Flexing our creative muscles on personal event stationery projects!

While the majority of the projects we work on at Mzuri Design are for businesses, we do also have the privilege of working with private clients on a wealth of design projects with a more personal feel.

Having a think of some of our most recent briefs, they have included:

• Wedding stationery: save the date, invitation, order of service, place names, table plan and thank you cards for a wedding in Eton.

• Surprise 50th birthday party invitation: partly in Welsh and with a quirky pictorial take on the hobbies and passions of the birthday boy.

• 30th birthday party invitation: with a Mexican theme, to be sent by email.

• Baby announcement cards: featuring all the usual details and gorgeous baby pics.

• Black and white themed party stationery: invitations (sent in a black bubble wrap envelope with matching label), table names, place cards and table plan with a black and white theme with each table showing a different picture of the birthday boy.

It’s not always event stationery that we produce. We also take on the odd personal commission for other items, such as graphical displays of favourite poems and extracts from literature, and wedding vows or readings. And when it comes to our own projects, we can’t resist giving them a design twist: Phil recently had to create a design piece for a surprise birthday present for a friend of his. The brief: to send in a photo of us, somehow including the message ‘happy birthday steve’. Not content with a handwritten message held up in front of the camera, Phil set about creating a personalised take on a famous film poster (picture shown above left: name that film!)

So, if you have a special event coming up and would like the stationery to be as memorable as the party, then challenge us! We love flexing our creative muscles and we make sure we pay attention to all the details.

(p.s. the film was… Trainspotting ! )