DIY invites!
Yeah, wedding invites are fun! I didn't have time to have them printed, so I made them myself, but I didn't want to spend too much so I got some invites and paper from SamFlax and lined their kinda looser envelopes with a Paris map theme, (since our venue is a French restaurant) to kinda beef them up.
The actual invites are a plain ivory card with a blind emobssed wreath on the top, the best ones I could find, I did only look in one store though, shame on me. I printed them, with our initials inside the wreath, sooo easy. I used Didot, not that you can tell in these photos, but I heart Didot...And I had soo much fun with stamps, I am an ebay stamp expert now, every night after work I take out the stamps and get to work, I can't remember having so much fun! I even stamped and addressed my thank yous already, yikes.
Oh, the coolest thing so far, I bought an embosser with our initials, (for after we get married) and I used it to personalize some simple but classic Cranes cards, (thank you cards, don't you know) so they look really understated but cool now, plus, I can buy any stationary I want and personalize...I admit, quite a bit our our mail had been "personalized" I got that thing in the mail and started stamping away!
LOVE the stamps! I think these look really great! I am off to go look at the Sneak Peak now. Congrats!!
ReplyDeleteThese look GREAT! I love the liners and the invites look very professional and lovely. It was a great idea to get your own embosser so you can customize any stationery! This makes it so easy!
ReplyDeleteI like the stamps...very clever. For our wedding invites (the print was in taupe) I spent FOREVER buying all the pens I could find that would perfectly match (for addressing) and that worked with the stamps as well. I think that was the most greuling decision...the right pen for the invitations!
ReplyDeletethey look absolutely brilliant and i adore your handwriting! :)
ReplyDeleteI really like the map lining, looks great! And the stamps too, maybe I should begin using several stamps instead of one just for fun.
ReplyDeleteIt is all so beautiful - I love the envelope lining and I am SO not surprised that you hand addressed them yourself - the handwriting is gorge! Exciting! :)
ReplyDeleteSo creative, and way cheaper I imagine. I love all the different stamps.
ReplyDeletethey are so creative - just lovely and so personal.
ReplyDeletei'm all about making my own stationary and these all look GREAT!
ReplyDeletethe map on the inside of the envelope is the fabulous touch most forgotten to be included. love it.
ReplyDeleteooh. i'm using some of the same vintage stamps for our invites! i LOVE the trees. and beautiful invites!
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