You are invited!

I had the invitations printed this week, and I am very happy with the final product.  The invitations were printed on a heavy white shimmer cardstock.  I think they look very timeless and classy.  I am just glad all parties involved could finally agree on a design!

Invitation Suite

Up close...

...and personal!

I was slightly nervous about the envelope selection.  I ended up going with the turquoise blue envelope so it would stand out when mailed.  However, the color of the invitation ink ended up looking slightly lighter when printed.  I wasn't sure if they matched closely enough, but the colors clearly look compatible when photographed.  Most people throw the envelope away anyway, right?  Do you think they look like they match?  This was the inspiration for the turquoise envelopes, by the way:

I <3 turquoise!

The next project is to design the wraparound address labels.  Here is my inspiration:

 

Still deciding on how I should style the labels!  Any favorites?  I would prefer to print the labels in black and white only to save money.  As I found with my invitations, color printing is SUPER expensive!

My invitations would be so much better with these laser-cut belly bands.  Alas, they are much too expensive to even fathom purchasing:

Next project will be working on the wedding programs!

Say Cheese!

Today's excitement: I got 250 business cards in the mail which instruct guests how to upload their photos to a Flickr website to share them with us.  On the back, I am going to put a label with our new address once Lee and I find a new place to live.  I am very happy with how they turned out!  Vistaprint does their job well!

I can't wait to see the pictures people take on our wedding day!

Changing It Up

First we changed our invitation, and now we are changing our first dance song.  Lee and I have picked a song of the Jason Mraz album coming out in April.  Both of us have liked Jason Mraz for a long time, and we think this is a beautiful song.

In other wedding news, I bought a super cute white sequined dress for upcoming bachelorette festivities.  I've started accumulating pictures for our wedding slideshow.  I have a few projects that I am waiting until closer to the wedding to finish, including printing wedding programs, figuring out candy favors, and writing wedding vows.  Also, Lee and I have been attending premarital counsling classes through our church in Portland.  There are a handful of other items to work on, but the to-do list is becoming much more manageable. 

Less than four months!

Eat, drink, and be married!

Paper straws for by the punch bowl.  I couldn't resist!

Invitations

Starting back at square one and putting it up for a vote...    :(