Bonjour Internetland! This Tuesday brings us to an invitation that I liked but really needed the couple to love. This was one of the possibilities for our last lovely bride, Shannon, whose wedding is Saturday so everyone send good brain waves to Ontario, Canada this weekend.

You know how much trouble I have sometimes assigning couples after the fact (like for custom brides but never fear I already have Shannon and Jason on the case for the design they picked which I already know you will totally love so stay tuned in the next couple of weeks for that) but this one I stared at for a minute and was like “Uh-doi. Charlie Brown”. I was pretty sure good ol’ Charlie had a thing for the Little Redheaded Girl but I wanted to double check and I found out this from wikipedia:

A former coworker, Donna Johnson, was Schulz’s inspiration for the character.^[1] A 1947 high school graduate, Johnson was working in the accounting department of the Art Instruction, Inc., a correspondence school where Schulz worked. Johnson and Schulz eventually became romantically involved and dated for three years, but in 1950 when Schulz proposed to her, she refused him, ended the relationship and abruptly married fireman Allan Wold on October 21, 1950. Schulz was devastated, but he and Johnson-Wold remained friends for the rest of his life.

Said Schulz of the relationship, “I can think of no more emotionally damaging loss than to be turned down by someone whom you love very much. A person who not only turns you down, but almost immediately will marry the victor. What a bitter blow that is.”^[2] This experience became arguably the most poignant of all story lines for the entire Peanuts strip.

So for this upcoming Valentine’s Day I thought it’s only right that Charlie FINALLY gets his girl. I think we’d all agree that “The Little Redheaded Girl” is probably a little longer than more names on an invitation but, thankfully, in the 1977 animated TV special It’s Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown Linus lets us know that her name is, in fact, Heather.

A happy little winter invitation.

Also if you’d like this more for a wedding shower or save the date, just let me know. When it came time for Stefanie’s (whose invitation became Ariel + Prince Eric) bridal shower she told me how much she liked the Holly + Paul invitation so we changed the info and voila! bridal shower invitation.

“I’d like to see Charlie Brown kick that football, and if he gets the little red-haired girl, that’s fine with me”

-Donna Johnson

And if you like the details these are pretty easy to figure out. I chose “Schulz” as Heather’s last name after the Peanut creator Charles Schulz. The wedding takes place on Valentine’s Day since so many of Charlie Brown Valentine’s Day efforts were for the Little Redheaded Girl, and the reception is in Woodstock after Snoopy’s little bird friend, Woodstock.

To purchase this design, please visit the Charlie Brown + Heather page under “Love Stories”.