Since this couple are both designers, it was only natural for them to take on the design of the invites, deciding on a multi-layered suite that was both casual and simple. Many of the elements -- the typography, trailing vines, and color palette -- were carried through to the day-of paper elements, including the menus at the dessert and wine stations, the escort cards, and the place settings.

The entire suite was designed by the bride, Happy Menocal. The gatefold invite, graced by a family crest, shared info on the rehearsal dinner, ceremony, and next-day brunch.

Paper Moss created the pink-and-white stationery suite, which featured whimsical touches like a custom map of the area and diagonal calligraphed flourishes on the envelopes.

This couple custom-designed every piece of their suite. Engraved invites went to guests in foil-letterpressed envelopes, and gold thread held together a pine needle–adorned “Save the Weekend” booklet.

Bride Nisse worked with Molly Myers of Paisley Quill on the letterpressed invitation suite that provided a first glimpse of the wedding's color palette. The envelopes were lined with a coral, peach, and gray marbled paper and the outside was calligraphed by Angelique Ink.

This groom designed the couple's invitations, which were printed on an old press and dressed up with three-dimensional balloons meticulously cut from yellow paper and glued on.

Designed by bride Leoma's friend Lara Ashworth, this stationery suite introduced a loose springtime theme, incorporating light, airy colors, birds, and butterflies. The invitation was a four-piece ensemble strung together with ribbon and showcased the couple’s monogram.

Everything at Cari and Jason’s wedding was inspired by the Big Apple, including their New York City-themed invitations, by Hello!Lucky.

Presented as a helpful packet, this stationery suite by Paper-Source features separate cards supplying details about the welcome dinner and transportation options. Touches like the invites' faux-bois borders, Kraft-paper-colored extras, and Wild West-style engraver's font set the scene for the alpine fete.

Gabe, who owns the design firm The Wilderness, designed the invitation suite, incorporating elements and symbols from 1950s-era topographical maps of the area.

Neither Snow's calligraphy made the invite truly one-of-a-kind. It was packaged in a muslin pouch that was silk screened with the wedding date and laced with orange-and-white twine.

Between their Southern-style BBQ dinner and guests dressed in festive red, white, and blue, Leanne and Brad brought a modern vision of classic Americana to life with their midsummer wedding. Homemade posters, screen printed by the bride and groom, unfolded to read: "If love ain't cool, then we ain't" with an outline of Ohio in the center.

This art director bride created the invite suite. Each piece had a woodsy scene (the wedding was in Jackson Hole after all) and a pair of animals.

The bride designed their invitation suite, which mixed illustration and typography, to give it a graphic look. Featuring the L.A. skyline, their cat, Luda, greenery reflective of their ceremony site, and a stork, it was completely personalized.

Toast & Laurel made a monogram that fit the couple and their "farm formal" wedding. Rosemary, a spade, and a pitchfork help announce the mood and dress code of the fete.

The couple's monogram appeared inside a crest with a coat of arms inspired by Marie Antoinette. The teal and gold design was designed and created by Papel Paper and Press.

Vanessa designed her wedding stationery suite herself, incorporating the color palette and lighthouse in front of which Mike proposed.

The bride incorporated a favorite floral fabric by Liberty of London into the stationery suite, which the groom designed. It also boasted calligraphy by Love, Jenna.

For Liezel and Christopher's invitations, chocolate brown and coral were paired together, with a decorative border that was also incorporated into the dinner menu at the reception.

With pops of ocean-blue and sunny yellow, this suite by Lab Partners for Hello!Lucky made a bold impression. The illustrations showcased the location of the nuptials: Martha's Vineyard.

Lizzie and Matt's paper goods were designed by some of the area's most well-known stationers. Christine Schmidt at Yellow Owl Workshop designed the whimsical save-the-dates. The fishing lure illustration (behind the crest with their initials and a drawing of their puppy) hinted at the couple's love for fly fishing. The formal invitations were designed by Smythson of Bond Street.

For these star-crossed lovers, symbols of love merged with clean, hand-drawn type. The centerpiece of the suite, a multi-page invite booklet tied with twine and a vintage charm.

A custom invitation by Ceci New York integrated elements of the wedding day, which took place at the school where the couple met. Orange trees, horses, and the couple’s high school mascot, were woven into the design with flourishes and decorative borders.

