We created a couture design for their invites, which included a gold ornate perspex invitation, a textured additional card with gold foiled text and a custom monogram. The invite was placed inside a white textured envelope with a custom-made wax seal. The classic gold and white theme continued throughout their stationery designs in the four-page program fans, napkin bands, and on-the-day decor.

From the all-white floral arrangements and island garlands hanging from the ceilings to the casual reception dinner on the beach, this wedding feels like it hit the perfect combination between a destination and traditional style.

Feast your eyes on the beautiful wedding day of Alexia and Peter below as captured by New Zealand Photographer, Danelle Bohane Photography. See and read more on their special day here.

The online store has many stunning options in a variety of styles, but you can still personalize your stationery with your wording and colours. We’ve decided to showcase the beautiful collections from our e-store every Friday to shine a spotlight on the range of stationery the e-store-savvy client has available to them.

Very fittingly, our first e-store feature this Friday is a range of lively floral patterned pocket invitations. Each of the below invitations consist of a small A5 single sided craft paper card, placed inside a white digitally printed pocket with initials and date.

Secret Diary boasts both a South African e-store, visit here: www.shopsecretdiary.co.za and an international e-store, which you can visit here: www.shopsecretdiary.com (currency in US Dollars). You can find all of the invites below online by simply following the links. Happy shopping!

Shop here | Dahlia Pocket

Shop here | Protea Princess Pocket

Shop here | Aqua Botanica Pocket

Shop here |  Garden Whimsy Pocket

Shop here | Protea Prince Pocket

Shop here | Hydrangea Pocket

Shop here | Berry Blossom Pocket

Shop here | Azalea Pocket

We created these beautiful invitations for Lauren & Simon that consisted of an A5 emerald green textured card with all text and design elements foiled in gold. This invitation is placed inside an A5 envelope that has the couples monogram and wedding date foiled on the back flap.  All-in-all, it’s an absolutely beautiful invitation suite, but we would rather like the invite do the rest of the talking… We hope you love all the green and gold prettiness as much as we do!

*Photos from Pinterest and Style me Pretty: The Vault

Weddings are a momentous occasion and closely associated with all things romantic, but often, the wedding invite ends up feeling slightly cliché or even corny when couples think that there is a direct design medium through which to express love. People always think love has a colour, a typeface, perhaps a tied bow and maybe a few heart icons scattered around the invite, just in case people don’t get the idea.

To me, this invite expresses love in a subtle, elegant and romantic manner so that you feel as though you’re almost part of the couples love story. The invite boasts a contemporary and elegant use of script type that is not overwhelming.

The colour palette of blush pink and grey is soft and sophisticated, which conveys the overall romantic feel of the invite; coupled with the protea illustrations, which add a natural, floral aspect to the invite. Another aspect of the invite that makes it a memorable one is the extra information card with the couples photograph on it; it matches the set perfectly in terms of expression and style but also in the similar colour and tones of the protea illustration.

To me, less is always more, and this invite showcases that principle perfectly, without the standard wedding clichés that we are so used to.