I had NO idea that wedding invitations were so complicated. I set out to make my invitations with the idea that I could embellish some blank cards and print my message inside. Apparently, I was very, very wrong. There are generally at least three envelopes involved, extremely specific wording, and the terror that you will be forever shunned by society if you fail to follow protocol.
My cousin and self-appointed (and indispensable) wedding planner, a seasoned veteran of several weddings including one of her own, helped me navigate the treacherous waters of "DIY" invitations. Together we selected an "invitation suite" (and evoked the wrath of a Michaels store associate as we opened the box to see how everything looked). I chose the one as blank as possible, so I could add my beautiful red bird embellishments from niklindesigns1225.
I spent about 12 hours of labor on 40 invitations. The most time-consuming part by far was doing the calligraphy for both the addresses and return addresses. Oh, and as for my least favorite part-- remember that episode of Seinfeld where George is getting married, but his fiance dies from licking the cheap envelopes? Well, I didn't die, but I did get a paper cut on my tongue.
When I was FINALLY done, I sealed my envelopes with these gorgeous bird stickers from digitalpaperie.
I think the finished product turned out wonderfully and although it was a lot of work, doing it myself both saved me money and allowed me to create exactly what I wanted.
My cousin and self-appointed (and indispensable) wedding planner, a seasoned veteran of several weddings including one of her own, helped me navigate the treacherous waters of "DIY" invitations. Together we selected an "invitation suite" (and evoked the wrath of a Michaels store associate as we opened the box to see how everything looked). I chose the one as blank as possible, so I could add my beautiful red bird embellishments from niklindesigns1225.
I spent about 12 hours of labor on 40 invitations. The most time-consuming part by far was doing the calligraphy for both the addresses and return addresses. Oh, and as for my least favorite part-- remember that episode of Seinfeld where George is getting married, but his fiance dies from licking the cheap envelopes? Well, I didn't die, but I did get a paper cut on my tongue.
When I was FINALLY done, I sealed my envelopes with these gorgeous bird stickers from digitalpaperie.
I think the finished product turned out wonderfully and although it was a lot of work, doing it myself both saved me money and allowed me to create exactly what I wanted.
2 comments:
you are a brave and inspiring soul morgan!
they look gorgeous..and i'm so excited for you!
xo
jennifer
Wow - your invites are beautiful, your guests are going to be stunned to see them in their mailoxes. You're obviously really enjoying DIYing your wedding. I can't wait to see what other crafts you come up with :)
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