Some of you will remember the vintage inspired invitations we posted about in November (shown above). We worked with the bride, Linnea, and her event planner, Kelly of Sweet Pea Events, on some truly spectacular pieces for their reception as well. We had so much fun working on these items – programs, direction cards to help guests navigate from the ceremony to the reception, menus, table names, passport escort cards, and postcard wish cards.

All of the items were offset printed on shimmery metallic pale pink paper in chocolate ink, which complemented the icy blue color scheme at their reception. Linnea and Paul are quite the world travelers (thus the exploration theme!) so the tables were each named after an international destination that they’ve been to. We used vintage travel posters for the table names – I love the bold, clean images.

Many of the guests at the wedding were visiting from foreign destinations – India, Australia, England, France, China, etc. – so Linnea came up with the idea to use “passports” to help her guests learn a little more about one another. Guests were encouraged to visit the various tables, collecting stickers at each to put in their passports. The passports also functioned as escort cards – guest names and their assigned table were written in each passport.

One of my favorite items was the well-wish postcards we created. Linnea was reluctant to go with the traditional guest book, so I suggested cards that could be at each guest’s setting. Guests could take their time and put a little thought into what they wanted to write – the postcards encourage them to share memories of the past or wishes for the future. We affixed vintage map stickers in the corner to look like a postage stamp.