Mrs. Tiramisu, Annapolis, MD/Maine
Age and Occupation: 26, Eye Doctor
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Project Manager/Real Estate Management grad student
Engagement Date: May 15, 2007
Wedding Date: July, 2008
Blogging Since: March 4, 2008
Venue: Oceanfront lawn and tent
About Me: I was born and raised in Maine, now living in Annapolis, Maryland and planning a hometown wedding from afar. I’m nothing short of obsessed with wedding planning, and am loving the do-it-yourself madness that has now taken over my life! As for me, I’m a craft-loving, martini-drinking, girly-girl who loves traveling, photography, my schnauzer, and above all, spending time with Mr. Tiramisu.
Ta Da!
April 28th, 2008 @ 5:34 pm by Mrs. Tiramisu
I’m taking a break from my double-stick-tape-covered invite assembly marathon to finally post these! Now that they’re done, I’m actually a little nervous to show them off… I’ve been working on them for so long! I’m excited to stop thinking about them and just finally get them mailed out.
Drumroll please…
Unassembled
(click to enlarge or scroll down for the grand tour)
Front
Opened
Reception Card
RSVP Card
Website Card
Envelopes
Even though these took forever to design, gocco, and now put together, I’d still definitely recommend DIY. I had a love-hate relationship with them at times, but in the end I can say I’m happy with how they turned out- and psyched about all the money I saved by making them myself. Cost breakdown to come!
24 Responses to “Ta Da!”
Simpy gorgeous! So elegant yet modern!
These are amazing. The satin ribbon looks especially perfect, given the color combination. Nice job!
They are stunning! Can you please tell me the name of the non-script font you used?
I LOVE how there turned out! Great job Miss. T 
BEAUTIFUL! I just can’t even use another word at all!
Beautiful! Did you Gocco all of the addresses, or are those the RSVP envelopes?
Wonderful job! Wow . . . .
Wow–stunning! Congrats on being finished and on designing such a fabulous invite!
Beautiful!
i think my question is the same as erica’s: did you burn separate screens for each address you’re sending an invite to? i always thought the gocco was only good when making multiple copies of the same image.
by the way, these look fantastic. i LOVE the swirly front, and i’m so glad to see how wonderful the metallic ink looks gocco’d onto dark paper.
This are beautiful. Cant wait to see the cost breakdown. Would love to know where you gathered your supplies from as well.
Angie
They seriously are fantastic. I wish I were getting something that special in the mail!
The gold on blue looks gorgeous (especially on the ‘Celebrate’ card) … very rich looking.
(Erica/melodicsighs1 … it looks like the blue envelope (with the gocco’d address is the RSVP one, with the white one being the outer envelope.)
Stunning!!
@ lou: ohh, you’re right! haha, i’m slapping my forehead now.
Thanks so much guys!
@Tierney: The non-script font is Mona Lisa.
@Erica: @melodicsighs1: @lou: Yeah, that’s the RSVP return envelope- sorry, I should have said that! My mom will be addressing the ivory outer envelopes in gold ink- Gocco wouldn’t be very good for that!@Elizabeth: Thank you so much for saying that about the ribbon- I changed the color a few times but kept coming back to that blue
I love your invites. The colors are greate and I love the Celebrate heading on the reception card.
I expecially liked the way you attached the enclosures. I want pocketfolds but they are so expensive to buy and time coonsuming to make for craft challenged people like me. The ribbon with the pretty clip is a great idea.
Gorgeous! We also designed our own and had a love-hate relationship with the process. They looked just how I wanted them to in the end. but ooohhhh, the process. LOL!
I loooooove the invite cover. Great scrolls and great colors!
how did you do the ribbon on the front cover and inside of the invitation? it looks great and I’d love to try it on ours. Great job!
@red99hb: Hi! I made a slit at the fold, fed the ribbon through, and the ends meet underneath the tag on the front. I had to use a ruler to get it straight every time, which has been the most time-consuming part (I still have almost 100 to put together!).
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These are BEAUTIFUL!!! I’m so impressed. I’m also planning on making our own invitations (also through Paper Source) and it’s so great to see what you’ve done! I’m totally new to the Gocco process….Did you Gocco each of those pieces? Where you have light blue and gold, were you able to do that on the same screen, or did you have to do that twice? Thank you SO much for opening my eyes to a whole new process that I can use!!!
I love these invites, they are so beautiful! I am not as crafty as you bee’s, but I can appreciate what a wodnerful creation you have made.
