A Real Gothic Wedding | The Story Behind This Design
This design started as a gatefold invitation for our own wedding in October 2022. I drew the original bleeding heart illustration with our day in mind, and we printed two versions of the gatefold, forest green for the day guests and midnight blue for the evening. Those colours ran through everything. Joshua wore blue, I wore green, our bridesmaids matched. The stationery and the day were one continuous thing.
That gatefold is now one of our best sellers, and I think about that every time I send one out. I think an anatomical heart will always sit at the core of what I make. It feels true to the idea that love is not delicate or abstract. It is physical, it is fierce, and it is worth designing around properly.
