Wedding ideas: black and white

Once again inspired by Sunday’s Irish wed­ding sent in by Green­lees Pho­tog­ra­phy, and with thanks yet again to bride Jo’s fan­tas­tic sense of fun — this wed­ding blog post pays homage to Guin­ness. Yes. Well, why not?!

So to hon­our the vel­vety black and white imagery Guin­ness have used for years, I’ve found the best black and white wed­ding ideas on the web. (OK, it’s ten­u­ous — but the ideas are gor­geous, so stick with me!)

Black and white wed­ding invi­ta­tions by Chartula

www.Chartula.co.uk

These exquis­ite invi­ta­tions were cre­ated by the fab­u­lous design­ers at lux­ury wed­ding invi­ta­tion spe­cial­ists Char­tula for an Ital­ian wed­ding. With a foil printed black band around the gate­fold cards, and a cus­tom designed mono­gram, these invites really stand out from the crowd.

Black and white wed­ding sta­tionery from The Invite Collection

www.theinvitecollection.co.uk

The Invi­ta­tion Col­lec­tion has a gor­geous range of black and white wed­ding invi­ta­tions. They also pro­vide a full ser­vice, per­son­al­is­ing your wed­ding invi­ta­tions and adding addresses to every enve­lope for you. If you want designer wed­ding sta­tionery, com­pletely has­sle free, The Invi­ta­tion Col­lec­tion is the place to go.

Black and white wed­ding flower design by The Blos­som Tree

www.theblossomtree.co.uk/

The Blos­som Tree is one of my favourite UK wed­ding florists, and I always check out their wed­ding flower blog for inspi­ra­tion. This City Chic black and white wed­ding table dec­o­ra­tion was cre­ated in part­ner­ship with Tilly Boo Events of Not­ting­ham — and they make a great team!

I love the way they’ve used white and pale cream flow­ers for table cen­tre­pieces sur­rounded by square vases full of gor­geous flow­ers. The strings of pearls on every arrange­ment are the cherry on the cake! See more on The Blos­som Tree blog — it’s one of my favourites.

Scroll wed­ding invites in black, white and sil­ver by Carol Miller Designs

www.CarolMillerDesigns.co.uk

Carol Miller Designs is a top UK wed­ding sta­tionery com­pany, and has long been a favourite of brides through fea­tures in Wed­ding Ideas mag­a­zine and Per­fect Wed­dings. They spe­cialise in wed­ding scroll invi­ta­tions and post boxes, and these are just a cou­ple of my favourites. Scrolls are A5 size, in gor­geous qual­ity coloured scroll boxes all metic­u­lously dec­o­rated by hand.

Swirly black and white wed­ding sta­tionery by A Bespoke Design

www.abespokedesign.co.uk/

I have Face­book and Twit­ter to thank for show­ing me A Bespoke Design. When I first saw sta­tionery designer Emma Muir’s work I was blown away — her designs are sim­ply beau­ti­ful. If you like this, then please Like A Bespoke Design on Face­book too! While you’re there, check out the photo gal­leries for gor­geous bespoke wed­ding sta­tionery design inspi­ra­tion for your big day.

Black and white Save the Dates by A Bespoke Design

www.abespokedesign.co.uk

Another great black and white sta­tionery idea from A Bespoke Design. The swirls in the cor­ner of this Save the Date card, the care­ful lay­out and lovely choice of fonts are all done so well. I should also men­tion A Bespoke Design’s work ethos: they pro­vide a full wed­ding design ser­vice includ­ing venue design, hire ser­vices and of course wed­ding sta­tionery. Their prices are also bespoke, as they work to your wed­ding bud­get — so if you haven’t sorted your wed­ding design yet, get in touch!