I thought you might find it interesting to see the different design drafts of the Save the Date cards that Paul and I made for our upcoming wedding. I am cleaning out my workspace and am pitching out all the clutter.
The photos show the different stages of the thought/design process, from my initial quick doodle to a first prototype to little tweaks that made way for the final product.
I fell in love with the original prototype where I used a small piece of Japanese origami paper that I had lying around, and we shopped endlessly to try to find larger sheets of such paper. But at roughly $18 a sheet, they were definitely not cost effective. I’m happy with the red and gold speckled paper we went with for the final design.
I quite was surprised to find little to no (good) instructions online for making Chinese knots. I had to order a book to learn, and I played around with a variety of different knots.
When I find the time, I’d like to post detailed instructions on how to make the cards, including the chinese knot. Maybe some future bride elsewhere will find it useful.
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