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I spent a Wednesday night putting our invitations together. We went with an unconventional wedding invitation: a very large poster. I think it’s 9″x21″. Seriously. No reply card or maps were included, just instructions to email RSVPs to our new communal email address.
Roll
Roll (only for out-of-town guests)
Band - I bet you can imagine a rubber band 
Wrap
Stuff
Label
Repeat - 50 times!
I got the paper lace on Etsy from bookerpie. 12 yards for $3.50? A steal! I put the invitations together while Mr. Joey watched a UW basketball game. He offered his help, but I had fun doing it myself.
The last step in the packaging process was putting on the stamps, but they hadn’t arrived when I was assembling the invites. I found stamps I like, but they weren’t available at my post office. It took a week to get them, but aren’t they super cute?!
My “workstation”
Did you put your invitations together all at once, or in steps? Did you have a team, or did you do it yourself?
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Oh, they definitely look like bells to me now! I LOVE the wrap you’re using — is that ribbon?
those invitations are great! I love how non-traditional they are, and your labels are so fun!!
These are so awesome! I’d be pretty excited if I got this in the mail! Very cool, Miss Joey!
What a great idea! I just sent my Save the Dates out this morning and it took me several nights to finish the product! I kept getting tired of working on it and took way too many breaks!
A poster invite? I love it! So unique and original, and I’m ALL about being unique.
where did you get the “Stuff”?
LOVe those stamps! And the poster is such a great idea - very original!
I LOVE the poster invite. Very original.
You can bet your sweet behind the FI will be helping me put together the invites to get them ready for the mail. =D
I have that paper lace in black! It looks beautiful in yellow. I love your invitations!!!
Wow! These are so unique! I love the paper lace.
I just put my invites together on Monday & Tuesday nights, and mailed them yesterday!
How early are you sending yours out? (Just asking because I know your wedding isn’t until August, but I heard that the postal rate may go up in May.)
Neato! I would do a happy dance to find something as unique and fun in my mailbox.
Just out of curiousity: how many stamps did you have to use on each?
@BeachBrideT: We sent them out already. It’s really early but I travel a lot for work and get about 1 week notice for a months long trip. Something like that throws all the wedding planning off.
I love your invites, but you’re making me feel behind. I just bought stamps yesterday!
Love your invites!! Wow, I would totally frame that.
Those look great! I’ve been looking for some lace like that to wrap votive candles with, too! Thanks for the resource.
Those stamps ARE cute! I’m getting more and more intimidated by my invites…they’re ambitious, and they’ll take up a lot of time!!
:-S
The paper lace is awesome! These are so unique. If I had to do it all over again, I’d be digging the poster idea!
OMG everything is so cute! Again, I LOVE the poster! The band and the stamps and the address labels! I have invite envy
I love the flower stamps but they are only 41 cent stamps how many did you have to use?
@Amanda71109: We had to use 5. Postage came to $2.02 a piece but the invites cost less than $3.00 each including all the paper, screen-printing, tubes, paper lace and all the supplies I bought but didn’t use. I probably could have produced them for about $2.00 each if I hadn’t tried to screen-print them myself first.
Wow, that’s such a unique invite! I’ve finished parts of my invitations little by little. I can’t finish it ALL completely because some things need to be finalized. And I’ve been feeling oh-so unmotivated lately. Kudos to you for completing them though! You must feel so relieved!
I love them!! So talented and so unique.. if I was your guest I’d keep the invitation forever and ever!
The yellow wraps are gorgeous!! I may need to use them for bridal shower invites!
The paper lace is SUPER cute!! I think these are so fun. You did a great job! What a unique and fun idea.
I’m planning on doing a poster for our save-the-dates! Yours look so great! Love the colours!
@meganmp1: here’s the link http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/03/19/what-no-wedding-website/
So cute! Thanks… wish I could have seen it before our wedding:):):)
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Mrs. Joey, Seattle
Age and Occupation: 28, Project Administrator for Public Health NGO
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, High School History Teacher
Engagement Date: June 24, 2008
Wedding Date: August 2009
Venue: Eastside Catholic Chapel and Lake Union Cafe
About Me: I'm a Seattle girl through and through except for the fact that I don't drink coffee. I love my job most of the time because I get to travel and work with brilliant people who are trying to prevent Malaria. I love DIY projects of all sorts, cooking, and watching sports. I'd wear anything at Anthropologie and could spend all day on Etsy. I love to travel but shouldn't because I always get myself into unbelievable situations!
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