04 May 2011

The Wedding Invitations!

I am so so excited to finally share my completed DIY wedding invitations! It was quite the process and there were definitely some sleepless nights, some tears and some wine (ha!) to get through it all. A shout out to J for being soooo supportive and constantly offering to help even though I was too controlling to let go of anything. This was the stack, ready to go to the post office yesterday morning!


And here are some shots of the final printed and cut invite pieces! Yay, it feels so good to finally share them with you and I'm so jazzed to hear from my guests once they receive them...


It's a little tough to read, but the invites say 'Boy meets girl. Twenty years later they're getting hitched...' as a cute little nod to our teenage years together. We're inviting our guests to 'join in the next chapter of our love story', since that's exactly what J and I have - a love story full of crazy chapters that take us up, down, here, there and finally - together.


 

I did the main invitation on a cream cardstock from Staples and the accompanying map was printed on a thinner 24lb laid white paper (has texture). The RSVP tags were printed on a turquoise scrapbook paper from Michael's in the colour Patina. I then cut them out and hole punched them to resember shipping tags. The thin jute twine is from Michael's as well.






The envelopes are kraft paper from Michael's. The return address labels are simply Avery standard labels I printed on at home. The guest labels are from Michael's and they're supposed to be favour stickers but I used them as address labels instead.


All the design was done in Photoshop and InDesign (ah the learning curve...) with the help of my lovely friend and co-worker Lorraine. She was such a doll and kept me from sweating things too much - thanks Rain!!

I hope you like them and a big hug to you all for all the words of encouragement during this process. Now I truly feel like all the tough stuff is out of the way and I can concentrate on having an awesome summer filled with cute DIY wedding projects. Nothing too too stressful (hopefully). That's the plan anyway!

Have an amazing day friends!

24 comments:

  1. These are so wonderful in every way! I'm sure your friends & family will be thrilled to receive them :)

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  2. Great job, Lenore! I love your design, the colors, the detail (yet simplicity) and of course, I love the twine+tags. Ok, basically, I love everything about them.

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  3. those are awesome!!! i wish i was getting married so i could copy you!!! :) might have to have a 10 yr anniversary party in 2013 just to d this.

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  4. GORGEOUS. simply gorgeous. you should be SO proud, Lenore!!

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  5. Lovely just lovely :)
    Great job Lenore!
    xo

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  6. These are so DANG cute! Holy moly,I absolutely adore them.

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  7. These are adorable! I love their simplicity, yet they have pizazz too!

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  8. I'm completely amazed, they look great! You did a wonderful job!

    Holly

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  9. they are sooo great looking!!! very exciting :)

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  10. so adorable! love that you made them ;)

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  11. Lovely! Fantastic job, your hard work was worth it!

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  12. very sweet. I love personal feel of them.

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  13. Lenore, these are fabulous! I love your wording you used. You did an amazing job.

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  14. Nothing bits personally doing the invites :) It's really putting your heart into it. :) My deepest congratulations to you both. Now I can't wait to see wedding photos :)

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  15. Yeh!! They look so great. I am excited to see the real thing. Thanks for the shout out :)

    oxo
    Lorraine

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  16. A huge undertaking of love, persistence and inspired creation, Lenore. Kudos to you for yet another masterpiece that you have crafted to make your wedding day and the journey leading up to it... joyful, memorable and filled with symbolic meaning that is special to you and J's heart. Your Dad and I look forward to receiving our invitation and we're counting the days with you.
    Love from your Dad and Laura

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  17. Oh my goodness!!!! These are gorgeous. Love em'. Congrats on the upcoming wedding. Soooo exciting!

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  18. oh my gosh these are amazing!! you did a fab job!!

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  19. Lovely work. You did an amazing job! And what a big job it was too.

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  20. The invitations are so great Lenore!!! You really went all out with the special papers and fonts, the reply tag, the twine all the way to the flower cut address labels. I hope you kept one for your wedding scrap book. What a fantastic personal touch and such a great way to set the mood for the wedding! I can't wait to see all the other creative details you are preparing!

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Thanks so much for stopping by, I love reading all your comments! If you have a specific question, please email me at lhume1@mts.net. XO Lenore