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Our invitations were mailed out a little over a week ago, and now that they have reached all of our guests, I am ready to reveal them!
I’ve tried to put this post together to show the visual steps that a guest would take as they opened our invitations. I also did this because I had a hard time understanding how to “stuff” all of the information, and hope this visual will be helpful to the hive.
I will do another post with the details of our invites. For now, just think of them as eye candy! 
Let’s start at the beginning…
I wish I didn’t have to blank anything out; the graphic looks better with our full names!
You can’t see how the blue Gocco ink shimmers when photographed flat, so I took this angled shot:
I was super excited to send an invitation to President Obama. It was supposed to be a surprise for Mr. Taffy, but he saw it by accident.
A closer look at our custom stamps from Zazzle:
There you have it! I’ll write another post soon detailing the specifics of the invites and the saga to get these babies addressed, stamped, and out into the world! We have already received lots of RSVPs and are very excited!
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So modern and fun! I love the idea of inviting the president….cute idea 
LOVE your invitations (and your presentation)! Always impressed with gocco’d invites. Lovely!
Very nice!
Questions, did you print by hand or by computer the addy on the front envelope?
Did stamps from Zazzle cost more?
Why did you send a invite to President Obama?
I love the presidential invite!
We’re Canadian and still plan on inviting Obama, The Pitts, and Don Cherry- if for no other reason than to make a funny speech about those who we’re unable to make it to the wedding
I’m dying to know how/where you found that black bow! Is it DIY or did you buy them or were they part of your invite set? I’d LOVE to do something similar!!!
Nice job on the invites! They turned out great! I love the idea of inviting the president!
These are wonderful!! Here’s to hoping the Obamas RSVP with an absolutely!!!
I love them and how you incorporated your design onto the stamp.
They look awesome!! I hope our gocco’d invites come out half as good as yours!! I love the graphic that is carried throughout too - so modern and sweet and not overwhelming.
Ooh Taffy these are great! Love how cohesive everything is, and how they’re formal…but still really FUN!!
I just love the font you used, can’t wait to read about the details!
Your invites are so lovely! Everything is very cohesive and professional looking. Would you mind sharing the font you used for the envelopes? Its awesome!
Pres Obama wont attend he is to busy spending all of America’s money!!
They came out great!! Did you hand address them too? I love the blue envelopes.
I love the writing on the envelopes! They seem too perfect to be hand calligraphy — did you print them? If so, what font did you use?
What an awesome job you did! And I love the presidential invite
Ohh I love the lil’ strip tease.
Love the touch of the stamp!
We sent an invite to the president too, but it was before Obama was in office. We got a nice lil’ card from the Bush’s congratulating us. A nice memento.
Lovely! That black bow is so classy, and ties it all together so well (no pun intended, really!!)
I can understand why you are getting so many people responding already to you! Most people put off their responses. But your design and the presentation of your invites would make anyone receiving it want to make sure you know they want to attend!
Thanks!!! I was so excited to post the reveal! Let me answer some of your questions now, and more info will be posted soon.
@Gerbera: @jesstagirl: @Ms. Scrabble: @suz: The font is Kon Tiki Enchanted from Veer:
http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=JBT0000027
I did a sneaky trick for the envelopes, it was a post here on weddingbee from earlier this year that I will link to in my details post. We printed the addresses in light gray and I wrote on top of them with a black pen. Soo much work, but worth it in the end!
@Naomi: The black bows were DIY and super fast, easy and came out to cost about 25 cents per invitation. Very much worth it! I’ll post more details in the next entry.
@Gerbera: We sent an invitation to President Obama in hopes of receiving a response, just for fun. I was hoping to keep it a secret from Mr. Taffy until something came back in the mail, but I accidentally left it out on our kitchen table.
Those are amazing! I love the step by step photos like we get a chance to open them with your guests.
Ok now I am DYING for you to do the post on the ribbons! I was trying to figure out how to do this and now I’m sending my invites out in less than a week but I think I could do it! I have lots of girls in my house
If you wouldn’t mind emailing me I’d be forever grateful! naomitrout@gmail.com (maybe just a hint like if you used double sided tape and how you got the bow so darn cute!) If not, I’ll try to be patient and wait!
Thank you!!!!!
@Naomi: Will do! These were so quick to make, it was crazy. with two bridesmaids, it took around two and a half hours, start to finish!
YAY!!! I can’t tell you how happy I am right now (jumping up & down!). My family will think I am insane for adding another DIY, but I don’t care…they are amazing!
Ooooo Taffy, these are so gorgeous!! I love them. The font you used is perfect. I think the number one thing I’m sad about missing out on is Save The Dates and Invitations. I love paper products! (I’m anxious to design our announcements, at least!)
I invited the President too!! These are great! I love your colors.
