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Mrs. Lightning, Cape Town Age and Occupation: 22, Journalist and Graphic Designer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 23, Computer Scientist Engagement Date: December 27, 2008 Wedding Date: September 2009 Venue: Hout Bay Manor About Me: I'm a young American living abroad in the beautiful city of Cape Town with a wonderful South African fiance and our crazy kitty Zeus. We're young, driven and madly in love. Together we're pursuing our wildest dreams including our biggest undertaking yet, a vintage retrospective wedding filled to the brim with DIY madness. I have an unnatural attraction to cake, a passion for blogging and a love of good design. While I might be an overly obsessive creative with too many ideas and nowhere to put them, Mr Lightning is my biggest fan and I can't wait to make my true love mine.
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My Shower Invitations…

August 13th, 2009 @ 11:54 am by Mrs. Lightning

My Shower Invitations... :  wedding bridal shower diy invitations Img 172  We recently managed to haggle the paper place to exchange our 300 gsm unprintable paper that we’d bought a few months ago for something more printer friendly. The paper we ended up with wasn’t as great, but it’s down to the line now and we need to get moving on our invitations as soon as possible.

Today I printed the Marie Antoinette inspired shower invitations (realising it’s already a bit late to mail them so I’ll have to hand deliver them). They turned out really well and I’m really looking forward to working on the main invitations. It’s quite something to see your designs in print form. I only wish I had a better camera to photograph them with.

Here is a bit of the DIY process. If you’re interested in the handwritten font (I chose it for its fountain pen look) its called “Jellyka Saint-Andrew’s Queen”, which you can download for free here at dafont.com

My Shower Invitations... :  wedding bridal shower diy invitations Img 170  My Shower Invitations... :  wedding bridal shower diy invitations Img 17001

Did you go with an ultra girly theme for your shower paper products? What did they look like?

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14 Responses to “My Shower Invitations…”

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Headuh
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Headuh (message)  204 posts, Helper bee

Wow, you made your own shower invites?

Very pretty!

 
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miss longhorn
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miss longhorn (message)  236 posts, Helper bee

Okay, I think I have a little crush on your shower invitations!! The hot pink, the crown, the font…I’m drooling.

 
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Miss Moonbeam (message)  1,732 posts, Bumble bee

Those are really great: simple, modern and very stylish.

 
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Newport Nuptials (message)  1,230 posts, Bumble bee

I love your shower theme! I can’t wait to see how it all turns out! :)

 
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Charm bracelet
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Charm bracelet (message)  1,935 posts, Buzzing bee

Oh, I can’t wait to see how this all plays out. I really like those invites. I am glad your going girly. Really, this is one of the only times you can get away with it. Like I said before, I like this theme.

 
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Miss French Bulldog
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Miss French Bulldog (message)  7,706 posts, Bumble Beekeeper

Those are SO pretty :) I can’t wait to see what you do for your wedding invitations!

 
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Champagne Wishes
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Champagne Wishes (message)  1,187 posts, Bumble bee

Miss L, you have an amazing eye for design! I have loved everything you have done… and these invitations are SWOON WORTHY!

 
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Miss Bruschetta (message)  5,565 posts, Bee Keeper

Haha, love that top picture — the props are just too perfect!

 
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Miss Labrador
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Miss Labrador (message)  1,822 posts, Buzzing bee

Like miss longhorn, I totally have a crush on your shower invites as well! I didn’t get to design my shower invites, but I would have done something along these lines had I had the chance!

 
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Jenniphyr
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Jenniphyr (message)  2,944 posts, Sugar bee

Very pretty! Love the font. =)

 
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D.Marie
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D.Marie (message)  2,484 posts, Buzzing bee

These are beautiful…I love the crown!

 
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Miss Poodle
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Miss Poodle (message)  3,386 posts, Sugar bee

so pretty!

 
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Miss Mouse
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Miss Mouse (message)  5,821 posts, Bee Keeper

Those are really cute! Good idea to design a shower invitation first, so you can get some practice in for the wedding invitations!

 
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kmattso2
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kmattso2 (message)  1,046 posts, Bumble bee

Your invites are so cute!! I’ll probably make my own just because I love it so much haha!!

 

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Mrs. Lightning, Cape Town Age and Occupation: 22, Journalist and Graphic Designer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 23, Computer Scientist Engagement Date: December 27, 2008 Wedding Date: September 2009 Venue: Hout Bay Manor About Me: I'm a young American living abroad in the beautiful city of Cape Town with a wonderful South African fiance and our crazy kitty Zeus. We're young, driven and madly in love. Together we're pursuing our wildest dreams including our biggest undertaking yet, a vintage retrospective wedding filled to the brim with DIY madness. I have an unnatural attraction to cake, a passion for blogging and a love of good design. While I might be an overly obsessive creative with too many ideas and nowhere to put them, Mr Lightning is my biggest fan and I can't wait to make my true love mine.

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