Design w/Chon: Wedding Invitation for a Mexico Wedding

I finally just finished designing a full wedding invitation ensemble for my client with the Mexico wedding. I did her Save the Date earlier on this year (click here to see it), and it was time to get moving on her main invite and here it is. It was truly a pleasure designing for them since they were a fun and easy going client, and you can't beat it when they appreciate and love the design. :)

These are my Photoshop mock-ups on how the invite looks and how it unfolds. We are in the process of getting everything printed on an off-white, uncoated speckletone paper with letterpress and offset printing. We have some fun things going on for her printed wedding collection. First on the tri-fold that wraps around the main 5x7 card, the RSVP card is attached to the map, and it's going to be perforated so its an easy tear for the wedding guest to fill out and mail instantly.

Main Invite Card w/ Tri-fold Wrap

Main Invite Card w/ Tri-fold opened up

One of my favorite parts of the wedding set is the truly customized map. The map is one of the longest things to design since I treat it like art, and it has so much detail & info on it. Plus, you don't want to mess up the map since it leads your wedding guest to your hotel and wedding location. I can't wait to see the map printed... it will feel even more vintage on the paper that we have selected.

Close-up Detail of Map

Wedding Invitation Set

The client was so happy with the design direction that they wanted me to work on a few more things for their wedding day – escort cards & favor tags. Obviously, it's a Mexico wedding and what is a Mexico wedding without Tequila?! For her escort table, she wanted to have shot glasses for each of her wedding guest. So I had to design a structure to somehow sit on the shot glass. I ended up creating a custom die-cut monogrammed bee that will be letterpressed, and on the reverse-side, under the wing, the names will be handwritten in along with the table number. How fun are these? The photos don't do it justice. It looks even better in person.

Also, for her mini Patron Tequila favors, we created a custom tag with a little Spanish saying on it as a "thank you" to her guests for attending their wedding. It's going to be hand tied with a light green satin ribbon.

"Bee" Escort Cards on Shot Glasses

Favor Tags on Mini 50ml Tequila Bottles

{Invitation & Print Accessories designed by Chon}

To learn more about the design direction and overall theme behind this wedding, read this older post.