Rooftops and Invitations

I received an email reminder to start looking for and booking our invitation designer. With the wedding about 7 months away we can still leisurely gather ideas, but knowing the many details left to finalize means the pressure is on. The save our date maps provided our guests with a sort of wedding stationery amuse bouche. Our plan is to work that initial look and feel in the invitation suite, to make it flow. We have to consider the wording, font, font color, design accents, printing style, paper, envelopes, addressing, etc. But before we do all that, we want to start with looking at design themes.

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While we like flourishes, calligraphy, and flowers, we also want to incorporate Santa Barbara locations into our theme. One favorite SB location is the Canary Hotel. It's a hotel we considered when scouting venues, built during our college years making it a fairly new hotel in the city. It's location is perfect walking distance to downtown's shopping, dining, and sightseeing, but far form the beach. What it lacks in distance it makes up for in the view. The Canary Hotel has a rooftop terrace with a 360 degree view of downtown, the mountains, the ocean, and the mesa. It would be amazing to get married under the warm sun and celebrate under the stars :)

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So with the Canary Hotel as a starting point, and a theme of love birds, nature, and branches, here are some invitations from hello! Lucky and Wedding Paper Divas that I can see at a Canary Hotel wedding.

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hello! Lucky is one of my favorite invitation companies. They have a beautiful collection of letterpress and digital invitations that come in a wide array of colors to match your wedding colors. I love their interactive site. It allows you to estimate price based on quantity, personalize your design with paper and font choices, fill in your own text, and provides a preview of what your invitation would look like.

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They also have corresponding: RSVP card, save the date card, wedding announcement, thank you card, accommodations card, reception card, directions card, menu, place card, seating card to complete your stationery suite.

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With an easily navigated site, plenty of design and color choices, helpful personalization browsing, and etiquette tips, Wedding Paper Divas is one of my favorite stationery companies.

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I love browsing stationery sites. They overflow with inspirational eye candy.

What are your favorite invitations websites? How did you choose the design of your invitation suite?

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