What’s Your Wedding Season?

How Your Chosen Date Can Inspire Your Wedding Stationery Design

Weddings are all about celebrating connections. The most important one being between you and your future spouse, but also your connections with the people you love, your community, where you live, the places special to you and the time of year you’ve chosen to celebrate. In a world where having everything, all the time, is often prized above real connections, I love helping my couples slow down and think about the season they have chosen (or could choose) for their wedding and the personal touches and style that we can add to their wedding.

Nature really does know best about most things, and leaning into its natural cycles can enhance all aspects of your big day. For me, the exciting part of working with the seasons in my designs is the sheer variety of inspiration they offer. For the wedding day itself, a single venue can be transformed to embrace any season using colour, lighting, textures, fabrics, and flowers, producing something unique to you as a couple. This can be carried through into your stationery design, where I can help you illustrate all the personal seasonal elements you have chosen.

There is something to love in every season. I’m here to walk you through each one and show you what can be done with my favourite design and illustration tools: colour, style and materials.

SPRING:  Fresh, Romantic, Floral

Always a good place to start, as a time of new beginnings, spring brings with it natural freshness. The days are getting lighter, and everything feels more optimistic.

·      Colours – for spring, fresh and light colours always come to mind, such as pale shades, pastels, neutrals, and greens.

·      Styles – this is where I love to add soft, romantic and whimsical touches, whether through beautifully swirling script fonts or watercolour florals inspired by the seasonal flowers you plan to have.

·      Paper – in keeping with the softer colours and styles, I like to go for a lighter background choice with a beautiful textured finish for the most natural feel.

SUMMER: Bright, Bold, Beautiful

A time not to hold back! With maximum daylight hours, summer is naturally supercharged, and I love injecting my summer-themed designs with that bold energy and brightness.

·      Colours – for summer, I always gravitate towards brighter, more vivid pops of colour in my designs, and the season’s flowers offer endless inspiration.

·      Styles – there are lots of opportunities to be playful and whimsical with summer designs, especially with big, bold watercolour florals or venue illustrations bursting with seasonal flowers.

·      Paper – I like to keep backgrounds light to contrast with the bolder colours and illustrations. A textured finish adds visual interest, and layered coloured cards are a fun touch and pop of colour.

AUTUMN: Rich, Warm, Mellow

The daylight hours may be declining, but the sun has done its work, and autumn brings with it all the abundance of harvest time. There is so much richness to tap into at this time of year; Autumn definitely goes out with a bang!

·      Colours – this is where all the richness lies, with warm, earthy, muted, mellow, deep tones, and added coppers and golds.

·      Styles – autumn particularly lends itself to textured, layered designs, and for watercolour illustrations, trees and foliage come into their own. Though the autumnal florals still have an abundance of colour to offer.  

·      Paper – there is no need to hold back here; use deeper, darker backgrounds, textures, and layers to bring warmth to the invites.

WINTER: Sophisticated, Simple, Elegant

With the fewest daylight hours, winter naturally has a slower pace and indoor focus, which lends itself beautifully to simpler, more intimate celebrations. It’s also a magical season, and though you must work harder to find warmth, it’s all the more satisfying when you do.

·      Colours – winter is a time for rich, deep tones with touches of metallics, and cooler colour palettes come into their own.

·      Styles – I like to keep my design more minimal, simple, and clean, which lends itself perfectly to line-drawn illustrations and watercolours of venues in their seasonal glory.

·      Paper – here, darker backgrounds can add an elegant richness, and in keeping with the gift-giving season, I love to add personal embellishments, including velvet ribbons, wax seals, and gold leaf edging.

I hope this has given you lots of inspiration on how the seasons can help you set the tone for your wedding day, and now it’s over to you. What season is your wedding? And once you know, I’m here to help you make the most of it with my bespoke design services or house collections that are ready to go.

Love Fran x