Bespoke

Airline ticket invitations!

14th March 2013

Joe & Tracy came to us late last year & asked us to create their wedding invitations from their own, very personal, design. They had two different invitations – one for their ceremony here in the UK & the other for the celebrations in Hong Kong. The UK invitations were a traditional square folded style, cut on to white alabaster card & finished with a matt pistachio inlay. The international invitations were in the style of an airline ticket. A printed boarding pass featured quirky details such Joe & Tracy as the crew & ‘J.T. World Tour’ as the airline operator….

Why have cotton when you can have silk?

6th March 2013

Galaxy chocolate have brought my heroine Audrey Hepburn back to our screens with their beautifully shot & cleverly CGI’d new advertising campaign. Set on the Italian Amalfi coast it features a young Hepburn in some previously unseen footage sat on a bus, dreaming about her Galaxy bar! Gazing from the window she flirts with a passing driver & then escapes in his open top car to sit back & indulge in her chocolate bar alone! Here at Hummingbird Cards, we are proud to say we played a tiny part when we were asked to create the precious gold wallets to protect the gorgeous…

Hummingbird Save the Dates!

17th January 2013

Today’s bespoke design might look a little familiar.. that’s because it’s based on The Hummingbird Card Company logo! Amy & Richard came to us for some Save the Date cards to let their guests know the date of their wedding in July. Amy had fallen in love with our logo & decided it would fit perfectly with the theme of her wedding & so we adapted the artwork for her & ‘voila’ Save the Date cards personalised with her date! Here they are wrapped & nestled in their keep sake box ready to send, they looked so delicate! Amy chose the new peach…

Magical Winter Wonderland Wedding

9th January 2013

Kate & Richard married at the end of December (in that magical week between Christmas & New Year!) in Windsor. They came to us with some artwork that had been designed for them by a friend & asked us to create their invitations for them. We cut their design on to a sea foam blue & ivory card with their invitation wording printed inside, in a beautiful deeper shade of ‘Tiffany’ blue. Here’s a few photos of their gorgeous invitation!

Laser cut retro tea dance wedding invitations

3rd January 2013

When we were asked to design an invitation for a fabulous 1940s style wedding including afternoon tea & an evening dinner dance we jumped at the chance to add a little of the Hummingbird hand writing with vintage tea cups & saucers on a little tea table for two! Richard & Christina are having a retro wedding at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire so the castle just had to be there! The Bride & Groom requested a special little feature of a ‘fly-by’ 40’s plane with a wedding banner too! We loved their wording too! Inside the invitation was ‘for a smashing day of fun…

Papel Picado Inspired!

18th December 2012

We’ve had great fun creating these gorgeous bespoke ‘Papel Picado’ (mexican fiesta flag) inspired laser cut Save the Date cards for Lisa & Iain. Lisa asked us to design the laser cut postcard with a few little touches for their big day such as the heart shaped balloons. The card is a beautiful shimmer finish shade of forget-me-not blue called Sky and they coordinated it with an eco manilla envelope. They must have been a real treat for Iain & Lisa’s guests to open & are a wonderful glimpse of things to come on their ‘Big Day’! We’re now working on the…

Festive Flamingo Foundation!

30th November 2012

We were asked this year to create the Christmas Cards for the wonderful Flamingo Foundation. The Flamingo Foundation was created to help vulnerable people everywhere empower themselves through long-term, sustainable solutions that benefit their community & the wider public. Their projects follow three themes: Training, Education & Skills, all with long term, sustainable solutions. To get involved & help them raise much needed funds that they always put to good use please visit their shop. Christmas cards are just £1.00! They are silver foiled printed on a recycled Eco Craft card with a matching envelope.

‘I Do’

30th August 2012

We’ve had an amazing wedding season this year with so many commissions for creating gorgeous bespoke designs. We’ve had a great time coming up with new ideas and highlighting some of our favourites here on the blog. Here’s another stunning invitation – this time designed by the bride! Josie & Matt got married at Stubton Hall in June this year & asked us to create their bespoke wedding stationery. The theme of the wedding was ‘summer berry’ (based on their gorgeous bridesmaid dresses). Our Azalea inlay paper was a perfect colour match. Josie (who is a graphic designer) designed the stationery collection. She told us that she…

Mr & Mrs Swan!

10th August 2012

We showed you Charlotte & Alan’s bespoke design invitations a few weeks ago & we promised to share their other lovely personal touches. Here’s their beautiful laser cut bespoke design table plan. Its such a lovely keepsake from their special day! The swan crest design was created as their married name is Mr & Mrs Swan! The wedding was at Charlotte’s family home, so the house just had to be a part of the design! The border of swirls & flowers was created from the lace design in her wedding dress. If you’d love to create a bespoke design for your big day, then please just drop us a line at…

A Vintage Fairytale

18th July 2012

Carla & Michael made an appointment to came to see us at the studio to commission their bespoke wedding stationery, then the fun began! They are getting married this September at Warwick Castle & have created a ‘Vintage Fairytale’ theme in a rich palette of soft neutrals, chocolate brown & gold. They bought sketches, pictures & cuttings from magazines along with them & were so full of enthusiasm! Carla told us ‘I loved the process of doing my own sketches to bring to your design studio. It’s been one of the highlights of planning the wedding so far – & I have my oversized owl…

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