Platinum Perfection!

Happy New Year! I know, I'm horrible that I went a little MIA over the holiday season.  But I'm back now, and excited to share this below wedding!


If you are a reader of my blog, you've know I've written how color choices for weddings follow a trend. 2011 was the year of PLATINUM.. I did 5 weddings in 2011 with the palette Platinum, and some form of champagne, ivory or cream. And sometimes coming up with ideas over and over with the same colors can be challenging, but for some reason this invitation was not difficult. It flowed right out of me, as if the bride was channeling me herself! :)
The bride, wanted simple, elegant, and nothing over the top, and you can see by the below images, that direction created a gorgeous wedding. 

Congrats to Linda and James!

Vendors for this wedding:

Wedding Planning- Christine Godsey of Engaging Affairs

Flowers - Edge Flowers

Invitations -  Amy Morelli, The 2u Collection

Photo - Mark Betlinger, Rodney Bailey Photography

 The Happy Couple! Looking Gorgeous.

Platinum Metallic Paper with Champagne Metallic Inlay with Satin Ribbon Accent. 

Here's what the bride had to say about her invitations and working with us here at The 2u Collection.

"I really enjoyed working with Amy on creating our perfect wedding invitation. She took everything I said and wanted into consideration when making our invitation! The final product is truly stunning! So many of my family and friends have told me that they are best wedding invitations they have ever seen! Thank you so much Amy and the 2ucollection.com team!"

Amazing Floral and Decor!

Great Job to all involved, and congratulations again to Linda and James!

Letterpress...YES YES!!

So today I wanted to talk a little bit about preserving our past. I know in the world of technology, it is all to easy move quickly forward leaving the things of the past behind us without another thought. With the newest latest and greatest coming out every 3-6 months it seems it is easy to get wrapped up in race for better, faster, quicker. 


Today I wanted to write and implore you all DON'T JUST ABANDON ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS from the past. For example, how many photographers do you know still shoot film? How many artists still hand render their artwork? How much printing is still done on a manual press? These things are dying arts, and it breaks my heart to see some amazing processes thrown to the wind, because now a computer does it faster.  Don't get me wrong, I love the newest technology like the rest of you, but I think balance is the key.


Film grain and hand drawing, printing, and finishing can be beautiful, adding texture and flare to your project. With that in mind, I created these great LETTERPRESS Save the Dates, with Crystals and Ribbon done by Hand.

What is Letterpress printing? Relief printing of text and image using a press with a "type-high bed" printing press and movable type, in which a reversed, raised surface is inked and then pressed into a sheet of paper to obtain a positive right-reading image. It was the normal form of printing text from its invention by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century until the 19th century and remained in wide use for books and other uses until the second half of the 20th century. 

I know this is probably a little technical for some of you, so a brief summary is: Plates are created, inked and PRESSED into the paper, creating a beautiful impression of the design into the paper. See the image below!

We are lucky in Orlando to have a company that is MASTERFUL at letterpress production!  Mama Sauce!! We are working together on this current project, stay tuned later in the fall to see the full package for this wedding!

Weddings Unveiled Save the Date Contest

Last march we were asked to collaborate with Weddings Unveiled Magazine and provide a contest for their faithful readers! Kirstin at Weddings Unveiled, posted the contest on their blog, Completely Unveiled.

I have been so excited to post these, because they are one of my all time favorites! But I wanted to wait until the Bride and Groom sent them out, as to not ruin the surprise for their guests. But finally the time as arrived. 

What the bride and groom had to say

"The Save The Dates are perfect. You were able to capture the theme and feeling of our wedding. Our guests haven't stopped talking about them and now they are even more excited about what's to come."

Andrea & Eric

The Die Cut is what makes this so amazing! Andrea came to me with a anthropology-esque theme for here wedding. I was so excited and this is the creation. We used Gold Linen Metallic Paper, an Ivory Satin Ribbon, which all complimented the Champagne Die Cut with Gloss UV Coating!  


I'm in LOVE with it.

Please comment and tell us what you think!!