Let me start by saying FINALLY! I am so happy to finally get to share details from Anne + Garrett's beautiful Shady Canyon wedding. I went to high school with Anne and while I was ditching track practice for Sprinkles Cupcakes (sorry Coach), Anne was breaking records. I was so happy to see Anne had met her match was intentionally planning her wedding from San Fran!
Anne first came to me to ask a few questions about stationery and wedding invitations. She had found a suite that she loved, but wasn't blown away after seeing the samples. Anne showed me what she was looking at and asked if I could help her decide if it was a good choice or not. I was honest with Anne, as a friend and not a client. She was about to pay a custom price tag on a non-custom invitation suite! I told her what I could potentially do for her and we began working together. I am so happy she asked me to do her paper goods! Anne had a great vision for her wedding day, with the perfect balance of traditional elegance (family style dining and attention to their guest's comfort) with modern flare (subtle floral accents at every corner and signature Moscow Mules at the cocktail hour). Anne took her plans seriously, and proofed her designs carefully while keeping me informed of her wedding plans, which made the design process more cohesive. Her and Garrett were a joy to work with and I was happy to see how wonderful their day turned out! See all the paper goods and details below.

Anne + Garrett | Stationery by Victoria Austin Designs | Troy Grover Photography

I know… words do not do this wedding justice! The Grovers (Troy Grover Photography) did an amazing job capturing their day. For their paper, VAD designed and coordinated their stationery and paper goods. Letterpress printing by Patrick Masterson, Calligraphy by Southern Calligraphy, Vintage Stamps from Verde Studio, Twine by Paper Phine. Anne created custom olive oil escort cards for her guests that doubled as favors! One of my favorite ideas yet, unique but still cohesive with bread at each setting from the couple's favorite bakery!

Check out Anne and Garrett's wedding planner, Brooke Keegan's, blog post about their wedding and the latest The Knot California Magazine to see it in print!

Planning: Brooke Keegan Weddings and Events | Florals: Holly Flora
Linens: La Tavola | Rentals: Signature Party Rentals and AK Johnston Group
Gown: Monique Lhuillier | Bridesmaid Gowns: Bella Bridesmaids | Videography: 618 Studios
Hair and Makeup: The Halcyon Agency | and more.

I am THRILLED to share the details of Anne & Garrett's letterpress wedding invitations! Anne has been so fun to work with from the very beginning, and I can't praise her style enough. She has a clear vision for her and her fiancé's wedding aesthetic and it has been so valuable learning from her during her planning process. I couldn't love an invitation suite more! Now that these pretties are landing in mailboxes all across the United States (and Norway, Spain and Sweden), I wanted to take a moment to style a few photos and give a shout-out to all the creatives who took part.

A wise woman, Rhiannon Bosse of Hey Gorg Events, recently spoke at Pursue the Workshop and I was all ears. She touched on the idea of outsourcing for aspects of any process that, as a business owner or designer, you may not be the very best at, or simply aspects you don't enjoy. Overall, I love the final product, I love assembling, I love designing and styling. I do not trust myself calligraphing 167 envelopes, nor do I own a letterpress machine (bummer, I know). Rhi was honest in her discussion about taking a chance on others when outsourcing and this SO gave me the extra push to do so, and in turn, producing these gorgeous invitations! Thanks for the kick in the butt, Rhi!
I can't thank V.A.D.'s summer intern, Amanda, enough for helping me assemble! Amanda got more talent than any "student" I have met and has passion and drive to get her hands dirty while home for the summer. Which is great because this was her first project with me and I was terrified of boring her with the assembly process! I am so happy she reached out to me! More on Amanda later. :)

These suites were mailed using beautiful Vintage Stamps from Verde Studio, who was unbelievably helpful to work with. Virginia kindly did the legwork of adding enough postage to each set so I could mail these heavy letterpress invites! With the wax seal, each postage cost a total of $0.81, a whopping 5 or 6 stamps per envelope! Brides, be sure to look into this before heading to USPS to ship a unique suite! Better safe than sorry when it comes to our postal system. We chose cool, earthy tone stamps (not shown above). But I do love that these girly tones work great with the suite as well!

Jane, of Southern Calligraphy, out of Fairhope, AL, did a fabulous job addressing each envelope perfectly! I love her style and know that Anne and Garrett's guests will too! An extra special thanks to Kara Anne of Kara Anne Paper for giving me some of her experienced tips and tricks when ordering letterpress. After seeing her beautiful work right here in Alabama, I had to reach out! She is so kind and generous, among TALENTED, and gave me helpful pointers and referrals which saved me a few headaches when creating these!
With some extra stamping, Paper Phine and coordinating wax seal, these were designed and assembled by me and I am oh so happy with the results!

| Envelopes are "Gravel" from Paper Source. |