Ms. Dahlia, Detroit/Cleveland
Age and Occupation: 24, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, IT System Administrator
Engagement Date: December 31, 2006
Wedding Date: May 2008
Blogging Since: September 19, 2007
Venue: United Methodist Cathedral & historic downtown hotel in Cleveland
About Me: I enjoy cooking, dancing and swimming. I am a geek and apply game theory to my everyday life. Winter is my favorite time of year, especially when spent curled up with good coffee and a book by Madeleine L'Engle.
Invitation - Part 1
March 12th, 2008 @ 3:15 pm by Ms. Dahlia
When we started looking at invitations, there was one in particular that caught our eye:
Classic and formal, but with a twist: a dark background with with white lettering. From Crane’s. Which also means that it was going to be at least $1000 over our invitation budget.
Given that it is extremely difficult to get light text on dark paper, thermography was ruled out. And letterpress was just outside of our budget.
But after seeing Mrs. Emerald’s posts about her invitations, I was inspired to do a little designing of my own. And with the Open Office Draw design program available for free, how hard could it be?
A screenshot of the invitation in progress.
Turns out, a whole lot more complicated than I thought. Let’s say for now that there is often a reason why things are free…
