Sheila & Shannon's Chinese Garden Wedding

Sheila & Shannon are our good friends and I was thrilled to design their invitations for them. I'm also doing their other wedding stationery, but I wanted to make sure to post these because they turned out perfect.

Sheila initially told me about the Chinese garden in NYC where she was planning to have the wedding ceremony and how she wanted the invitation to give their guests a taste of what was to come. She mentioned having a window looking into a garden scene and possibly using a pocket fold to keep all the inserts in place.

I had the perfect idea for her: a burgundy z-card invitation with gold parchment printed layers and a window cut out for a beautiful painting of the garden. The z-card layout allowed the information to be glued on the invite, a great alternative to a pocket fold.

After showing her a sample of my idea, she was blown away. Below is the completed set.