Thursday, March 3, 2011

The Bar Mitzvah Invitations Are Mailed!

As many of you know, I've been designing my son's Bar Mitzvah invitations for a while. I've asked several of my fellow stationery friends and the census seems to hold true for all of them: Designing for your own event is significantly more difficult than designing for someone else's event! It seemed to take me a really, really long time to pull all this together, but I'm thrilled with the outcome.

When starting the process of designing the invitation suite, I consulted the Bar Mitzvah boy himself. After discussing possible color combinations we decided on colors found on a walk in the forest. Jacob loves to hike and mountain bike. He's also very environmentally conscious, so a "theme" centering around nature is fitting. So without further adieu  I give you Jacob's forest inspired Bar Mitzvah invitation suite.


The suite features shades of mossy greens and charcoal. I hand drew Jacob's Hebrew name. Jacob told me that it is his favorite part of the entire set. Included in the square envelope is the invitation which is backed with a 120 lb. onyx pearly cardstock, the reply card with stamped envelope, directions to the synagogue and "after party" invitations individually addressed to each of Jacob's friends.

The thank-you card for after the event.


Stay tuned for photos of the party! And keep your fingers crossed for lovely weather, please.

12 comments:

  1. it looks so fabulous!!!! Great job Patti!

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  2. This is so detailed and just perfect :) And the Hebrew name drawn is such a nice addition...and the personalized stamp! You are so talented! Hope it's a great time! Congrats to Jacob :)

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  3. They look fantastic!!! Great job and I don't even see any tear marks :)

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  4. Oh my gosh, Patti! This is beautiful! Love it to pieces. Great job!

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  5. Every detail is divine, Patti. Mazel Tov!

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  6. Aside from the terrific invites, you took great photos!

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  7. Well done Patti you did such a great job! Your son must be so proud to have these going out to everyone! I love the colour combination especially that mossy green. Beautiful xx

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  8. Thank you all :) I appreciate your sweet comments, truly I do!
    xoxo

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  9. These turned out so well! Bravo!

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  10. Wow! These are gorgeous - love the colors. I know where I am going for my party invitations.
    Mazel tov!

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  11. May I order the same invitation?? My son is having Bar Mitzvah in december, in Chile.

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    1. Hi "Anonymous"... I'm happy to design invitations for your son's Bar Mitzvah. I would need information from you first. Please contact me via my "contact" page on my site.
      http://eastonplacedesigns.com/content.php?content_id=1005
      Thank you :)
      -Patti

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