Cinco de Mayo Taco Invitations
Happy Cinco de Mayo to all of us that needed a little bit of colorful happiness after the 2020 Spring Coronavirus outbreak! In early March I sent a text that made my heart sink - checking with a client to make certain this event was happening before creating the invitations. It wasn’t NEARLY as serious as what others have endured by any means, but I was going to be so bummed if these little taco babies didn’t survive the chaos. Behold, the taco babies did survive the chaos!
Rewind to the end of February, an inquiry pinged my Inbox of custom invitations for a Cinco de Mayo gathering of female Memphis entrepreneurs. I thought, “that’s cool” and then I read “I’m open to ideas - I just want it cool/extra but colorful. Something instagram-worthy.” YES. I’m in. Let’s do this.
Event: Cinco de Mayo Meet & Greet
hosted by Flourish Studio and Andrea’s Cooktales
Commissioned by: Connor & Co
‘something instagram-worthy’
Every once in a while I need a break from the neutral, watercolor-filled wedding industry of paper designs and jump into something crazy, fun and colorful. My birthday invitations service is usually what gives me that jolt of rainbow, but I was so excited to take on an adult friendly event!
Like everything else, I started with sketches to get some super quick ideas out. I knew ‘extra’ meant something new and probably laborious. Die cut is something I always try to factor in when I have a client that’s open to new, fun ideas so I offered a few different early concepts using different print and assembly methods.
Concept 1
Die cut invitation with lot of cuts for the design! Resembled the festive banners often seen at Cinco de Mayo events.
Concept 2
Modern and colorful take on a traditional invitation design - digitally printed, square etc.
Concept 3
Pop-up feature, bright colors, confetti, taco-shaped, gold foil? Many logistics to figure out!
The final design was a happy medium between extra and super-duper-extra-like-woah. Haha! The final invitation was the shape of a taco, several layers of cut paper, bright colors and confetti sprinkling out as the recipient opens!
‘let’s do this’
If you’re looking for some instagram worthy invitations for your event, check out the inquiry link below and let’s work together!!