Our Invitations: Final Product

post from pretty bride on 11 June 2009 04:03:00 AM. © pretty bride

When it came time to do our invitations, we were literally starting from scratch. The only thing I knew I for sure was that I wanted a pocket so that all the information could be neatly kept. It's a pet peeve of mine to open an invitation and have little pieces of paper fall out. We played around with many options as you can see here, and we ultimately came up with the below invitation. Matt and I loved designing and creating the invitations ourselves, as they are truly a labor of love. We know they're not perfect, but they are ours, and we love how they turned out.

We decided on black linen pocketfold invitations from Paper and More.

We then purchased ivory linen paper from Paper and More that we went on to cut, crop, and print at home. We purchased the lattice hole puncher by Martha Stewart from Michael's. Matt was a wonderful sport and hole-punched his way through the first three rounds of the NBA Playoffs. I think his forearms are stronger. We also purchased a gold shiny paper from Michael's to go behind the main invitation to showcase the texture from the hole punch.

The ribbon was purchased (on clearance!) from Michael's. It is Martha Stewart brand in gold/pink.

The envelopes were purchased from Paper and More in ivory linen. We lined them with paper purchased from Michaels. This was Matt's least favorite invitation task, but I love the difference it made in the end.

We used the photo taken of the dessert the night we got engaged that says "she said yes" for our stamps.

Below is the entire invitation suite... we're thrilled with how they turned out. I could second-guess myself and talk about what I would do different, but I know it doesn't matter. Ultimately, we will always remember the time we spent working on them together, and that they are our own.

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Real Wedding : Brandon and Kimmy in Florida {no1}

post from Brenda's Wedding Blog on 11 June 2009 03:00:00 AM. © Brenda's Wedding Blog

Today's wedding features a fun couple and an equally fun wedding party. This bright and cheery wedding was photographed by Leslie of Leslie Roark Photograpy and coordinated by Robyn of Mix Mingle Glow. Kimmy (the bride) wore her mother's wedding shoes. More photos from the wedding to come throughout the day.
Please check back a little later this morning for more from this fun beach wedding...

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Garden

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Never before have I so very much wanted to get married in a garden...
If you are planning any sort of garden wedding, you must must must check out this wedding by the ever so talented robert sukrachand

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Marvelous Milk Glass

post from Polka Dot Bride on 11 June 2009 01:26:57 AM. © Polka Dot Bride

Milk glass was manufactured from the 1500?s to the 1900?s in England. It is an opaque glass that comes in colours of white, green, blue, pink, caramel and black. Older glass has a translucency to it when held up to the light whereas newer pieces are more opaque. Milk glass vase from My Milk Glass [...]

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Portraits of Ed and Olivia in Paris

post from French Wedding photographer Paris France London New York, destination weddings on 11 June 2009 12:10:00 AM. © French Wedding photographer Paris France London New York, destination weddings

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A Dog Ring Bearer Pet-lovers Involve Furry
Friends in Big Day

A dog ring bearer? A bride and groom on horseback?More and more couples are involving animals in their weddings.Well-behaved dogs can make wonderful ringbearers, and so can owls. (Don’t believe me? Read this.) Heck, one reader wrote to tell me she’s using her hamster as a ringbearer!Even horses can play a role. A few years [...]

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