Wedding Blog

Our invitations are finally proofed and off to the letterpress. Hopefully they’ll be back to us in a few weeks so we can make sure everyone has plenty of time to make reservations!

I was torn about whether to post a preview of the final digital mock-ups before getting the actual hard copy invites. But seeing as I’ve diligently laid them all out so I can be sure what they’ll look like, I really ought to share.

Here are the invitation envelopes and sash designs. The envelopes are letterpressed with wheat and have our address on the back flap. Our guests’ addresses will be printed on the front with Pantone-matched color on a regular printer.

The sashes will be made of Waste Not paper in red and chocolate, with our names on cotton Rives BFK (the same paper as our invites). I’m not sure whether to go horizontal or vertical, but Mr. Cherry Pie likes horizontal, so we’ll probably stick to that.

Next, we have our enclosure and invites. The enclosure is printed on Waste Not paper in Khaki, which is actually somewhat lighter and less yellow in person than in the digital mock-ups.

The enclosures are a tri-fold, which means that with the sash removed the guest will first see a blank panel, then two printed panels upon opening, then finally the open tri-fold with the invitation in the center.

The first printed panel has our wedding story, to answer any questions guests might have about why we’ve chosen to get married in Glacier National Park. The second panel has lodging, shuttle, and registry information, and the open tri-fold showcases the wedding story and directions plus a map.

The invitation is held in using khaki photo corners.

Finally, here are our RSVP cards and envelopes. The RSVP cards on Rives BFK paper and pressed double-sided with a space for guests to write a note. We also have an online RSVP form for the truly lazy.

I’m currently updating our personal wedding site & blog in order to better serve our guests once they receive their invitations. I want the pertinent info to be very easy to find for the most technologically challenged people (who will probably call us anyway!).

With that in mind, I created a splash page at the top level to direct visitors to the most important pages on the site:

I also updated the sidebar hierarchy so that all of the information is clearly grouped. You’ll notice that there is no link to the RSVP form and that’s because I didn’t want it to be truly public. Guests can access it by typing in the URL on the RSVP card.

Right now I’m working on updating the content of our site to make it really user-friendly so that everyone can get all the details they need. And because ours is a destination wedding, there are a lot of details.

Looking at our invite and wedding site, do you see anything that’s missing or unclear? I’ve been staring at these things for so long, I probably couldn’t catch the most obvious of errors.