Supplier Spotlight – Acushla Creations
Acushla are young and dynamic creative designers, and have started to build a reputation for producing unique, bespoke and extravagant wedding and event stationery with a difference. What stands us apart from other traditional stationers is our 100% tailor-made approach. This allows us to come up with a brand new idea for each couple, based on their personalities, wedding theme and sense if style.
The type of client that will commission us to produce their stationery want something extra special, or something really different to the norm, so we know from the start that each job we do will be different to the last, and we love creating new ideas and intriguing solutions to our couple’s briefs. We always think outside the box and approach each job with a blank canvas and no pre-conceptions on what the stationery should consist of which allows the end product to take any shape or form. From complex invitations like our origami peacocks or grow your own flower for the big day, to the more classic gold and silver foils on heavyweight boards – Acushla can do it all!
Acushla’s top tips for creating stunning stationery
1) Approach each job with a blank canvas. By allowing your imagination to run wild it gives you the opportunity to explore all possibilities in terms of the creative idea, imagery, wording, fonts and format. You may end up with something fairly orthodox in the end, but at least this will be an informed decision based on all the available options.
2) Don’t be restricted by format. This is one of the things that makes Acushla completely different. Invitations do not just have to be a piece of folded card! An invitation in it’s simplest form is a way of letting your guests know where and when your wedding is, but that doesn’t mean it must be ink printed on flat card – think laterally!
3) Add interaction. This can be as simple as opening a flap and untying a ribbon, or as complex as following instructions and solving puzzles. By making the invites interactive in some way it gets your guests involved with the wedding from the outset and helps to build excitement and anticipation.
4) Express yourselves. The wedding invites should really show off your personalities and describe what makes you who you are as an individual and as a couple. Whether you’re a hopeless romantic, a whimsical dreamer, an elegant princess or a cheeky joker, there is an idea and style out there to suit you.
5) Set the style and tone. The wedding invitations and save-the-dates are the first opportunity to set the style for the wedding. Our pop-out invitations were created for a couple who were having large-scale board games after the ceremony. By creating a fun and surprising invitation, the guests got a brief glimpse of the wedding day itself. It’s your chance to make the right first impression!
Acushla can produce the full range of wedding and event stationary including: Invitations, Save the Dates, RSVP Cards, Order of Service’s, Menus, Table Plans, Table Numbers, Name Cards, Guest Books and Thank you cards.
Visit their website: http://www.acushlacreations.co.uk/