This Maryland couple worked with a pal on their paper pieces. Deckled edges, linen-textured paper, fabric pouches, brads, recycled paper-bag envelopes, and custom postage were all utilized.

The groom designed the stationery suite and showcased his friend's hand lettering. It was based on a ship itinerary from the early 1900s.

Ice Cream Social took their cues from the couple’s collections and photographs, ultimately designing borders inspired by the floral décor that would appear at their ceremony, and a custom monogram based on a photo of the duo in India holding up peace signs.

Cheree Berry set the tone of Chris and Tim's wedding with a design inspired by Aspen, where the couple met.

Subtle pops of orange accented this sparse suite, created and letterpressed by Simplesong Design. It was a perfect fit for the art gallery reception.

Tala and Thomas's invite provided guests with background information on the couple’s relationship and elements of their cultures, while celebrating San Francisco, where they tied the knot.

Calligraphy and Kraft paper mixed fancy with humble in this suite. Embellishments like wax seals, vintage postage stamps, and watercolor maps personalized it further.

Tara and Nick selected a design by DwellStudio for Wedding Paper Divas that worked for their fall fete perfectly.

Corinne illustrated the save-the-date, and showcased her loopy script on the invitation and envelopes.

The monogrammed dot motif tied together the couple's letter-pressed invitations, reply cards, thank-you notes, and coasters. It was designed and created by Inchmark, using the couple's chosen colors of lime green and orange.

The letterpressed invitation suite, designed by Thunderwing Press, reflected the wedding's palette of indigo, gold, and rust, and featured floral and Navajo motifs and unique typography. It also boasted a custom logo that incorporated the couple's initials and represented their love of California (their names start with C and A, after all). With a palette of indigo, gold, and rust, the pieces fused floral designs, graphic Navajo elements, and unique typography.

Hello!Lucky worked the couple's black, white, and silver palette into the stationery suite. The screen-printed invites, programs, and reply cards were accented with the calligraphy by Michele Papineau.

A vintage-inspired floral motif and whimsical calligraphy animated the invites by Rifle Paper Co. "I wanted them to be as romantic as Italy," says Nicole, who wed in Tuscany.

This bride created all the wedding stationery, including the invitation with perforated RSVP card and the silkscreened cloth invite, both enclosed in a chipboard envelope. Iconic ranch animals, such as roosters and cows, inspired the design motif.

Tiny Pine Press's stationery suite used a mix of textures and natural elements. A handmade folder housed the different pieces, with a twig and twine closure. The hand-colored photograph of the house and the pond is the save-the-date and a preview of the wedding location.

One of Lara's chums, Kristen Ekeland, designed her stationery using the wedding's "The Secret Garden" theme (it's Lara’s favorite childhood book, after all) with a touch of old Hollywood glamour as inspiration. The invitation suite incorporated natural elements like ferns, birds, and trees, and the response postcards were inspired by vintage English wallpaper. Another pal, Jenna of Love*Jenna, did the calligraphy, and Letterpress Chicago provided the letterpress details.

The beautifully patterned stationery suite, all designed by the bride's sister, Laura Naples, of Neapolitan Paper.

Bell'occhio used decorative elements from 18th-century French drawings on this engraved suite.

The paper pieces were purely playful for this fun-loving couple, showcased their punchy palette and love of typography and design.

Jessica and Greg stuck to their wintery colors of charcoal and berry for the invitation suite, by Hello!Lucky.

Thoughtful Day worked with the couple to show off their circus-theme. Gold touches, mixed postage, striped paper bag sleeves, and the bride's calligraphy added even more fun.

This bride painted the pattern she incorporated into the suite she designed herself.

For the "Breakfast at Tiffany"-themed wedding of Jessica and Cody, Cheree Berry added touches of that trademark blue, gold-lined envelopes, calligraphy by John Decolllibus, and a monogrammed paper bow.

Paper Moss introduced the nuptial’s blue-and-white color palette and also hinted at the cherry blossoms that dot Washington, D.C., in the early spring months, when Alison and Chris would wed.

Whitney and Parker fused their likenesses with the modern calligraphy of Betsy Dunlap for their Kraft and white suite.

