Weddingbee Blog

Ah, the joy of the first registry purchase. That buoyant balloon of delight…quickly burst by the realization of the need for thank you cards.Since we took the fancy schmancy train to Invitesville via letterpress, we wanted to do something more casual and relaxed for our thank yous. And personalized. Personalized is the name of the game. So in a spin off of a Martha idea, and with our “Sweetest Type of Love” theme as inspiration, we came up with some dorky, squinty picture postcards:

We haven’t decided which dorky squinty version we like better. They both have their dorky squinty charms. All I know is, I am NOT re-doing this particular shoot, dorky squintiness be damned. We have just spent too much time in front of the lens lately, what with the (still unfinished) table number photos and…well, I guess that’s it.

The extremely technical specs for this process include

1. Buying stick-on felt letters and attaching them to t-shirts
2. Squinting like dorks in your backyard for a photographer friend (for maximum squintiness, aim for late afternoon, depending on the directional orientation of your residence)
3. Uploading photos to Flickr, and ordering customizable postcards from Moo (about a buck each)

You’ll know you’re in the right place when you see this handy, option-rich layout:

I like that we’re just kickin’ it in our natural habitat (especially since we have so many out-of-towners to whom our desert is exotic). And I like that a postcard doesn’t have a ton of blank white space to fill up.

We haven’t placed the order yet, so I’ll be sure and let you guys know how they come out. Theory vs. practice and all…

What’s everyone else doing for thank yous? Are you matching the rest of your invitation suite or doing something entirely different?