Behind The Bones: Lauren and Alex's Darlington House Wedding

Lauren and Alex got married at Darlington House in La Jolla, California and the first word that pops into my mind to describe it (and them) is FUN! I’m so excited to give you a behind the scenes look at my process for their letterpress wedding suite + save the date!

Lauren and Alex combined their last names to create the most epic wedding hashtag/theme ever - enter, the Escolaters. This idea popped up everywhere from their wedding website to their cake topper. For their Save The Date, Lauren asked if we could somehow incorporate an escalator for some word play. Obviously, I loved this idea and we ran with it. Right from the start we incorporated some bold hues and this continued when it was time to create their formal invitation suite.

I’ve been a fan of dreamy Darlington House weddings since scoping out venues for my own wedding in 2018. It’s a truly beautiful place with gorgeous lines and patterns everywhere you look. I was so excited at the opportunity to create a suite for such a place. Using Lauren and Alex’s tropical/SoCal color palette and the unique patterns and shapes of the venue as inspiration, I was able to create a two-color wedding suite that I could not be more excited about!!

If you haven’t checked it out yet, make sure to read my blog post from last month: ‘Lauren and Alex’s Darlington House Wedding’ that covers this killer couple in more detail and has all of the final images from their AHHHMAZING wedding day. It’s seriously epic! I cannot stress this enough!

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The first plate of our 'escolater' save the date!

Finished two-color 'escolater' save the date cards. Played around with the teal ink on these to find the right amount to gave me a rich hue, minimal show through (called ‘salting’), and also didn't bleed.

Wedding suite ready to go! Each stack has paper trimmed down to crop marks, custom plates, and a sheet of paper with specific details like the Pantone colors, final size, quantity, paper type, etc. I like to line everything up like this in the order it’ll be happening to stay organized and efficient.

Pantone 162 U ready to be rolled out on the press!

RSVP card, plate one, on press.

A shot of their A7 invitation printed on 236# double-thick cotton paper. First plate done!

Close up of the custom plate for the Details card on the boxcar base. Features event detail text for their welcome party and a sweeeeeeet tile floor that I created!

A close up of that sweeeeet tile floor after it’s been pressed!

Mid ink-mixing of our second custom color for this lettepress wedding suite: Pantone 7474 U!

Testing color for the second plate of the details card.

Similar to the save the dates, I played around with this second color to get the best color for the look we were going for. This is a shot of the ink disc with extra ink having just been added to it.

DREAMYYYYY rsvp card after the final trim! We incorporated the tile pattern from the details card floor and invitation for this piece in its own unique way. I LOVE this card!!!

Invitations ready for their final trim! I used a TON of the teal ink, so I ended up lining these cards up and allowing them time to ‘dry’. Typically, this isn’t necessary, but I wanted to be extra careful.