Invitations, RSVPS, and Envelopes…oh my!

Hey guys! It’s been quite a while, but guess what!

WE’RE MARRIED!  :D

It’s been about a month since we’ve gotten back from the honeymoon and crossed the country to our new home for the next three years…and it’s been an interesting one at that! (More to come later on that particular topic, of course). I thought I would go ahead and share a couple of DIY tips now that the wedding is done and I can go into detail about all the projects.

This particular post is going to be an overview of the daunting invites that took over my life…Here are the end results!

This is what the envelopes for the whole package looked like…I ordered them off of http://www.envelopes.com.  I was extremely happy with the quality and price, well worth the money spent.

I am a little bummed that the picture quality isn’t the best, but I really think they looked cute even with all the effort! A tutorial will be up soon on how these were done, but in short, I took a picture of our engagement shoot and lined the envelopes with them! We got quite a few compliments on them.

Then there was the actual invitation…it came quite a long way since the last post about them, that’s for sure.

We also got a bunch of compliments on these as well, saying that they were “original” and “adorable”.  The tie untied and the flaps opened up to reveal our names.  Once again, a tutorial will be up soon for these!

Next was the RSVPs…

We wanted something different, we knew that.  But unfortunately…we made a grammatical mistake on ours! (Things happen right? ) So people didn’t really understand how to do them, but I still think they were super cute and fun! And just look at those gorgeous orange envelopes.

They were simple and matched wonderfully. I really do wish you could see them in person, as they were much better than this picture shows…we got some really awesome responses too that are going in our scrapbook, so that worked in our favor.

And here, in all of it’s glory, is everything that we sent out!  I had mixed feelings at first about them, thinking they were somewhat tacky…but I definitely love them now as they sit in their pretty little shadow box.

Until the tutorials, see you all next time!

- Sierra

I have this crazy idea…

So, I have this CRAZY idea that I am artistic enough to make the invitations myself….I blame it on Pinterest. I keep seeing these amazing invitations, but of course you have to pay a ridiculous amount for them.  Even if you get the “do-it-yourself” ones from Michael’s or Hobby Lobby you still end up paying a pretty penny for generic invitations. Now I know that I am not the most creative person and usually when I try things, they fail miserable. But here is the mock up of what I’ve come up with thus far:

{ The fonts and colors of the belly band I love, as well as the Raffia (I didn’t know what it was called either, so I ended up asking the sales lady for – I kid you not – ‘brown ribbony plant things’. She knew what I was talking about so all is well) but clearly the paper won’t be taped down…hahaha. I need an ink jet printer at school!}

Okay, okay. I know this looks like crap, but I was just trying to visualize what it would look for. I’m not that cheap that I’m about to send out invitations with scotch tape on them!  When you open up the bow, there are our names. If I end up doing this, I’ll definitely take pictures of the whole process.  But here is where I need some feedback before I start on this excursion:

What color font should be used? I have no idea, I did black but I think it looks way too plain! It’s just really drab. :\  I wish I could do silver, but I think even with a nice printer it will still come out gray on the card-stock.  I’m also thinking about these things:

I love them. I think they are the most adorable things ever from Oriental Trading Company – I already want to use them in the centerpieces, but I also think they would look really awesome on this invitation! Drill a hole in them and tie them with the bow!   Also the edges will be better cut with an actual tool that does things like that….  As for the RSVP cards? I love this idea, while incorporating a custom design with starfish or sand dollars —

Pretty simple to make, I think. I think the whole mad-lib idea is just much more fun and less stuffy. I’m not sure though on these as I still have to talk to the bigman about them…but I don’t think he’ll disagree if they are cheaper .  I’m also in the process of trying to find little mini envelopes for them.  I have yet to find any, so if someone knows of where those can be found let me know please!

As for the envelopes, I saw on another blog (http://thediybride2010.blogspot.com/2010/01/envelope-liners-check.html) these amazing awesome REALLY easy looking envelopes. This way it makes them something unique without having to buy all of that embossing equipment. I’m pretty much sold on this idea, we just need to get our engagement pictures (which I seem to be having a hard time picking outfits out, the horror!)

Aren’t these amazing?! I’ll have to find a purple envelope for the invites though…the maps/RSVP envelopes/etc will be using the lavender and orange colors. So what do you all think….think I can pull this off without my better (not to mention more artistic !) half?

- Si