Chinese lantern pods adorned these invites, by Echo Letterpress.

Antique labels were the inspiration for Molly and Ken's invite, which was designed by Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence.

This bride designed her invitations with classical elements and a black-and-white palette. Response cards had room for guests to get creative, and the maid of honor's son provided artwork for the ceremony program's cover.

This Hawaii wedding's invite was based on an Ernst Haeckel drawing of a jellyfish and an illustration from sheet music to "Honolulu Moon."

Spanish and English both showed up on the response card in this invitation, which stuck to the couple's black-and-white color scheme and Old Hollywood inspiration.

Letterpressed invitations were bundled in onionskin paper and twine, then slipped into hand-stitched leather envelopes. The collection -- created by Papel Paper and Press -- was finished off with calligraphy by Anne Jones.

Sideshow Press embellished the letterpressed suite with quail feathers and envelope liners made from drawings from an Audubon book.

Stationer Cheree Berry utilized multiple printing techniques, unexpected touches (the origami chart of local attractions), and fanciful details for her invitation suite.

Heather and Alex's invites, by Thunderwing Press, used calligraphy to evoke an Old World feel.

Susan and Rob's rope knot monogram appeared on most of the paper elements. In lieu of traditional invites, they sent booklets containing pictures from their travels and details of the big day. The bride addressed each envelope with her vintage type-writer.

Guests received fig-themed invitation booklets and welcome bags tied with exuberant greeting tags. Mimio Papers kept to the rustic and green theme and palette of the wedding.

Unscene Inc. printed "memorabilia" like nautical-themed invites, air mail envelopes, and response cards scanned from old postcards. Blue-and-white twine and an anchor punched from an old map bundled everything together before being sent in a navy blue envelope with a collection of postage.

This punchy letterpressed and foiled suite, by Cheree Berry, got in the spirit of New Year's Eve, with confetti, and a party horn save-the-date.

Olive-Route mixed gray and burnt-orange with illustrations inspired by the landscape of this winter wedding in Utah.

Joanne and Luke's effervescent letterpress invitation was designed by San Francisco artist Jeff Canham. The card on the bottom right invites guests to a casual celebration, complete with taco truck, the following day at Golden Gate Park.

Ivory cardstock with rounded edges was printed with a monogram and classic script typography. The design is from Martha Stewart Stationery for Crane & Co.

With a playful color palette inspired by their names, Rose and Gray worked with a team of talented artists to create their simple yet classic nautical invitation suite. Calligrapher Pier Gustafson, who also addressed the envelopes, designed an icon of a compass rose that encircled the couple's first initials. Calligrapher Deborah Delaney's beautiful script graced the stationery, designed by Angela Denise of 80 Press. The suite was letterpressed onto soft white paper by Bowne & Co., Stationers.

Jenny and her stationers, Hello!Lucky, collaborated on the stationery. The simple and classic invitation was edged and embossed in gold on thick card stock. It was packaged in a Kraft-paper box with a gold-leafed lid that was lined with patterned fabric and tied with rope hand-braided by the bride and her friends from strips of muslin, silk, and printed fabric.

The 15-inch by 5-inch invitation suite, created by Simplesong Design, introduced aqua into the color palette. A response postcard, attached to the bottom with a perforated edge, was easy for guests to tear off and mail in. The envelope was lined with their signature stripe (first seen on the pre-welcome box) and featured the couple's initials and wedding date.

When Rae began researching stationery options, she looked for more of a scrawl than a traditional script, in the end turning to the calligraphy of Betsy Dunlap. The elegant serifs at once feel timeless with a vintage influence. Sarah Parrott of Parrott Design Studio incorporated Betsy's work into the letterpressed white and navy invitation suite. To add a bit of color, she backed the card stock with printed paper that felt like old wallpaper.

Elizabeth and Stephane's engraved calligraphed invitations were understated and refined.

This Canadian design duo incorporated their wedding venue and a hint of the decorations to come. The color palette spring from their engagement photos, when the bride wore a plaid dress and carried blue and red balloons.

Ditto Paper created the aqua-and-navy invitations and day-of details to mimic the sea and sky of the Mexico destination.