FYI, you can “invite” the president up to 12 months after your wedding. So any of you dying for an Obama greeting are still eligible to get one so long as you didn’t get married more than a year ago from the day you send in your request and so long as you are US citizens (sorry Canadians!). On Bush’s website there was a “greetings request” page where you put in your information and it did it automatically for you, but it appears Obama is taking the paper route: http://www.ehow.com/how_4704148_wedding-greeting-president-barack-obama.html
We invited the Obamas and have yet to receive anything back from the White House? How long does it take? Also, don’t forget Mickey & Minnie. We DID get an autographed personalized pic from them!!!
Taaaaaaffffffyyyyyyyyy! I love these!! Oh my goodness - these may be my favorite invitations that I’ve seen so far. Incredibly sophisticated, yet simple - in a very good way!
Wow - I can’t get over it!
i love how fun your invites turned out! i would definitely be excited to receive on in the mail.
You must post and let us all know if President Obama replys! Such a cute idea!
Taffy these are beautiful and I love their little touch of whimsy
My favorite touch is the bow!
These are so cute! Did you design the graphic yourself? You should enter them in the DIY wedding invitations contest over at http://www.do-it-yourself-invitations.com
They are awesome!
@ChelseaMorning- The Zip code on that “ehow” website is wrong!! Miss. Taffy’s address is correct if you want to do it!
Taffy, you have mad cool style.
I love it! Your work shows and kicks some major butt!
I love these invites!! And don’t forget to send Bo an invitation!
You invited someone in Mission Viejo! I went to Mission Viejo High School!
Beautiful invitations - love the cursive font!
Ms. Taffy - I LOVE the ribbon as well. Like your earlier admirer, I am gearing up to send out my own invitations and would love to know how you put those bows together. I really enjoy a good DIY wedding project! My e-mail is cereshovers@yahoo.com. Thanks very much!!
I love, love your invites. I have never heard of inviting famous people (i.e. the Obamas, Mickey Mouse etc). That’s a fun mental note for a few months down the road.
Also, did you go to U of M? If so, Go Blue!
They came out great, they match your save the dates perfectly!
Miss Taffy! Would you mind also sharing with me how you made such a crisp ribbon on your invite? jenwindy at hotmail dot com They look great!
@Rachel: Mr. Taffy’s brother designed them for us! Thanks for the link though!
@caseyleah315: We did! The name and street address on that envelope is fake though. I liked the way that Mission Viejo looked in our font when I addressed the real one, so I used it for my “display” copy.
@CeeCee: @jenwindy: I am almost finished with my post, so I promise it will be up soon! In the meantime, I found this tutorial by Mrs. Emerald with a similar bow, in fact, I’m going to link to it in my post!
http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/03/29/its-all-about-the-packaging/
@ETwedding: Yes! Yay, Michigan!
So 50’s. So Fab. I expect Dean or Frank or Tony to start singing. Love them.
Your invitations (in fact all of your DIY projects) are just beautiful!!
Love them!!! The colors are great, the design is fun and the coordinating stamp? Genius!
love the black bow and how all your elements are so coherent!
Can you let us know where you found the free Photoshop brushes you used?
They look gorgeous, Taff! I LOVE the final product! We also sent an invite to President and Mrs. Obama, which we were really excited about!
Everything is too cute and fun for words! If I was having a more modern themed wedding, I’d steal (borrow:D) this idea.
i absolutely ADORE your invites! they set the tone for your spring wedding! so modern fun and whimsy! great job!
your invitations are awesome!! the cool thing about inviting the president is that you’ll receive a card signed by him and the first lady, which is a great keepsake.
Love the bow. You’ll have to share how you did that! It would fit so well with my invites!
@MK: We didn’t design the invites, Mr. Taffy’s brother did, and I think he used illustrator. Sorry I don’t have more info!
@WorstTwinEver15: The next entry on the “taffy” page has a tutorial on the bows. Check it out!
Sorry to respond so late to a request by a previous poster. To send a wedding invitation to Mickey & Minnie in CALIFORNIA, here is the addy:
Mr. & Mrs. Mickey and Minnie Mouse
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
As I mentioned earlier, even though we were married on February 28th and mailed our invites at the beginning or mid-December, we received an autographed and personalized 8X10 pic of Mickey & Minnie in mid-March! It is a nice little thing to add to my scrapbook. =)
I love the idea of sending invites to celebrities/ the Prez! I’m totally stealing that idea!!
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Mrs. Taffy, Ann Arbor
Age and Occupation: 28, Color and Materials Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Automotive Designer
Engagement Date: May 9, 2008
Wedding Date: May 2009
Blogging Since: September 14, 2008
Venue: University of Michigan Union
About Me: I’m a girl who is crazy about Mr. Taffy, sewing, dancing, almost all types of sweets, and our cute pet canaries. I dislike touching fuzzy fabric of any kind, eating somewhat squishy food, and Michigan winters. Mr. Taffy and I are having a blast planning our Ann Arbor wedding, and cannot wait to share our day with friends and family.
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