So I just mailed our invites (all but 5 or so, still waiting on a few addresses) on Monday. Yesterday 3 got sent back due to lack of postage (umm..oops). Our RSVP deadline isn't until June 24th, but I am not far away from harassing people to send them back. Yes, I'm that impatient. I want to knowwww!
And I'll post about our invites soon, I promise! Let's just say they total $1.84 per invite including postage. Love it.
How long did it take for your RSVPs to start rolling in?
Em and Cupcake, you 2 are on my mind this week, I'm wishing you both joyful, loving, blissed out days!
Showing posts with label Invitations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Invitations. Show all posts
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Addressing the envelopes
So Ryan and I have been discussing envelopes lately. Exciting, no? We found some aqua ones we dig that I need to order, and I mentioned that there were some cute red oval printable labels on Paper Source that we could use. Following is the approximate conversation that ensued:
Me: So Paper Source has these red oval printable labels we could use for the envelopes, they'd be like $20. They have cuter ones but they are stupid expensive.
Ryan: Do we really need labels? You could spend that $20 shopping on our honeymoon (OK I totally added that sentence). I mean, why don't we just hand write the addresses on there?
Me: Long Pause. We can't afford calligraphy, that's like $2 an envelope.
Ryan: No, I'm saying we can write the addresses on there.
This is when I noticed a huge problem. Having been immersed in blogland since day 1 of wedding planning, it had never occurred to me until that exact moment that you could actually hand write addresses on to envelopes yourself without teaching yourself calligraphy.
I know. Ridiculous. I was too embarrassed to say that to Ryan, because really....that had never occurred to me. That's embarrassing.
So, I'm going to sweet talk my sister/maid of honor Alli into handwriting some addresses for me, because her handwriting is lovely, and I'm going to do my best to write addresses as neatly as possible. My handwriting is passable if I slow it down.
There's our game plan...handwriting. And it'll be just fine....and free.
How are you addressing your envelopes? Have you had any crazy moments like I did?
Me: So Paper Source has these red oval printable labels we could use for the envelopes, they'd be like $20. They have cuter ones but they are stupid expensive.
Ryan: Do we really need labels? You could spend that $20 shopping on our honeymoon (OK I totally added that sentence). I mean, why don't we just hand write the addresses on there?
Me: Long Pause. We can't afford calligraphy, that's like $2 an envelope.
Ryan: No, I'm saying we can write the addresses on there.
This is when I noticed a huge problem. Having been immersed in blogland since day 1 of wedding planning, it had never occurred to me until that exact moment that you could actually hand write addresses on to envelopes yourself without teaching yourself calligraphy.
I know. Ridiculous. I was too embarrassed to say that to Ryan, because really....that had never occurred to me. That's embarrassing.
So, I'm going to sweet talk my sister/maid of honor Alli into handwriting some addresses for me, because her handwriting is lovely, and I'm going to do my best to write addresses as neatly as possible. My handwriting is passable if I slow it down.
There's our game plan...handwriting. And it'll be just fine....and free.
How are you addressing your envelopes? Have you had any crazy moments like I did?
Monday, September 28, 2009
You are Cordially Invited
I was up in St Louis last weekend, and Ryan and I were out running errands. We dropped his mom off at the doctor's, and while we waited on her we went across the street to kill some time and found a cute stationary store.
We looked through the books of invites, and this was Ryan and I's favorite.
I know it's not the best picture, but the gist is a long vertical piece of paper with lots of white space. I don't know how difficult it is to see, but the envelope it goes in is the size of a normal business envelope, but it opens from the top. I am fascinated by this, I must locate them STAT.
Ryan saw this graphic on another set of invitations. Once again, please excuse my shameful photography skills, but the idea is a roughly drawn set of interlocking wedding bands.
I showed my friend Austin from work these invitations, and he's going to make them for us and try to incorporate the ring graphic! These made all of our paper things fall into place...we can make our programs and menus look just like them, and the directions/accommodations/map/response postcard can all have the same fonts and lots of white space so they'll all pretty much match but not look 100% identical. Austin is so generous to do this for us, and this will allow us to save a ton of money (in the store, this suite would've cost us at least $400).
I am going to cruise the interwebs today for some font ideas...I think I want one sans serif modernish-one and a script font that is easy to read but pretty.
We'll probably print them on white paper with black or charcoal lettering. Hopefully we can print a few lines in red and/or aqua.
Now I just need to find some nice heavy white cardstock and the business-sized envelopes that open from the top. I was also thinking about the map/directions/accommodations/response postcard...I'm worried about them getting stuck down in the envelope and our guests missing them, so I'm thinking a transparent inner envelope. Any other thoughts on how to keep all of that stuff together so nothing gets stuck? I'm not a belly band fan, and I would love to hear what you all think. You all always have such great ideas!
So ladies and gentleman, any tips on where to find a good, heavy white cardstock, or where to find these envelopes? I found some on Paper Source, but I love lots of options.
P.S. Austin and I have worked together since July and we just figured out 2 weeks ago that his grandma is my grandma's sister, making us 3rd cousins. I knew we were related somehow, because we both have last names that are pretty common in this area, I just didn't know we were so closely related! Small world, huh?
We looked through the books of invites, and this was Ryan and I's favorite.
I know it's not the best picture, but the gist is a long vertical piece of paper with lots of white space. I don't know how difficult it is to see, but the envelope it goes in is the size of a normal business envelope, but it opens from the top. I am fascinated by this, I must locate them STAT.
Ryan saw this graphic on another set of invitations. Once again, please excuse my shameful photography skills, but the idea is a roughly drawn set of interlocking wedding bands.
I showed my friend Austin from work these invitations, and he's going to make them for us and try to incorporate the ring graphic! These made all of our paper things fall into place...we can make our programs and menus look just like them, and the directions/accommodations/map/response postcard can all have the same fonts and lots of white space so they'll all pretty much match but not look 100% identical. Austin is so generous to do this for us, and this will allow us to save a ton of money (in the store, this suite would've cost us at least $400).
I am going to cruise the interwebs today for some font ideas...I think I want one sans serif modernish-one and a script font that is easy to read but pretty.
We'll probably print them on white paper with black or charcoal lettering. Hopefully we can print a few lines in red and/or aqua.
Now I just need to find some nice heavy white cardstock and the business-sized envelopes that open from the top. I was also thinking about the map/directions/accommodations/response postcard...I'm worried about them getting stuck down in the envelope and our guests missing them, so I'm thinking a transparent inner envelope. Any other thoughts on how to keep all of that stuff together so nothing gets stuck? I'm not a belly band fan, and I would love to hear what you all think. You all always have such great ideas!
So ladies and gentleman, any tips on where to find a good, heavy white cardstock, or where to find these envelopes? I found some on Paper Source, but I love lots of options.
P.S. Austin and I have worked together since July and we just figured out 2 weeks ago that his grandma is my grandma's sister, making us 3rd cousins. I knew we were related somehow, because we both have last names that are pretty common in this area, I just didn't know we were so closely related! Small world, huh?
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