The design collaboration between Luly Yang Couture and Greenvelope has been an incredible adventure in fashion, design, and inspiration. Headquartered only blocks from each other, we are thrilled to be able to introduce you to this internationally acclaimed designer who has inspired and brought this incredible collection to life.

Read on to learn more about Luly, from her inspirations and her love of design to her advice to newly engaged couples.

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After months of conceptualizing, collaborative meetings, and inspired design work, we are excited to bring the couture elegance of the runway to all of life’s celebrations with Greenvelope and Luly Yang’s first ever tech couture stationery collaboration.

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What do an iPhone, an IKEA lamp, and a napkin have in common? They were all imperative in the creation of Greenvelope.com’s latest wedding imagery.

So how did we do it? With just 5 simple steps, you can go from chaos to chic with minimal investment in both time and money.

Get Inspired.

Gather a wide variety of beautiful things – fresh flowers from the market, gold-rimmed vintage china, art deco-inspired jewelry – with varying yet complementary textures, colors, patterns, luster, sizes, and shapes.

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What is it that makes summer parties so special?

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Thanks to our customers’ feedback, we worked with our designers to create new envelope liners with the option to customize the color.  Some of the patterns new to the Greenvelope liner family are chevron, polka dots, watercolor stripes, floral print, and metallic foil!

We are delighted to be expanding our birth announcement collection! The birth of a child is a busy, emotional and sleep-less moment in life. There’s already so much to be done that birth announcements frequently travel by word of mouth or text message. We think there is another announcement option. Here are a few really lovely ways to announce the birth of a baby in a digital card without having to break the bank or break stride in your routine. We offer square, landscape and portrait sized templates so you can include the best glamour shot of the bunch, since some new parents are new to portrait photography.

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What first inspired you to pursue graphic design?
I’ve always loved combining type and imagery. When I was a kid, I would spend hours making collages and cutting letters from words in magazines ransom-note style. In fifth grade, my snowy mountain scene illustration was chosen as the cover of our school winter concert program, and I was hooked. But I honestly didn’t know about graphic design as a field – or a career option – until I was almost finished college, so I was a little late to the game in that respect. read more…

Each December Pantone releases a color of the year that has had influence in fashion, beauty, interiors and the like. This year on December 5 they announced their 2013 color to be….(Drumroll please!!): Radiant Orchid!

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Angela  Vellino, of Chica Designs has been creating stationery for the last seven years, ever since designing her own wedding invitations. We are fortunate that Angela joined our design team and are excited to share her interview with you!

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