| Darling of the paper craft industry, graphic designer | | | | swirls forms a middle layer between the ecru backing |
| Anna Griffin comes by her love of art and design | | | | and the elegantly bordered wording panel. Between |
| naturally, she grew up in a family of artists. It is also | | | | the swirls and your wording, a satin platinum ribbon |
| not surprising that her love of art brought her to | | | | lends an additional touch of elegance. |
| wedding invitations – one of her first jobs out of | | | | The Anna Griffin Floral Wedding Invitations collection |
| college was working with famed wedding designer | | | | is pure romance personified. These floral-patterned |
| Vera Wang. In 1994, Griffin set out on her own, | | | | papers are the designs on which Anna Griffin has built |
| launching a line of custom designed, hand-crafted | | | | her reputation and on which her personal style is |
| wedding invitations that borrow heavily from beautiful | | | | based, and they are nowhere more at home than |
| traditional botanical prints and Victoriana. | | | | they are in wedding invitations. Floral patterns |
| In the years since, the name Anna Griffin has | | | | embellish envelope linings and decorate wedding |
| become synonymous with high quality paper crafting | | | | invitations. Floral prints lend a romantic touch to all of |
| designs. Her company released the first line of | | | | the accessories and elements of wedding stationery, |
| imprintable wedding invitations for the home crafter, | | | | including save the date cards, enclosure cards and |
| do-it-yourself bride who wanted a hand in making her | | | | thank you cards. As pretty and traditional as the |
| own invitations without sacrificing a professional | | | | patterns are, though, the wedding invitations bring a |
| quality wedding invitation. Anna Griffin invokes vellum | | | | modern aesthetic to patterns taken from antique |
| and ribbon, elegant traditional patterns and all the | | | | botanical prints. |
| details that make wedding finery, well, fine. | | | | The modern touch is evident in the styling of the |
| While the Anna Griffin line now encompasses craft | | | | Floral Roses Matchbook Invitation, which includes a |
| papers of all kinds for home scrap-bookers and | | | | printed or printable panel and a floral jacket that can |
| textile patterns, wedding invitations are still at the | | | | be tied together with an elegant satin ribbon, included |
| foundation of her success. Anna Griffin wedding | | | | with the invitation. The Matchbook style is a delightful |
| invitations are among the most beautiful and sought | | | | nod to modern paper crafters, who routinely fasten |
| after of all the major design lines. | | | | papers together with buttons, ribbons and bows. The |
| The Anna Griffin Wedding Album line of wedding | | | | rose pattern on the matchbook is reminiscent of the |
| invitations is the epitome of the Griffin style. | | | | most romantic of Victorian prints. |
| Resplendent in ribbons, decorated with touches of | | | | Another delightfully romantic Anna Griffin design |
| platinum and silver, they are elegant and stylish in a | | | | combines tradition and modern style with lovely roses |
| classic and traditional way. The Anna Griffin Celadon | | | | in a completely different and unusual wedding |
| Repousse wedding invitations are an example of | | | | invitation. The wedding invitation includes a printed or |
| Griffin’s ability to combine modern ideas with | | | | printable panel on which you can print the wording of |
| traditional patterns and present a wedding invitation | | | | your invitation. The heavy ecru paper is embellished |
| that is as timeless as it is modern. The conventional is | | | | with a subtly embossed border that is designed to |
| in the feeling, stately and elegant, but the color, a | | | | peek at the sides of the scalloped, rose-patterned |
| subtle jade, and the square shape are definitely taken | | | | vellum wrapper. The entire wrap is tied with a |
| from the modern book of weddings. The sage | | | | delicate satin ribbon and bow to complete a wedding |
| patterned background panel is set off by the sage | | | | invitation that evokes the romance of the Victorian |
| ribbon corners that hold the custom created Oyster | | | | era. |
| white printed panel against the delicate floral pattern. | | | | One of the most innovative and bold of the Anna |
| Another traditional, but not conventional, design | | | | Griffin wedding invitation designs, though, is the |
| offered in the Anna Griffin Wedding Album collection | | | | button pocket invitation style. The Black and White |
| is the Platinum Swirls wedding invitation. The invitation | | | | Floral Button Pocket Invitation is part of the Anna |
| consists of four separate layers, in the tradition of | | | | Griffin printable wedding invitation collection. Each |
| the most romantic and elegant of handmade | | | | wedding invitation set includes an ecru invitation panel |
| invitations and Victorian cards. The backing layer is a | | | | with a beveled border, a button pocket with a |
| heavyweight ecru with a fine platinum border, in the | | | | diagonal slash design and matching envelopes. Other |
| tradition of wedding invitations throughout the | | | | printable wedding invitations in the Anna Griffin line |
| generations. A delicate paper patterned with platinum | | | | include floral vellum side panels, buttons and ribbons. |