A recent commission for an Autumnal wedding in October resulted in the most stunning foil block invite. The falling leaves theme was used to great effect within the folder and insert invite. The burnt orange colour was a stunning combination with the cream stock and the simple illustration another triumph of less is more!

Many of the stationery designs can be adapted for various purposes. The Bright Lights stationery, as featured previously looks wonderful as funky labels for a Hen pressie complete with amazing Gustav Klimt style wrapping paper from Past Times.

Here at The Happily Ever After Project we love everything about print and use battered, vintage book finds as inspiration for our designs. We are ashamed to say that this interesting and beautiful book was destined for a friend at Christmas, but we were unable to resist its charms. Instead, we sent an email to our friend entitled….’here’s what you could have won’.

When we flicked through this book it is inspirational and literally takes the breath away, wedding stationery should be a similar experience, once you find that special invite.

The Happily Ever After Project work ethos is to always begin on paper - concepts, visuals and doodling are a must! The doodling is all part of the design process, as it enables the designer to work through solutions in a logical and creative manner - the computer can tend to create a static solution, whereby all the creative ideas have not been fully explored before finalising the design!

Ribbons - an interesting theme to explore! The Happily Ever After Project have produced a stationery set to appear in Wedding Magazine. The folder contains a simple invite with ribbon detail, backed with a fantastic chinese-inspired paper print.

The day finally came when Ellie, the stationery designer was to wed! She chose a simple, foil blocked notelet invite with a splash of purple colour. The main concept behind the invite was to provide with the invitee with a story…. there had been a lot of different venue locations and dates before they finally arrived on the Sheffield Register Office followed by lunch at The Plough Inn, Hathersage. A small, bijoux gathering of family and friends on a beautiful sunny September day!

Life is full of creative opportunities, even down to a simply thank you. Why does it always have to be a card? It is possible to send something a little creative; the Mock Croc Thank You Box. All you need is a box and funky lining paper - the result is a thank you which is a little quirky and definitely memorable!

The Taschen Tuscany Style booklet is a visual feast for the eyes and for any couple planning to marry in Tuscany an absolute must-have purchase for inspiration and mouthwatering photography! Thumbing through the imagery, it is difficult not to ‘Let yourself be captivated by the light and colours of Tuscany; dream of the simple luxury and luxurious simplicity of its style, of its culture and its cuisine’ Christiane Reiter

The Happily Ever After Project is busy as a bee preparing wedding stationery. The finished article is soft and appealing without being too feminine. It is important to remember that wedding stationery is from the BOTH of you! The rounded place names really work beautifully with the single fancy bracket balancing the name. The Bride & Groom and Wedding Planner both received a surprise gift from the Happily Ever After Project; a beautiful button heart presented in a lined box!

The colour trends for this season include frost grey, hot pink, pastel lilac & foliage green. The bright colour palette is not for the faint hearted but you need not consider these colours in isolation, they can be teamed with softer accent colours such as foliage green and silver or hot pink and soft white.