Engraving and calligraphy embellished the wedding paper of Darcy Miller’s invitation. The invitation, program, and menu were all the same size, lending a sense of unity to the stationery. The extravagant calligraphy makes them attractive mementos. Darcy and Andy had a monogram designed for the occasion; the matchbooks featured a smaller version. The invitation beckons with lyrics from the couple's song, and the wedding program itself concludes with a dedication to the grandparents of the bride and groom.

The invitation, designed by Jenny Pennywood, was inspired by Laura's favorite novel, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," by Jonathan Safran Foer. It began with the phrase, "We would be extremely honored and incredibly psyched... ."

Mr. Boddington's Studio designed the invitation suite, which was letterpressed in brown ink. The invitation to the rehearsal dinner invite boasted a wraparound band and a wax seal, and the matching thank-you notes were simple bordered flat cards.

Invitations by Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence, in the day's seashell palette, featured filigree flourishes.

Wanting the wedding to feel handmade, this couple chose a handwritten type treatment and found inspiration in the packaging of Jamie Oliver's food goods and Paul Rand. They worked closely with Hello!Lucky on their ice-blue and poppy-red invitation suite. Jean, a copywriter, came up with all of the wording for the invitations herself (asking guests to join them on September 26, 2009, "to celebrate what they will refer to from now on as their big day"). The invitation details: red and white cross-hatch envelope liners, personalized address labels for each guest, and a hand-drawn map.

The groom's bandmate Will Etling designed the folk-art-inspired paper details. The invitation suite "really set the tone," says Jesse. "Before the wedding, at least 10 people mentioned how cool they were." An activities packet kept the theme alive on the big day.

The duo designed their invites, lined the envelopes with Paris maps, and finished them with vintage stamps.

The playful stationery featured the couple's initials, the date, and graphic elements letterpressed in white on white by Coeur Noir.

The bride designed and printed the invitations for the wedding. The inspiration behind the stationery suite was silver age comic books. The groom grew up liking a few characters, and she loved "the exuberant art, simple newsprint paper, and their old-school printing style."

Chloe and Matt's friend designed the quirky stationery, whose pear motif is a whimsical take on the name of the couple's property: Pearbrook Farm.

To share the bride's love of all things faux bois a wood-grain motif was present throughout the day, from the cover of the program to a miniature barrel of matches. The invitation was elegant, with its brown engraving by Bell'ochio.

Bernard Maisner's calligraphy was used on the hand-lettered envelopes and engraved invitation. Customized match barrels from ForYourParty.com were placed at the bars and given to guests for the sparkler send-off at the evening's conclusion. Since this bride heard lavender brought marriages good luck, small muslin pouches rubber-stamped with the couple's monogram were filled with the fragrant herb for guests to toss during the ceremony.

Daniel, a TV art director and graphic designer, relied on both his heart and his designer's eye for the invitations. With the flourished lettering, he aimed to capture the couple's bold style and shared sense of fun. He also included a typeface used in the work of one of their favorite artists, Lawrence Weiner. "I love how it turned out -- masculine, but romantic," says Gracia.

Crisp letterpress stationery by Dauphine Press took the flower motif to heart.

Moons and stars adorned the wedding stationery, which was letterpressed in lavender ink by Snow and Graham.

For their monogram, the couple used nautical flags that stand for their fist initials. Invitations were letter-pressed in navy and red by Julie Holcomb Printers.

Ellie Snow of Hello Tenfold worked with the couple to create the travel-themed invitation suite for their Bali wedding. It began with the save-the-date, which was a map that detailed the couple's travels over the years. The invitation itself was formatted like a storybook, outlining the key parts of Amy and TQ's relationship. Packaged with a band that was sealed with an airplane sticker, an insert described logistics and activities for the weekend, such as yoga, volcano tours, elephant rides, and trips to the craft villages. Everything was sent out in a chartreuse envelope with a patterned liner.

Festive invitations were strung together like Mexican "papel picado" flags at this Marfa wedding. Southern Fried Paper used paper in the couple’s wide range of hues.

The discerning bride selected San Francisco's Austin Press to letterpress the save-the-dates and invitations. "I first saw Kimberly Austin's stationery at one of my favorite shops in New York City and fell in love with it," she says.

