Wedding Invitations

Hello all! Recently I had the pleasure of designing wedding invitations for one of my nearest and dearest friends. It was so nice to work on something more 'grown up' and certainly something I'd like to do again. I also discovered I actually quite enjoy shopping for envelopes... Rock and roll!

Anyway, here they are

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