Today's Sunday Sample Spotlight uses a fun fifties theme throughout the stationery design. Check out the great aqua, pink, pale yellow, and black color scheme!
The main envelope is a solid aqua-colored petal-fold design, with a matching reply envelope. The stationery is printed with a pale yellow background and mounted on textured pink cardstock for an extra pop of color.
I traced all of the illustrations using the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator and used a kitschy 1950s font for the text. The right of the invitation shows a diner scene, with a bar stool, counter, malt drink, and jukebox, while the left of the invitation focuses more on the traditional 1950s drive-in movie theatre, with an classic car and light-up sign.
For the reply card, I used the same elements from the invitation, keeping the black and pink arrow from the sign, but leaving it open for guests to write their names on the line. Then, I repeated the pink circles at a larger scale for the yes/no check boxes, and incorporated 1950s lingo in the response selections.
The final additions were the pink and black record decorations creating a border at the top of the invitation and reply card. I needed a way to balance out the eye-catching pink circles on the drive-in sign and was looking for another circular form to use. An homage to vintage records was the obvious solution! I added a larger record to the diner scene on the right of the invitation to tie it all together.
A 1950s theme is great for kid's parties, birthday parties, school dances, rehearsal dinners, casual weddings, and Valentine's day. My church hosted a mother-daughter "sock-hop" event once, and even though I was young at the time, I still remember how fun it was to dress up in a felt "poodle skirt" and dance around!
Next week's Sunday Sample Spotlight: "Paper Lanterns"
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| "The One That I Want" - Invitation Duo (invite & reply card) |
The main envelope is a solid aqua-colored petal-fold design, with a matching reply envelope. The stationery is printed with a pale yellow background and mounted on textured pink cardstock for an extra pop of color.
I traced all of the illustrations using the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator and used a kitschy 1950s font for the text. The right of the invitation shows a diner scene, with a bar stool, counter, malt drink, and jukebox, while the left of the invitation focuses more on the traditional 1950s drive-in movie theatre, with an classic car and light-up sign.
For the reply card, I used the same elements from the invitation, keeping the black and pink arrow from the sign, but leaving it open for guests to write their names on the line. Then, I repeated the pink circles at a larger scale for the yes/no check boxes, and incorporated 1950s lingo in the response selections.
The final additions were the pink and black record decorations creating a border at the top of the invitation and reply card. I needed a way to balance out the eye-catching pink circles on the drive-in sign and was looking for another circular form to use. An homage to vintage records was the obvious solution! I added a larger record to the diner scene on the right of the invitation to tie it all together.
A 1950s theme is great for kid's parties, birthday parties, school dances, rehearsal dinners, casual weddings, and Valentine's day. My church hosted a mother-daughter "sock-hop" event once, and even though I was young at the time, I still remember how fun it was to dress up in a felt "poodle skirt" and dance around!
Next week's Sunday Sample Spotlight: "Paper Lanterns"
Click here to view all Sunday Sample Spotlight posts.
"Like" Invites by Andrea on Facebook!
Follow Invites by Andrea on Twitter!
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Shameless Plug Time: Love this invitation (or others featured on this blog)? Want something similar (or something completely custom) designed for your event? Visit Invites by Andrea to view more samples, download a catalogue pdf, or fill out a design request form. Or shoot me an email to ask me your questions or learn more information.
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