Do you want to learn how to design beautiful and cohesive wedding invitations?

Get on our waitlist and be the first to hear when The Art and Design of Wedding Invitations course becomes available!

What is the Art & Design of Wedding Invitations Course?

 

It is a step by step course on how to design wedding invitations: starting at concepts, executing the design, and final production.


Designing is fun and can be taught! Let’s build up your confidence so you are ready to design your first wedding invitations!

Designing wedding invitations can be intimidating… And I get it: this is a detail that the wedding couple will keep forever from one of their most important life events. 


But it doesn’t have to be scary. I will teach you everything you need to know to make sure you are confident in what is needed to design the best wedding invitations.

In The Art and Design of Wedding Invitations Course we will cover: 

✨ Getting in the right mindset to help wedding couples 

✨ What to say to couples on that first call

✨ Pricing your services

✨ Coming up with concepts 

✨ Introduction to design theories including going over color, compositions, and typography 

✨ How to digitize your calligraphy

✨ Designing the Adobe Creative Cloud: covering Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign 

✨ How to prep files for print 

✨ Final production

✨ Mailing the invitations

Course Outline:

✨ Module 1: Welcome! 

• Lesson 1: Welcome to the Art and Design of Wedding Invitations! 

• Lesson 2: Let’s get into the right mindset 


✨ Module 2: Clients & Timelines

• Lesson 1: Timelines & Planning

• Lesson 2: Client Calls

• Lesson 3: Contracts & Pricing

• Lesson 4: Concepts


✨ Module 3: Invitation Papers

•Lesson 1: Invitation Cards Pieces

• Lesson 2: Wording for Invitations 

• Lesson 3: Envelope Etiquette 

• Lesson 4: Inclusivity

• Lesson 5: Print Processes


✨ Module 4: Designing a Suite Together

• Lesson 1: Fundamentals of Design

• Lesson 2: Compositions

• Lesson 3: Color Theory

• Lesson 4: Typography

• Lesson 5: Vector vs Raster

• Lesson 6: Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop

✨ Module 4: Designing a Suite Together (continued)

• Lesson 7: Adobe Creative Cloud, Illustrator
• Lesson 8: Adobe Creative Cloud, InDesign

• Lesson 9: Digitizing your calligraphy


✨ Module 5: Production

• Lesson 1: Digital Mock Ups

• Lesson 2: Final Sign Off

• Lesson 3: Setting Up Print Files


✨ Module 6: Assembly

• Lesson 1: Ribbons

• Lesson 2: Envelope Liners

• Lesson 3: Wax Seals

• Lesson 4: Belly Bands, Wraps, and Sleeves

• Lesson 5: Sealing Envelopes

• Lesson 6: Postage Stamps


✨ Module 7: Finalizing 

• Lesson 1: Shipping final invitations to clients 

• Lesson 2: Mailing on behalf of clients


✨ Module 8: Thank you!! 

Bonuses! 

✨ Private Facebook group community 

✨ 2 group Q&A calls per cohort (scheduled about 4 weeks and 7 weeks after course launch) giving you plenty of time to finish the course and hop on calls to go over any questions 

The Art and Design of Wedding Invitations Course is for you if: 

✨ You love design and want to learn how to do it

✨ You’re a calligrapher looking to expand into invitation design

✨ You tried learning on your own but still couldn’t figure it out 

✨ You’re a creative and want to learn for your own wedding invitations

✨ You want guidance from someone who attended art school and worked professionally in the graphic design field for a decade

✨ You know you can design invitation but not sure where to start

 

How often have you said, “But what if I get a bridezilla?” and have that hold you back from designing wedding invitations. Well, let me tell you, in my many years of designing invitations, I have had only 1 bridezilla. Do not let the fear of a hypothetical client stop you from doing what you want. 

 

Let’s make this the year that you finally take the step to learn how to design beautiful and cohesive wedding invitations! 

 


Still have questions? Send us an email at hi@calligraphybymichellet.com