And Now, I Proudly Present To You ..... MY INVITATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (with pics inside)
Original post by PreshusSmurf
I wanted to share these with the DIY Brides too ....
This project truly was the hardest part of wedding planning for me. I grew up with invitations, my parents had a business in Brooklyn all throughout my childhood, so stationery has always meant something to me. Even more so now, since it is my own chosen profession.
I must have looked through 100 different invitation albums, and even went to an industry trade show looking for new manufacturers because I initially didn't want the added stress of making my own invites. Nothing I saw really grabbed my attention. In the end I am glad I did them on my own though.
It took me forever to make all the final decisions, and I did run into some bumps along the way and have to come up with a 'plan b' .... but the end result was that my invites came out better than I ever could have dreamed or imagined.
Even though I sell invitations for a living, these really were a DIY project in a sense because I made them with my own 2 hands. I used one of my most trusted manufacturers to do the thermography printing and create the bottom layer of the invitations which is a chocolate brown beveled edge, and I purchased the chocolate brown boxes .... everything else was created by ME!
They were a labor of love, and what better way to invite all my nearest and dearest to a celebration of the love my FH & I share?!
So ..... here they are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew even before I was engaged that I would want hand calligraphy used to address my invitations. There is something so elegant, traditional and timeless about having them addressed to guests by hand. (Yes, that's $2 in postage !)
And they had to be mailed in a box!
I created a pocket inside the lid of the box to hold the inserts:
All the inserts:
This is the best pic I could take to show the bow with rhinestone and the thickness of the invite itself:
nifheim
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they are amazing!
PreshusSmurf
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Wow! Thanks for all the compliments ladies!!!!!!
The postage is just a regular USPS stamp (thank goodness they had something I liked, I really didn't want to pay the extra for the custom stamps)
I did not do the calligraphy, I am not THAT talented
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beautiful!
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wow, that looks great. you can tell how much work you put into designing and creating it. congratulations now that's over with. i guess you'll have to create programs, menus, stationary to match.
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Amazing!!!!!!!1
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Wow...those are amazing I'm sure many of us wish we were that talented
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oh my everliving lollipops!!!! these are INCREDIBLE!!!!! you did these yourself!??!?!?!? any tips on the process? i'm a scrapbooker so i'm wanting to make my own. what card stock did you use? where did you get the boxes!!! EXCELLENT EXCELLENT!!!
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absolutely amazingly beautiful!!
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OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!! Girl you are so talented
So do you have a website so we can order????!!!!
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BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!! Amazing job! You should be proud!!! XOXOXO Kitty
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wow wish i could afford to do something like that
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Wow how amazing and unique.
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Stunning!!!!
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AMAZING! EVERYTHING IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!
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Wow you really did a great job!
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Very amazing.
SparklingBride10
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they look awesome!!
Cami-girl
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Absolutely beautiful - great job...
katleigh3
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Absolutely beautiful!!!! You are VERY talented...I LOVE the pocket inside of the lid!
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I have no words at all. What an amazing job. You should take yourself out for a drink!
