Entwined: A love story by Stonington Design + Paperie

Creating a wedding invitation for someone other than yourself is no doubt a nerve-wracking process. In the designer’s hands lies the gateway of what is meant to be one of the most perfect days in a person’s life. Christine Toner, founder and creative director, Stonington Design + Paperie, knows what it’s like to use that pressure to create something truly beautiful. This particular effort earned her a silver award in the Strathmore Show.

When designing the wedding invitation for Victoria Sorensen and Timothy Mueller, Toner and Trish LaPointe (art director at the Clinton, Conn., studio) say they scrapped idea after idea until the bride-to-be sent them a piece of poetry to be read at the ceremony. Upon reading the following excerpt from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres, they knew they had their inspiration: “Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.”

The Sorensen-Mueller wedding invite features a tree with calligraphic branches and leaves interwoven around the word “entwined.” The invitation was printed by Technique Printers on Strathmore Writing, Wove, Natural White.

The tree design used on the invitations also appeared as a mural at the wedding reception, as seen in the image below (by Maggie Conley Photography).

Christine Toner wrote about the creative process behind the Sorensen-Mueller wedding invitation here, on Stonington Design + Paperie’s blog.

  1. Posted by Lee Moody on 07.27.10 at 8:43 am

    Everything this team creates has magic fairy dust on it…always just perfect ! LOVE it !

  2. Posted by Truly Smitten on 07.29.10 at 11:55 am

    everything is absolutely gorgeous!

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