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Our E-store Pick | Oriental Origami Suite

Carla — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:29:59 +0000

If you love oriental design or you’re inspired by anything Eastern and you’re looking to use an oriental theme for your next event or wedding, we’ve got you covered!

We did this oriental suite for a shoot recently and loved how it turned out! The patterns are what make this a really inspiring suite. I love how the invitation folder is beautifully wrapped with twine and a pretty printed belly band. The folder flaps are cut asymmetric and folds in a non-traditional manner, which adds interest and takes to it’s “Origami” naming.

The place cards are laser cut fans that are printed on both sides with different patterns, which can be placed on each guests’ glass.

We get so many inquiries about our parasols, that I had to shine a bit of light on them! They are very popular and so practical for summer weddings or events. These paper parasols are the perfect accessory to an event – whether it’s themed or not!

Click on the link or pics below to shop this invite. Browse our South African E-store here and our International E-store (currency in US dollars) here.

Shop | Origami Invitation

Shop | Origami Tag

Shop | Origami Place Card

Shop | Origami Table Number

Shop | Orient White Paper Parasol

Celebrating Heritage Day 2016!

Carla — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 05:30:44 +0000

Today is Heritage Day and we’ve designed a special suite for the occasion! Introducing National Treasure – an African-inspired invitation and stationery suite that makes one want to spend an afternoon with sundowners in one of South Africa’s magnificent game reserves. We’ve gone with a muted colour palette that is reminiscent of the dusty bushveld and we’ve brought in pretty tribal patterns, all to be printed on a smooth paper.

You can get your hands on this collection with the link below or shop individual items by clicking on them.

Shop | National Treasure Collection

Our E-store Pick | The Atrium Suite

Carla — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 12:18:43 +0000

We are ending off this week with a beautiful botanical invitation and stationery suite. This is a full suite with all the bells and whistles; you’ve got your invitation, menu, place card, program/order of service and seating chart to complete the set. This suite is understated, but with a natural modern style.

The invitation is an A5 flat card made from thick white paper, with digitally printed text. The envelope is made from brown kraft paper and finished off with a patterned liner.

The menu follows through with the pattern, white overlay and text printed on a white A5 card. The place card and paddle program fan make use of the same crisp design to keep that golden thread. The paddle fan is ideal for summer weddings – so simple but so practical! The seating chart is a large block mounted canvas and we see the signature botanicals coming through once again.

If your stationery style is natural, crisp design with green botanical and white flower detail, then this suite could be the one! See below to shop the entire suite, or have a browse at them individually by clicking on the links below each photo.

Shop Here | The Atrium Suite

Shop Here | Atrium Invitation

Shop Here | Atrium Menu

Shop Here | Atrium Place Card

Shop Here | Atrium Program Fan

Shop Here | Atrium Seating Chart

Victoriana Stationery Suite

Carla — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:17:45 +0000

The Victoriana stationery suite is simple and elegant and available for purchase on our online store. You can customise the colours to match your event’s theme. The suite comes with a wide range of items that you can pick and choose from to suit your needs.

Simple square invitation: Buy now

Classic order of service fan with tassel: Buy now

Small square gift box with thank you band: Buy now

Customisable tented place cards: Buy now

Wedding & Stationery Feature | Riëtte & Theuns

Carla — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 15:38:11 +0000

Today our wedding and stationery feature shines a light on the other-worldly copper affair that was Riëtte and Theuns’ wedding. This exquisite event was held at the fairytale-like Lanzerac Wine Estate in the heart of Stellenbosch. The couple’s summer celebration was photographed by the incredible Christine Meintjies and organised by the Aleit Group. Secret Diary had the pleasure of creating the couple’s stationery from start to finish which included their save the date, wedding invitation and reception stationery.

We are absolutely in love with the splashes of copper and touches of nature that pulled together the wedding day decor. It was complimented by the beautiful order of service booklet, as well as the wooden engraved menu clip boards and tags with guest names, designed and produced by the Secret Diary team. The main focus of today’s post and our favourite item has to be the copper foiled semi-transparent pocket sleeve which contains the program and lyrics for the church service of Riëtte and Theuns’ special day.

Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Carla — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:59:36 +0000

We designed modern, simple yet sophisticated stationery for Roelien & Sean’s wedding. From the seating charts, to the menus and the Order Of Service, everything tied back to their original invite that boasted a clean palette of white, blue, silver and grey. All the design elements had an underlying theme of delicate fauna and flora right throughout. Perhaps the most pleasing aspect of their wedding stationery is the fact that it creates such a clean and open environment in a world that is so often cluttered with too many colours and frills. The typography in the invite always works as bold type paired with light type to create an interesting contrast to the eye. Throughout the design elements, the eye travels smoothly through every aspect, thanks to the small visual aid of the birds, that create a consistent visual path.

Blushing Bride

Carla — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:33:11 +0000

I am often a creature of habit. I enjoy doing designs that suit my taste and my style. However, everybody is unique and I think that is the part I love the most about the design industry – the diversity of clients. For this wedding, the couple were Indian. The wedding was a two day event, that started off with a Moroccan inspired evening event. I loved designing the stationery for this event, all around a Moroccan theme. I was overwhelmed with all the beauty and detail that I found in the reference pictures of Moroccan design elements, for my stationery. The next event was the Black Tie Wedding, which was the next day. For this event, the style was slightly more contemporary and floral as opposed to the traditional Moroccan stationery on the evening before. I used a really beautiful and delicate script typeface to bring across the detail of a traditional Indian wedding, but also the elegance in its thin letterforms. The bride’s palette for this wedding was a soft ballet pink, gold and white which really tied in as a whole with the flowers and other decor at the wedding. I really enjoyed designing in a different style in contrast to my own and learning about weddings in different cultures.

Dreamy & Dark

Carla — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 06:01:28 +0000

This year we have seen multiple trends within the wedding industry adding much variety to the many weddings we have been so fortunate to be a part of. One though which we adored was the use of deep, dark and rich colours. We collaborated with Blank Canvas for this divine Black on Black styled shoot which took the dark hue and made it elegant, dreamy and purely sophisticated. We used laser cutting, stamp foiling and blind printing to create beautiful patterns, textures and dimensions.

Narine + Jurgen

Carla — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:39:10 +0000

This romantic old French inspired wedding was highly influenced by the super creative and organised couple, Narine and Jurgen. Their stitched letter pressed and printed invites set the tone for this beautiful wedding at Brenaissance, Stellenbosch captured by Nikki Meyer Photography.

PS: The pictured photo frames were provided by the couple which we supplied the seating charts inserts for.

Gold, Elegant & Fresh Styled Shoot

Carla — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:58:27 +0000

As Spring starts to weave it’s magic, our studio is a buzz with enticing new changes and inspiring designs. With these, extraordinary photo shoots (stay tuned as there are so many to share), and this one – (photographed by Dehan Engelbrecht) was no exception. Elegant and fresh with touches of gold the simplicity, our gold stamp foiled invite (with a GLITTER LINER), perspex place cards, gold foiled gift boxes, menus and seating chart were perfectly placed.