The clients had a small budgeting and were interested in having a travel theme, which lead to an invite-as-passport. The covers and interiors were printed on a black-and-white Xerox machine. The passport photo and postcard were printed as color photocopies. The covers were scored, folded, and corner-rounded by hand. An unforeseen element (that actually worked quite well with the concept) was that the photocopy toner on the interior pages didn’t adhere very well, so it gives the feeling of cheap printing, as if this was a passport from an obscure country.

Designed for friends with a theme of floral and book elements, the invitation folds up into an accordion book, with a die-cut circle on the front panel which matches up to a pink flower design on the back of another panel. Each of the panels contain floral and faunal elements but are designed to be reminiscent of book design: book cover, title page, ex libris inset, dedication page, etc. A translucent vellum sash fits over the booklet, holding it together, with imagery that interacts with designs on the invite. The last panel on the invite is the reply postcard, themed as a library checkout card, which is perforated for easy removal and mailing. A hardbound book of quotes with a screen printed cover was also designed as a wedding party favor to each guest.