Special Winners of the Happily Ever After Wedding Challenge
| Posted on November 30, 2010 | 11 Comments
You’ve heard it before, but it’s worth saying again. The submissions to the Happily Ever After wedding challenge gave us a tough challenge ourselves – it was incredibly difficult to pick the winners of our special awards. Hence, we decided to show you not only the winner, but the runners up for each award. Each winner will receive a $300 cash award, plus 5% commission on all net sales…
Best Whimsical Design
“Stache + Kiss” by Penelope Poppy pays homage to the quirky chivalry of mustaches and a pouty lip – perfect for a couple who takes fun very seriously. We’ve seen the moustache trend invoked in a variety of ways, but this particular design struck us as particularly playful and well-composed.
Runner Ups for Best Whimsical Design
Best Fresh Take on a Classic
“Wedding Type” by Emily Ranneby won our pick for “Best Fresh Take on a Classic.” Playing to her strengths, Emily impressed us with her elegant typesetting and use of Kewl Script to add a South American or European flair to the design. Not your grandmother’s black-and-white wedding invitation!
Runner Ups for Best Fresh Take on a Classic
Best Modern/Bold/Typographic
Emily of Pottsdesign is well-known for her illustrative prowess (check out her incredible calendar design, Billboard), but she possesses an equal strength in strong, bold typographic work, such as in her design, “Type Stack.” By styling her type with a strong geometric flavor and softening it with warm greys and magentas, she created a stunning, modern invitation.
Runner Ups for Best Modern/Bold/Typographical Design
Best Outdoors/Nature Inspired
“Romantic Ripple” by Sweet Tree Studio was unexpected – a water design that was not beach-y. This design’s concentric circles convey the feeling of rain drops on a pond. Sensuous, dreamy, and romantic, we felt that this design really made a splash.
Runner Ups for Best Outdoors/Nature-Inspired Design
Best Couple’s Name/Monogram
For a lesson in “white space,” look no further than Kelli Hall’s “Love Lettered,” a type-driven design that took our breath away. The tangerine and plum color palette feels warm and happy, while the expertly laid out text balances beautifully against a clean, white background. Unpretentious, and neither overtly feminine nor masculine, this confident, gorgeous design elegantly showcases a couple and their togetherness.
Runner Ups for Best Couple's Name/Monogram
Best Beach/Destination
In the hands of Paper Plains (aka Sarah Lenger), the most delicate and dreamy aspects of water come to life. In her design, “modern beach,” the “feeling” of the beach is conveyed powerfully, and we found ourselves entranced by the “soft movement in blues and greens.” Sarah describes her design as “mimicking the receding ocean on a beach” but we’d be happy to gaze at this design all day and let our minds wander to any ocean destination that comes to mind.
Runner Ups for Best Beach/Destination Design
Best Newbie
We were charmed by how Sunnyvale, California-based designer, Ling, channeled an oftentimes spoken phrase and turned it on its head. Sure, there are plenty of fish in the sea, but when you meet “the only fish for me,” that’s love. Please join us in welcoming Ling to the community.
Runner Ups for Best Newbie
Customer’s Choice
The customer’s choice award was awarded to Amy of Design Lotus. Click here to read more about the special prize she’ll earn for being a customer favorite.
Congratulations everyone! Next up (and the final award) is the Judge’s Pick…
Though I didn’t participate in this round, I loved this challenge! The submissions were outstanding! I’ve never given out so many 5’s.
Congrats to all of you for your fantastic work!
Yay! Congrats to all. There were many many lovely designs in this challenge.
Big congrats- all great designs! Nice to see the runners up too- there really were so many awesome designs to choose from!
Congrats! I love that scooter design at the top – it is too cute!!
Thank you to Minted for the opportunity!!! I am still in shock and amazed at how I got noticed among all the other amazing designs!
Stache + Kiss makes me want to get married all over again! So many fabulous designs – you make it so hard to pick just one. An excuse for lots of parties….
Wow! I have been on cloud 9 all day! So exciting!
Will the runners up be featured on the website as well? I really love some of them!
I love every one of these! Can I get married again?
@Elizabeth — yes, all of these designs will be available for sale this winter!