Palm Beach Destination Wedding with Elegant Letterpress Invitations
Destination beach elegance!
Mary and Christopher were married at The Breakers in Palm Beach, a historic hotel known for its European influenced architecture combined with stunning ocean views. An invitation for such a celebration had to be classic and timeless with a nod to the beachside setting so letterpress was a perfect fit!
Elegant letterpress black on thick ivory cotton stock with embossed beaded, border. A palm illustration on the main invitation and details card were subtle suggestions to the Florida setting. For an added layer of elegance the couple selected a sheer vellum wrap with white on white palm leaves beautifully finished with an antique gold, monogrammed wax seal. Everything tucked into an ivory envelope with pearlized ivory liner with subtle palm pattern.
A brief Breakers history: In the late 1890s, just before the turn of the century, industry tycoons and elegant socialites began flocking to the pristine shores of a new destination—a long strip of an island called Palm Beach.
It was our founder Henry M. Flagler, one of America’s great industrialists, who started the trend of grand, gorgeous properties on the island. His first was The Royal Poinciana, a six-story Georgian beauty. Two years later, Flagler debuted his premier oceanfront hotel, which delighted guests with its proximity to the water and unique location—right at “the breakers,” where the waves crashed and sprayed.
After fires in both 1903 and 1925, the hotel reemerged more opulent each time. The second reconstruction of The Breakers was awarded to New York City-based designers Shultze and Weaver, the same minds who would later create many of Manhattan’s most coveted hotels: the Pierre, the Sherry-Netherland and Park Avenue’s Waldorf Astoria. Described by the duo as “the acme of perfection in design and magnificence,” The Breakers reopened in 1926, ushering in a higher degree of European influence and architectural flair. Flagler’s newest iteration was modeled after the magnificent Villa Medici in Rome—an ambitious effort that called for 75 artisans brought in from Italy. Together they completed the intricate paintings, detailed across the ceilings of the 200-foot-long main lobby and first-floor public rooms, which remain on display today. It was a grand gesture that placed The Breakers in a class all its own. - source: About the Breakers
