, with the flap on the short side, to add some extra flair for mailing.

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[minkrose]

I'm probably not giving her enough credit - once we found a way to explain our "weird" choices to my rather judgmental extended family (i.e. "Oh, it's a Scandinavian tradition from the groom's family!"), things were easier for her. Mostly, her reaction was based on what she KNEW (correctly!!) what her family's reaction would be... and it really wasn't worth the grief.

Andy & I picked out the final invitation ourselves, but we picked it from a shop with samples, so mom agreed that anything we picked was probably "normal" these days. It could've been so much worse!