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Chris and Leesa Wedding Invitation
Production Method
Letterpress
Design
The Hungry Workshop
Printing
The Hungry Workshop
Chris and Leesa’s intimate camping adventure wedding is promised to be just as sweet and simple as the invite suggests. Scout’s honor.
Client
Chris & Leesa
Quantity Produced
20
Production Cost
–
Production Time
–
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
5.8 × 4.1 in.
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
Crane / Lettra / Pearl White / 300gsm
Number of Colors
1
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typography
Pacifico
Stag
Project Description
When Brisbane author Chris Currie and his fiancé Leesa commissioned us to create their wedding invitations we were a bit daunted by the task. It was going to be a challenge to follow up their unconventional proposal that garnered the couple worldwide attention.Working closely with Chris and Leesa we decided on a theme for the wedding: it was set to be their next Great Adventure. The wedding will be a small and personal affair, set in cabins amongst the bushland in the mountains of the Gold Coast Hinterland. With just twenty invitations going out to close friends and family, we were able to focus our attention on craft and detail.
The invitation was letterpress printed in a hand-mixed red ink on Pearl White Crane Lettra 300gsm and tucked inside a rustic, kraft string and button envelope. A custom designed and embroidered merit badge was carefully sewn onto each invitation by hand. The merit badge, complete with over-locked edge, is sweet memento for all those who participated in Chris & Leesa's Great Adventure.
Production Lesson(s)
Smaller production runs mean that you can get craftier with your execution. You can't sew a badge onto 2,000 invitations, but you can for 20
Post Author
Kelly Cree
Writer for UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
August 8, 2012
Filed Under
Letterpress
Wedding materials
Tagged with
badge
hand sewn
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