Invites and the creation of a logo: A+B

By no means are we original, but I'd like to think we were at least a little original with our use of a logo, right?

When Shachar of Bates Meron Sweet Design started working on our invitations he helped us figure out that we wanted to focus on the location and keep everything else pretty simple. So, we used photos from Murphy's Irish Bistro and the beautiful font Gotham to keep everything clean and simple. The color photos, which we used on our invite helped, I hope, set the mood for the wedding - an old-school but modern bar-bistro, or something.

A+B is easy and fit nicely in the circle that Shachar used on the front of the invite. Gotham, the font we used, is the same font that Barack Obama used for his campaign. Organizing For America continues to use Gotham - it's modern, easy to read and crisp. It's very regular looking, too, which is actually a kind neat thing for a wedding invitation, we thought.


A+B turned out to be an excellent choice, logowise. It's easy to type, easy to say and cute. My parents set up our favors - including A+B shot glasses and awesome pencils. Even if you rarely use a pencil (I mean, everyone uses a pencil once and again!) it's nice to have a cool A+B CHEERS pencil, right?

Lots of people wrote cards to A+B and we've started signing things A+B too. I routinely call Brian B, but he calls me C for my last name - never A. As for the CHEERS that found its way on to our invites, shot glasses and pencils - totally Shachar's idea, but a brilliant bit of whimsy and celebration - not stuffy, but maybe a little Irish-Pub-y? Maybe.

This design-type stuff was important to us, but it's not important to everyone. I think we probably spent more time on fonts, design and the invitations than on the ceremony or the details of colors, matching and coordinating. This totally worked for us, and it turned out beautifully.

Our last A+B touch - my mom found A and B Christmas ornaments and affixed them to the card birdcage with a ribbon that (what?!?) actually matched the bridesmaid dresses and gentleman's ties. Woot!