Laura Hankins’ ‘Winged Speciman’ on Green Wedding Shoes.

By: Natasha | Posted on June 8, 2011 | 13 Comments

Laura Hankins’s ‘Winged Speciman‘ is such a unique wedding invitation and I was just thrilled to see what Jen from Green Wedding Shoes was able to pull from it in her styled tabletop shoot.

Have four mis-matched chairs ever looked more like they belong?

I have seen these test tube vases around town for years and man do I want one! This would be a good excuse to splurge!

The reason I think this tabletop works so nicely is there isn’t just one theme (yellow and blue for example). There is the butterfly theme, working with the scientific beaker idea, combined with the black and white chevron theme, with pops of orange and yellow to mix it up.

The cut-outs of the butterflies on the wall would be so easy to re-create and would have so much impact.

And the origami butterflys are just incredible. The instructions for how to make the butterflys are on Pem.org, along with a lot of other fun creatures and objects.

This chevron runner would also work really well with paper plains’s ‘Fracas‘ wedding invitation.

Thanks for pulling such brilliance together Jen! All this inspiration from one gorgeous stationery design! Go ahead, get yourself inspired and check out some of our other wedding invitation, save the date card, and bridal shower invitation designs!

Category: DIY & Inspiration, Wedding

13 Comments on “Laura Hankins’ ‘Winged Speciman’ on Green Wedding Shoes.”

  1. johanna June 8th, 2011 @ 10:39 am

    That’s awesome for Laura. Congrats! Such a cute invite.

  2. Meg G. June 8th, 2011 @ 3:15 pm

    go laura! it’s so fun to see how a great invitation design can translate into an event design. My faves: that sweet table runner + the bouquet with origami butterflies.

  3. Sandra Pons June 9th, 2011 @ 5:08 am

    Good for you Laura! Your design is obviously inspirational!

  4. Ashley June 9th, 2011 @ 7:47 am

    Congrats Laura! This invite is still one of my favorites of all time.

  5. Melanie Severin June 9th, 2011 @ 8:42 am

    What a beautiful photoshoot and that invitation is gorgeous, Laura – congrats to you!

  6. Hailey M June 9th, 2011 @ 2:55 pm

    awesome laura! This is for sure one of my favs… those butterflies are so lovely. So cool to see an event take off from your design, how exciting!!

  7. Laura June 9th, 2011 @ 3:59 pm

    Wow, this was such a great surprise :) Thanks to Minted & Green Wedding Shoes- so very cool! I’m going to have to try making those origami butterflies…!

  8. Ellis June 9th, 2011 @ 7:40 pm

    That invitation makes me want to have a second wedding. Love it!

  9. Paige June 10th, 2011 @ 7:28 am

    How fabulous! A big congrats, Laura! :)

  10. Jessica Y June 10th, 2011 @ 10:16 am

    LOVE this design and the science/botanical theme. congrats. Laura!!

  11. Karly Depew June 13th, 2011 @ 8:39 pm

    Beautiful! Love Laura’s invitation!

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