Our finished wedding invitations

It's been a while since I have posted here, and I have a lot to cover. First off though, is our finished wedding invitations.

I scoured the internet for the perfect wedding invitations, and I came to the conclusion I came to on many aspect of my wedding. . . .I'll just do it myself! That way, I'm happy with the product. First of all, we went with a pocketfold invitation. I mentioned in my previous post that I used the graphics fairy website for resources on designing them. That website has been a wonder to me and all the graphic design when it comes ot my wedding! I downloded a couple of fonts from various free font websites. The "cursive" looking font is called "Parisienne" and the block letter-looking font is call "Crushed." I thought they both played nicely against each other.

The way I edited the inviations was simply though Microsoft Word. I put the frame I wanted from graphics fairy on there and then made sure the frame went behind the text. I then used multiple text boxes to insert the wording on my invites. I made sure the text boxes did not have any fill to them or outline. I adjusted the colors on the font to match the frame as closely as possible. I found after I designed everything that I could fit two invites on one sheet of paper, two of the inserts on one sheet, and four of the RSVP cards.

After printing it all out, then came the fun (sarcastic here!) part of putting it all together. I had a on Complete Works of William Shakespeare around I was oksy with tearing to pieces. Let me back up one step here. I ordered all my supplied from www.cardsandpockets.com. Before I setteled on any colors, I ordered samples. This proved to be a very important step. I didn't like some of the colors I received originally, so I sent away for more options and finally find a combination I liked. When I ordered the samples, I also ordered a sample of an ivory envelope liner. So when it came time to assembling everything, I had a template to follow.

We decided to put the Shakespeare text in the envelope, the inside flap, and the pocket. This was SO much labor! Way more that I anticipated. However, it was worth it in the end. It was such a beautiful touch, and it made for very unique invitations!

All in all, it took three of us five hours to put together 50 invitations, and that's without addressing them. However, all that labor was worth it when I got so many wonderful compliments on how beautiful then invitations were!