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Once we I had addressed all the international envelopes, Mr. D and I began to assemble the invitation suite. I really shouldn’t call it a suite, because I have seen some of the most amazing invites (many here on Weddingbee!) and ours don’t come close. Our invitations are simply an invitation, an RSVP card, and lastly, a reception card.

The day we were to fly from the USA to England we packed these invitations to be sent from within the UK and we realized that we forgot to include wording about the reception on the invitations. Granted, it should be pretty obvious that people should stay put for drinks, dinner and dancing - but we just wanted to be clear for anyone that could be confused. So, Mr. D hopped on his laptop and designed a mini reception card, which we zinged off to Kinko’s to be picked up after visiting my grandmother and before hopping on the plane. Hello, last minute! Mr. D designed every inch of the suite with minimal input from me. We embossed the invitations, the birds on the RSVP cards, and due to the last minute nature of the reception cards, those were just printed.

To reduce paper and (domestic) postage, we opted for postcard RSVPs. Here is the full “suite”:

The only difference between the international and domestic invites is that we used different ribbon. We also hand delivered more English invites than US ones, and at the post office I didn’t feel like I had much of a choice when it came to stamps. In fact, I’m sure George the Postmaster thought I was crazy for taking  photos of the stamps! In my defense, I was very excited that they matched the envelopes and the gold writing I had done for the addresses.

Though the international invites have been out for quite a while, it took me forever to get around to writing this post.

Up next? The joys of finally saying, “I’m done!” with invitations!

Did you forget any important information if you DIYed your invites? How did you resolve it?