Pink peonies and stickers.

Earlier this year we had the pleasure of designing a range of wedding stationery for a very special couple, Erin and Gary. With Gary being the brother of my boyfriend, the pressure was on to make sure we got them spot on.

After our first consultation with Erin and Gary and being given a theme of pink, peonies and beautiful fonts, we couldn't wait to get started and set Ian our graphic designer to work.

With the wedding taking place in Northern Ireland and a lot of guests travelling over from Liverpool, we knew a map element would be needed and Ian had been dying to create one within a stationery suite for a while. All together we designed the wedding invitations, wedding location map, RSVP's, stickers and order of service.

The simple colour palette and the romantic fonts made us really fall in love with this set of stationery and as a huge fan of peonies I adored the use of them throughout. I still have their invitation proudly sitting on my mantle piece now.

"The team over at Strange Case were a pleasure to work with. No design was too big or amendment too small. They managed to capture everything we wanted in our wedding stationery and put together something for us that was totally unique to our wedding.Erin and I couldn't recommend Strange Case enough." - Gary and Erin Byrne.

We absolutely adored creating this stationery. One highlight will be sitting in the church, as a guest and seeing everyone comment on how lovely the order of service were. We never get to see that part and it was a real career highlight.

Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this post and watch the beautiful wedding trailer of Gary and Erin by Papertwin Weddings.

At Strange Case Collective all of our wedding stationery is personally designed for you. No other couple will ever have the same and it will be completely unique to you. Whether you would like something hand illustrated, or graphics based, within our team we can create the perfect design for your big day. 

If you would like to arrange a free consultation, via Skype or in person, simply get in touch and we can take it from there!

info@strangecasecollective.com 

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Gary & Erin from Papertwin Weddings on Vimeo.

SCC Turns Three!

May 15th, 2011. The day we decided to turn our love of design into a business. Three years have passed since then and we really have loved every minute! Putting this post together today has been awesome and seeing all the work we have created, companies we've worked with and people we've met has brought a huge smile to our faces. The past year has been a huge one for us. We've entered the world of weddings, worked on some of our biggest projects to date and extended our team. 

Without our fabulous team, support of our family and the wonderful clients we work with, we wouldn't be able to say we have the best job in the world. Something we really feel we do. Every single day is different for us, one day we could be creating a staircase full of hand made paper flowers or replicating a roman tombstone, the requests we get are awesome. Not only are we getting to work in the industry we adore every day, we get to do this all, alongside our best friends. It really is the cherry on the top. 

But anyway, less of the soppy and more of the celebrating. 

To celebrate turning three, we are going to be having a three day celebration that just so happens to coincide with the launch of our brand new Etsy shop tomorrow! We have some lovely discounts, offers and a giveaway planned so be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to be in with a chance of winning and to hear all about it first.

We've put together some photographs of our favourite projects from May 2011-2014. Grab a cuppa, eat some cake and wish us Happy Birthday!

Here is to many more years!

#SCCTURNS3

Four above images by Claire Penn Photography

Photography by Claire Penn Photography

Photography by Lucy G Photography

Image 1 by - Jay Emme Photography
Image 2 by - Photostories
Image 3 by The Copper Top Adventures 

Be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to be in with a chance of winning our giveaway and to hear all about our offers first.

Wedding Wednesday - Chevrons, Peach, Mint and Ribbons.

It's no secret at Strange Case that we think we have an awesome team. Each member has such a wide range of skills and passions that it makes each day varied, fun and always different. If you have read any of our previous posts, you have probably heard us blog about Ian before, he is our in house graphic designer and secret nerd. He can adapt to any style, create awesome branding and most of all designs gorgeous graphics inspired wedding stationery. 

Over the coming months, each one of our team is going to be taking over the blog and talking a little more in detail about their role and the work they produce. So without further ado, ladies and gents, we give you, Ian. Be nice, say hello and check out his work.

I’ve been designing wedding stationary with the strange case girls for a while now, but the invites for Sarah and Michael are ones that have really stood out.

The style is very clean and modern but with a huge personal touch for the couple. Peach and mint look great together along side a range of typefaces. The chevron style pattern was chosen across the range bringing in a third colour to break everything down a little.

Who doesn’t love a chevron pattern!

We added a ribbon to the main invites so the couple could personally hand write names of their guests.

The RSVP design also allowed the guests to send Sarah and Michael their ideas of how they will look on their big day. We done this using mannequin style illustrations for the guests to draw over.

We finished off the stationary with a small poem card, written by the couple and matching stickers. Let's face it, everyone loves stickers! 

Incorporating the chevron pattern and colour scheme across the range, really made the invites stand out and when we received delivery of the print, we couldn’t of been happier with how they turned out.

If you are interested in ordering bespoke wedding stationery from us, visit our stationery page to see more examples of the work Ian and Jen, our illustrator have produced. Prices start from £1.50 per invitation and all prices include a fully bespoke design.

#weddingwednesday

Laura does Comic Con

Last week me and our graphic designer Ian embarked on our adventure to Birmingham Comic Con.

The Convention was more than we expected. The atmosphere was amazing and we got to meet some very cool characters.

These could possibly be the coolest children EVER!! 

It was such a good day although Ian did get on the wrong side of some Stormtroopers and was made to surrender his sandwiches...

We couldn't leave the convention without buying anything

After the convention I shown Ian the sights of Birmingham. I have a massive soft spot for Birmingham, it's where Sophie and I met so I jump at any chance of visiting. You can read all about our last visit here. That's all for now, I'm off to plan my next visit and look up tickets for London Comic Con.