You’re Invited to Our Big Fat Brown Wedding!
July 16th, 2008 @ 7:18 pm by Mrs. Margarita
Our invitations took me forever to finalize. I fussed and fretted over every little detail from line thickness to wording. I changed the paper, the design and I think lost my mind in the process. But I am SO glad I did because I ended up with these beauties:
Outside of our invitation with our monogrammed bellyband:
I love the huge lotus and the hanging garlands of flowers.
This is the inside of our pocket fold style invitation. The pocket holds our homecoming reception, mendhi, directions, RSVP and response envelope. Our main invitation is mounted on the other side.
Our main invitation:
Homecoming reception card:
Mendhi card:
Directions card:
RSVP card:
Response envelope:
Outer envelope:
These pictures really don’t do them justice. I assure everyone that the colors are very vibrant and the gold shimmery paper glows. I think Saima used the same gold paper on Mrs. Jasmine’s invitations.
I am so happy with the end results and think Saima did an amazing job creating invitations that are modern but with a classic South Asian feel. Now I’m excited to infuse some of the invitation elements (lotus flowers and our monogram) into the wedding. 
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23 Responses to “You’re Invited to Our Big Fat Brown Wedding!”
Your pickiness definitely paid off. These are gorgeous! Samia’s designs are absolutely wonderful!
They’re so beautiful! Isn’t Saima the best? She does such an amazing job of creating South Asian-inspired designs that are still very modern and innovative. Your guests are going to be wowed.
they are so pretty i wanna eat them!! i really should stop trying to eat EVERYTHING all the time…
Very pretty!
So beautiful!
Invites are amazing! They are so beautiful and definitely have your touch, which I love.
They’re beautiful! Nice attention to detail…very well done.
Shannon
Those garlands are the perfect touch I think. They’re so drippy and luscious.
Stunning- worth every headache!
How cool. I love your cards. We are having a half brown wedding as well and just got our cards recently (i just took pics tonight actually!). I was really happy with ours until I saw yours….very nice work. I saw the ones that Mrs. Jasmine got and it looks like Saima did no less then perfection on yours as well. Really really nice.
They are stunning!!
You, in the US, have the most gorgeous wedding invitation ever seen. I spend hours on the web to look at those things and these one specifically are so beautiful, elegant, original, good done!
In Italy we have just the only W invitation seen and seen and seen over and over…
Thank you everyone!
@Mrs. Jasmine: Saima does always do a beautiful job I also loved how you infused your monogram elements in your wedding
@Miss Green Tea: I am always trying to eat things too, its okay
@Groomzilla: I just went to your site and I love your invites too! I especially love the bird - what a cool way to turn your culture and religion into art.
Damn! Those are gorgeous. Your invitations look like the photos I like to take. And I love the brown kraft element with all those deep colors. Yum!
They really are perfect, I love the garlands and lotus flower!
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I love your invites! The hues are beautiful and I especially love the garlands. And you included a Homecoming card - great idea! I recently got engaged to a gentleman of Sinhalese origin so we’ll be having a Homecoming Reception as well. We’ve been specifically looking for a non-religious card and yours gave us some great ideas!
Miss Margarita, Boston/Los Angeles
Age and Occupation: 26, Healthcare Consultant
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Doctor
Engagement Date: March 21, 2007
Wedding Date: August, 2008
Blogging Since: June 18, 2008
Venue: Saddlerock Ranch
About Me: I grew up in Southern California, moved to Boston for college, New York for grad school, back to Boston and now I travel the northeast every week for work. When I'm not on the go, I love to read, draw, shop, sleep and spend quality time with my fiancé, family and friends. We're long-distance planning for our "big fat brown wedding" in California and are excited to unite our Sri Lankan and Indian cultures and Buddhist and Hindu religions in a unique and modern way.
Oh… wow… beautiful…