Drew designed the invitations, which were letterpressed by Studio on Fire in the couple's signature color, orange. The modern suite was packaged in a four-sided folder, one flap of which was the actual invite, another a map of the area. Inside the folder were response cards, an invitation to an intimate dinner, and a VIP pass for out-of-town family to stay at the hotel at the couple's expense.

The stationery, designed by the bride, Randi, was letterpressed in brown ink. The stickers on envelopes and addresses on reply cards were outlined with a rubber stamp inspired by a vintage label. The invitations were blind hit in Hebrew with the biblical love story of Jacob and Rachel (Randi's Hebrew name); highlighted are the words "Jacob kissed Rachel." Each bundle is tied with baker's twine.

The stationery suite, from Crane and Co., was printed on recyclable paper; calligraphy by Debi Zeinert of The Blooming Quill.

The couple's leafy save-the-date arrived in a vellum envelope. Laura designed an invitation suite that incorporated her own type and phrasing with Gwen Frostic's block-printed cards. Invitations and response cards were tucked into envelopes that the bride calligraphed herself and adorned with vintage stamps.

The calligraphed invitations letterpressed onto handmade paper by Peter Kruty Editions were timeless.

The letterpress invitation, map, reply card, and envelopes were done in retro hues and reflect the rustic feel of the wedding site. They were mailed with vintage stamps depicting woodland themes.

Eunice mingled Victorian and woodland fairy-tale aesthetics for her letterpress stationery suite and information booklet.

Sharon, a graphic designer, chose shades of pink, gray, and white and a modern motif of patterns inspired by Japanese textiles for the wedding stationery she designed.

The invitation was packaged in a small paper box, wrapped in Kraft paper and covered in a mixture of vintage stamps from The Paper Nickel. Inside the box (meant to evoke a keepsake drawer) was the formal wedding invitation, a keepsake card, a weekend itinerary, a pair of buttons, and a spool of yarn to continue the theme from the save-the-date.

The invitations, which the bride bound and designed herself, were a series of miniature books -- A Wedding Celebration, Area Highlights, and Travel Guide -- encased in a linen pouch. Program information was printed on perforated business-card stock. Jayme designed and printed save-the-dates in a letterpress class and tucked them into sleeves with artfully punched holes. Invitation envelopes were calligraphed in blue, and the couple's wedding date was printed on the inner flap.

The invitations established a contemporary feeling for the wedding with red letters in a modern font on bright-white paper; Ben translated the English text into Hebrew.

The bride wanted her wedding to feel like a garden in the sunshine, so the invitation and itinerary (with perforated RSVP card) were letterpressed in moss-green and golden-yellow ink by Bella Figura.

In keeping with their school theme, Minhee and Truman’s letterpress invitations, maps, and reply cards were printed on vintage notebook paper by Minhee's company, Paper + Cup. Attendance reports asked guests to indicate who was coming. All the components slipped inside a small manila folder printed with the couple's names and address label peek through the outer envelope.

Jen, who designs textiles and stationery through her company Jenny Pennywood, drew each design, then had the invitations letterpressed and the envelopes screen printed. She also wrote each address by hand.

Kathryn and Jeff found inspiration in home design magazines and in product lines such as Jonathan Adler and John Robshaw. Incorporating their graphic sensibility, Olive-Route designed a modern invitation sewn to a card with an embossed herringbone pattern. Calligraphy by Nancy Hopkins was letterpressed on the invitation suite. Hopkins also hand-calligraphed the envelopes.

The invitations were packaged in unused writing tablets from the 1950s. The groom illustrated his and his bride’s seven-year relationship using two small characters, drawn into all the major moments in their years together. Underneath was the formal invitation, also printed on vintage paper. It was attached to the folder with grommets and accompanied by an RSVP card attached by photo corners to the opposing side.

The Indigo Bunting created a custom stationery suite that included an illustration of the couple on the back of the invitation. An illustrated map, double-sided RSVP card, and small buttons with the drawings of the bride and groom rounded out the suite. Inspired by the greenery of the Los Angeles wedding venue, illustrations of plants created borders on the invitation.

Laurel and Joel selected a simple design by Mr. Boddington's Studio, and added a map to round out the suite.

Brooklyn, New York, artist Happy Menocal designed a heraldry crest for this stationery suite. The invitation was engraved, but the first line was left open so the couple's calligrapher could personalize each invite.