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Inspiration to Creation: ‘Voyage of Love’ Stationery

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Our design process always starts with the vendors and design direction, then the inspiration begins turning into the creation. We spend quite a bit of time on the graphic design elements that will be intertwined throughout the event. Paying extra special attention to details such as menus, place cards, invitations, seating charts and other graphic elements, can really take an event to the next level.

We started with the ‘Voyage of Love’ guest seating area. We decided that we would like guests to use navigational compasses to direct them to famous ports around the globe. The ‘Voyage Du Amour’ seating sign would be framed and placed onto a rod iron easel and surrounded by vintage globes.

We designed each seating card in the shape of a circle to resemble both the shape of the world and a port hole. Each table would be named a different port that each guest would be directed to sit at.

The programs were also designed into the shape of a circle and even the best man was called the ‘best mate’ on them! We took inspiration from Frank Sinatra’s “I’ve got the world on a string, I’m sitting on a rainbow, got that string round my finger, what a world what a life I’m in love”. We put these lovely lyrics on the backs of the programs, and took it a step further by tying a string to them so they could be hung off of the ceremony chairs!

Topographical maps were used as a textured background behind many of the designs. We made multiple ‘Voyage of Love’ signs with old ships, planes, trains, automobiles and even a tricycle!

The ‘Time for Tea’ sign was also designed into a circle shape and would be set onto the tea table that would have teas from Japan and England and would be placed amidst clocks that would be set into different timezones from around the world! Guests would be able to see the times  in Paris, Tokyo, and England as they sipped their hot teas from gorgeous china.

The wedding menu “A night afloat on a wonder boat” (on left) had each course labeled with ‘Bon Appetit’ in multiple languages from around the world. We used the actual menu featured on the Titanic for an elaborate tasting of what life was like when dining was the nights destination.

The circles on the right, would be the tags for the dessert and liquer/wine pairing station. We would pour different liquers into beautiful decanters and pair them with cookies and treats. French Cognac would be paired with French Petite Palmers, Chines Bai-Jui would be paired with fortune cookies, Hereford Apple Apertif from England would be paired with English Lemon Tea cookies, and many more fun pairings!

We also designed tags that said ‘Cheers’, ‘Prost’, ‘Salud’, in eight different languages that we would tie around the guests wine glasses!

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4 Responses to “Inspiration to Creation: ‘Voyage of Love’ Stationery”

  1. Tina on March 3rd, 2010 2:06 pm

    Cool ideas! I like the port idea for the guest seating.

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  3. theresa on March 6th, 2010 3:32 pm

    these are fantastic!

  4. Gayle on March 17th, 2010 9:19 pm

    I love the creativity behind these products. Fantastic!

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