Weddingbee Blog

As you can probably tell from my last few posts, I’m having trouble deciding what I want for my invitations. The paper part of our wedding is precious to me. You see, as a little girl, I collected stationery like it was my job. I used them up by writing to my friends and cousins, but I always saved at least one sheet and envelope of each kind to keep in my collection. Nowadays, I love perusing the pretty paper goods at Papyrus and Crane & Co. I sigh over the swooping embellishments, luxuriously thick cotton paper, and (of course) the soft grooves of letterpress.

With whatever format we choose, I would like them to have a certain elegance. I love beautiful cards. For example:

Gorgeous letterpress. I especially love the bottom right one.

I fell in love with the above invitations at Elum Designs. If we were having a winter wedding (or a New Year’s Eve wedding, like I kept suggesting from the start!), we could have invitations like these from Bella Figura:

I’d love to receive (or send!) these in the mail.

A close-up. It looks hand-carved!

Mr. Parfait and I are aiming for a playful, cheery, and bright wedding. I did some research on stationery along these lines and found some super-cute examples!

Fun colors and illustrations

The adorable cones appeal to this ice cream fiend.

I found the two above on Wedding Chicks and Subtle Glances, respectively. I love the clean white paper and the pop of colors. Wedding stationery usually seems so serious to me, but these are fresh, fabulous, and fun! They also give a glimpse of the theme and colors of their celebration. Ours would definitely need a bunny or two on them. Oh gosh, I still haven’t explained the bunnies yet. That’s coming soon, along with our proposal story!

Any other stationery-junkies out there? Where do you fall on the wedding invitation spectrum—are you near the serious and formal end, or are your invites intended to give your guests a giggle?