Brainstorming For Invites

Brainstorming For Invites

August 20th, 2007 @ 9:32 am by Mrs. Peony

I whipped this up the other day while playing on my Mac:

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Our monogram. Can you see the large L and two smaller J’s? What do you think?

I also started going through tons of pictures of invitations to get some ideas. While there are some very beautiful invitations out there, I could only find one example of a tri-lingual one. This is from Double Happiness Creations:

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Very nice, but I wanted pocketfold style invites. Kinda like this one from Renaissance Writings:

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But I didn’t want the Chinese and Korean translations to go into the pocket. A bit of a dilemma.

Then, à la Emeril, BAM! I got an idea. What if I had the Chinese and Korean translations on either side of the main page, folding down? Kinda like this:

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(Original image taken from Cards & Pockets. Please excuse my poor rendering; I was too lazy to go to the Mac so I used Windows Paint.)

Can you picture it? I’m getting all giddy thinking about it! silly040 I will most likely be ordering the envelopes from Cards & Pockets since they’re only $1 each. Becky, their very nice, very patient rep whom I’ve been nagging incessantly, said the extra sheet will be $1.00-1.75 each (depending on what type of paper) and there will be a one-time setup charge of $130. I promise I will post a break-down of the prices (and include lots of pictures) when I’m done!

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17 Responses to “Brainstorming For Invites”

Guest

bride of rochester

what a brilliant idea! when i first read it, i pictured a booklet, but I love the fold-out idea– everyone gets equal billing!

8/20/07 @ 9:39 am (reply)

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dddd89

I think the monogram is very hard to read. I didn’t know what the letters were until you mentioned it. Try to find a script font that’s less exaggerated. I love the pocketfold mockup for the Chinese and Korean translations!!!!! Great idea!

8/20/07 @ 9:41 am (reply)

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Christine

The fold-out (three language) idea is pretty cool. The monogram is tough to read but very pretty nonetheless. Great start!

8/20/07 @ 9:44 am (reply)

Guest

The monogram is a little hard to read. You might want to try using two types of fonts. One for the middle letter and another for the other two.

8/20/07 @ 9:44 am (reply)

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Miss Peony

Thank you to you both! dddd89 - believe it or not, that was the look I was going for with the monogram….I’m not too partial to them so I was just playing around to create a motif that incorporates our initials without look too monogram-y. But after thinking about it for a bit, we might not have one at all. We’ll see. Thanks for your honest input!

8/20/07 @ 9:47 am (reply)

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Courtney

I think the monogram is hard to read, as well. Perhaps you could change the color of your and your FI’s initials?

8/20/07 @ 9:48 am (reply)

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Sara

Yes, the monogram is difficult to read. If you really want to use the same font for all of the letters, I would suggest trying to have the Js in a different color (darker).

8/20/07 @ 9:49 am (reply)

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Andria

Everything looks great, and although I know what you’re going for in your monogram, the first impression of it doesn’t say “monogram” but more like “wait a minute….what is that?”. I know you were going for something that doesn’t look too monogram-y, but the purpose of a monogram is to see the three letters. I think you could do just a little tweaking and make it a little more recognizable and still have it look not so monogram-y.

8/20/07 @ 10:31 am (reply)

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Judy

great!!!
you might want to consider having either your initials a different colour so it stands out more

8/20/07 @ 11:15 am (reply)

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Moi

The “J” on the left looked like a “K” to me.

8/20/07 @ 11:29 am (reply)

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Mary

OK, sorry if I am just completely out of it, but I have a Mac, can you tell me how to make a monogram; that is super cool!
Thanks!

8/20/07 @ 11:56 am (reply)

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Linda

The monogram is a little too much. I couldn’t figure out the letters. Maybe one big exaggerated letter and the two on the side not soo much.

I love your idea of the invite! It’s a great way to incorporate all the cultures for your wedding!

8/20/07 @ 1:12 pm (reply)

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Tea

i like the tri-fold idea for the invites in chinese and korean. that was a very clever way of handling it. great job.

but i agree that the monogram is hard to read. at first glance i couldn’t make out any of the letters.

8/20/07 @ 1:14 pm (reply)

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hoshi

hey miss peony. i think you should space your j’s a little further out and make the L a heavier weight.

i did these for my friend’s wedding:

http://www.xanga.com/monkichi21/573158281/invitations-check.html

she was chinese marrying a viet, so we did viet/english/chinese and i matched the colors to her bridesmaid dresses and i made her monogram.

feel free to contact me if you need any help. since i loved doing her invites, i’m hoping to maybe start up an asian invitation side business (i’m a graphic designer by trade). so, i’d love to help you ^_^ (hhjms [at] hotmail [dot] com).

8/20/07 @ 1:32 pm (reply)

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aoedorothee

that’s fabulous that you found someone to custom-make your pocketfolds! that’ll save you sooo much headache!

i agree with hoshi… i know you’re trying to go for something more stylistic and less distinct for each letter. but the swirls look a bit too messy. maybe if you at least made the L more distinct with a heavier bold and lighten the weight of the J’s it will be more pleasing to the eye.

8/20/07 @ 2:32 pm (reply)

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Cindy

that was my original dilemma - i was going to have the chinese and korean folding over the main part of the invitation. i was ready to give up and just do the chinese and korean as an insert.

at the bridal show i went to they had a pocket invitation with the english/chinese/korean being in the middle, just folded over on top of each other. it’s a bit hard to explain, and i don’t have a visual example.