Aloha Invitations!

June 2nd, 2009 @ 8:30 am by Mrs. Piglet

Mr Piglet and I hugged it out last night after finally finishing our wedding invitations! Seriously. I’m talking bear hug, two feet off the ground, ‘OMG we’re done’ kind of hug. What a relief to finally drop these in the mail. I have a new found respect for anyone who takes on this sort of DIY project. There are so many components, and if you lack attention to detail (*ahem*… ME), you’re bound to make some careless mistakes. For all you DIY invitation gals…

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While the invitations are en route, I’d like to share the sources of inspiration for our invitation suite. And there were many. It was TOO hard to settle on one idea, so I used them all. The thought did cross my mind that our invitations may resemble a Crayola color explosion, but thankfully, they turned out A.O.K.

I referenced these links/images over and over while designing the invites.

The Mr and I became huge fans of the trifold after seeing this particular invitation.

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Ceci’s >> White Label >> Destination Collection >> Big Island

Our trifold cover closely resembles this design. We loved the illustration of Diamond Head in the background, the beach setting with the surfers… all surrounded by palm trees… perfection!

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Hello!Lucky Retro Hawaii Invites designed by Lab Partners

You can kind of see the cover here. It merges the cover design of the trifold on Ceci’s Big Island suite with the Hello!Lucky Retro invites. The credit, and my gratitude, goes to these two vendors for their creative genius.

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Our gift card box was our inspiration for the postcard-esque response cards. In particular, we liked the ones with the images embedded in the block lettering.

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Recognize these beauties by Miss Mascara?! We loved the stamped look of her envelopes, and mimicked this for ours.

We tied it all together with the twine/embroidery string combo inspired by the tribal elegance invitations by Courtney on Weddingbee PRO. I’m a huge fan of all her work!

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Courtney @ Flush Designs

And there they go…

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Stay tuned for the invitation unveiling…

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17 Responses to “Aloha Invitations!”

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Miss Gloss (message) 1,053 posts, Bumble bee

Can’t wait!!

6/2/09 @ 8:46 am (reply)

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Saxon

Miss Piglet,

Who did your printing or did you do it yourself?

6/2/09 @ 8:52 am (reply)

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LoriLori (message) 234 posts, Helper bee

What size paper is the trifold on? I am digging those and might just have to have them!

6/2/09 @ 9:16 am (reply)

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purpleHaze79 (message) 875 posts, Busy bee

OhMahGah…. Where did you get your gift card box???? LOVE it!!!!

From the sneak peek, I can already tell your invitations are fabulous!!! Can’t wait for the big reveal!

6/2/09 @ 9:18 am (reply)

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Mrs. Sushi (message) 968 posts, Busy bee

Ohhhh….I’m loving ALL the details you went with! Can’t wait to see the actual invites!!

6/2/09 @ 9:21 am (reply)

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LatteLove (message) 4,094 posts, Honey bee

i want to see them!
i love your inspiration….a(and mr. piglet looks too happy to get those things outta here!)

6/2/09 @ 9:38 am (reply)

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Perk (message) 125 posts, Blushing bee

I LOVE the flourish stamp on the envelope! I just bought it after seeing Miss Mascara’s also!

And great idea for the card box!

6/2/09 @ 9:57 am (reply)

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Miss Mascara (message) 771 posts, Busy bee

Can’t wait to see the finished product! Especially the envelopes up close

6/2/09 @ 10:07 am (reply)

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Yin (message) 329 posts, Helper bee

You have some wonderful inspiration, and I cannot wait to see the invitations up close. They look great already from your sneak peak.

6/2/09 @ 10:08 am (reply)

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ggsb (message) 842 posts, Busy bee

I’m glad to see I’m not the only bride who put their invitations in a external box to mail them. I had a minor freak out later that day when it started to rain!
(they all arrived safely without damage)

6/2/09 @ 11:14 am (reply)

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Miss French Bulldog (message) 6,063 posts, Bee Keeper

Eee you tease! I can’t wait to see more!

6/2/09 @ 12:05 pm (reply)

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msashleymarie (message) 373 posts, Helper bee

Hooray! I’m excited to see!

6/2/09 @ 12:12 pm (reply)

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Miss Labrador (message) 1,324 posts, Bumble bee

Whoa. Intense. I just wish I had some craftiness like that in me! Good job!

6/2/09 @ 1:34 pm (reply)

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Miss Piglet (message) 629 posts, Busy bee

@Saxon: We used a print shop in Burbank for the digital printing, cutting, and scoring. We had a less than pleasant experience using their services. PM if you’d like specifics!

@LoriLori: We bought 11×17 cardstock, and the print shop we used cut it to size. Aren’t the trifolds so cool?

@purpleHaze79: Thanks! We bought it from a TJ Maxx Homegoods store for 12 bucks. It was such a random find!

@Mrs. Sushi: OooH, Mrs Sushi! I forgot to mention I used the tutorial on creating passport stamps from your save the date passports! Thanks love!

@Miss Mascara: Heehee, thanks for being so awesome!

6/2/09 @ 2:27 pm (reply)

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