Invites

So last week, James and I conquered the invites.  We decided to print them ourselves, because we wanted the wording to represent us and with shipping and everything $7 an invite is just too crazy for us to spend.  So, we found amazing invites and ventured on a Black Friday with a 40% off coupon to capture them.  

So they sat in our "evil wedding closet" until last week. We imagined it would be a simple task and didn't think our printer was evil...but it is.  


So James and I take a week to choose the exact wording for not only our invites but also our RSVP's and I am happy with what we decided.  We googled and read every wedding blog and website on the web I think.

For our invites:

Two lives, two hearts joined together in  friendship united forever in love.  It is with joy that we,

Groom

                     &

Bride

invite you to share in a celebration of love as we exchange our marriage vows Saturday, the first of October Five thirty in the afternoon The Southernmost Hotel and Resort 1319 Duval Street, Key West, Florida And the RSVP's we wanted something fun and cute that let our guests express their personalities, but still showed enough respect to our wedding.  Here is what we decided on : Reserve your spot on the beach by June 1, 2011 M_____________________ ___ Save us a beach chair! __ Sorry, but have a margarita for us! We’re planning on staying at _____________________, arriving ________ and bidding farewell ________. Please provide us with an email address to contact you. And your creative reply is requested on the back! We are really happy how they turned out..however our printer went to the dark side that night.  So what started out as a "fun" project with the two of us left us frustrated and confused.  It took us 5 hours but we got there.   After we printed all of the invites and another day had dawned, we began to assemble them.  Note the wine in the background... and a word of advise to any soon-to-be-bride out there, this is a 5 day job.  The next night, I addressed all of them...ok..ok...most of them two of them are still on my coffee table but I am still waiting for the addresses...MOM! :) So the majority of them are in the mail..WOOOHOOOO! But with like every other bride in the world after the invites go out the Guest List begins to show how deeply evil it can really, really be.  Ugh...To. Be. Continued. What about you? Is your printer evil?  Any small job turned into a monster this week for you?

Invitations!

Me vs the Invites

Last night, we started writing our invitations.  It really didn't seem like a big deal at the time, BUT we now realize it is.  The tone of the invitations set the mood for the wedding.  We wanted to be unique and possibly funny.  I saw a few great RSVP cards on weddingbee.com where the bride added a mad lib and another who added twist on words.  We settled for one that seemed like "us."  So here we go...

The Supplies

The test one we put together...

James hunting for the appropriate wording...

The test

The printed test...I like.

Travel Instructions...

The finished product.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All in all, I love them.  I thought originally I would change the brown for yellow ribbon, but I really, really love them and I can't wait to send them.

What kind of planner are you?

Where are all of your projects? Well...I got sick.  Wah...and most remember I am a "type #2 " sick person and  I was "dying" all week.  I received all of my supplies from JoAnn Fabrics, and I plan on picking up card stock from Staples this weekend when I pick up printer ink. It's time to mail the invites (Eeeeeeee).  I have to admit I am a little intimidated to mail the invitations, and it's not the printing, gluing, and ribbon tying that scares me the most, it's the RSVP's.

I think I have a good idea of who is actually coming to the wedding, and I have a list of people who are likely to flake out even though we would love to have them, but there are still a lot of people who have not booked their travel arrangements.  I am assuming this is to be expected, but don't most people book a vacation months in advance?  I do.

I like to "hunt" for the best deals on the web for a vacation and then book it as soon as possible.  I know this isn't how everyone is and I am sure some are waiting to hold the invitation before purchasing a $300 plane ticket.  What do you think? What kind of planner are you? A fly by the seat of your pants planner? Or a researcher then commit planner?

Don't worry I will pull the bandaid off of this scared little invitation and project boo-boo and get those puppies in the mail asap!