Wedding invitations, super-sized

When consumers celebrate special occasions, a little gravanity goes a long way and bigger tends to be better. 5starbaby‘s movie poster birth announcements, which we covered earlier this year, are one case in point, and recently one of our spotters hit upon another: poster-sized wedding invitations. Seattle-based Poster Bride makes invitations to celebrate weddings in grand style. Each hand-printed serigraph is custom-designed for the client using a wide range of papers. Sizes available range from the standard A7 invitation all the way up to a 19-by-25-inch silk-screened poster that serves not just as an invitation but also as a timeless gift of art for wedding participants. Invitations are sketched by hand, rendered onto film, transferred to a silk screen and then carefully printed by Poster Bride. Poster-sized invitations cost USD 15 each, with a minimum order of 50 pieces. One to bring to a market near you, or–perhaps even more compelling–how about extending the concept to other types of invitations? When the gravanity is poster-sized, so too must be the invitations–whether for birthday parties, bar mitzvahs, quinceaneras or retirements. Let the super-sizing begin! (Related: Online invites, upgraded.) Spotted by: Susanna Haynie