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As I’ve mentioned before, Mr. Snow’s a graphic designer. Due to his profession, the paper goods of the wedding are most important to him, and invitations top the “made of wood pulp” list. We’ve spent a lot of time thinking and chatting about how we want our wedding invitations and paper goods to look, but with our self-designated Save The Date deadline swiftly approaching, we’re having to make some decisions.
And, oh, have we made a decision.
Inspired by “hip rustic” ideas for the wedding theme, we went searching for invite ideas, and we love these wooden invites:
But we’re on a really tight budget and our creative spirit (and creative pride!) dictates that we’ll make the invites ourselves.
So, yes. We’re making wooden invites. Invitations out of wood. Wood that we’ll have to find, cut, screen print, and package and ship ourselves. And that’s just the Save The Date announcements.
Stay tuned for our borderline-insane invite ideas (and the documentation of figuring out how to DIY this project…give us strength!).
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Wow! That’s ambitious! I’m sending good vibes your way!
Good luck. I’m sure they’ll be beautiful! And just so you know, I’m selling some high-quality wood textured paper in the classifieds if you’re interested.
http://classifieds.weddingbee.com/topic/woodgrain-paper-high-quality-74-sheets
I love non-traditional materials! Can’t wait to see them!
You should check shops that sell wood veneer. They tend to have veneer sample books and they update them often and throw the “old” books away. I scored a huge box of them for free and each book has at least 5 veneer samples, postcard size, that are perfect to send! Just an idea, and good luck!
o.m.g. i am so excited to see how this turns out. for serious. i’m a screenprinting newbie (i’m an intaglio gal), and i want to see how y’all do this. stat, if not sooner! :p
so nice to see another madison bride planning an out of state wedding!!
love the wood!!
I’ve ordered wooden cards from Night Owl before. They are very pretty and the quality is decent.
On a similar note, we considered wooden escort cards and learned through a friend that is an architect that local hardware store (I live in Miami, Ace Hardware) carry 1-ply and 2-ply wood veneer sheets. Coincidentally, this friend is also getting married and he and his fiancee are making their invtations out of these!
LOL I feel like I’m reliving the past! I’m a graphic designer and really wanted wood invites and save-the-dates too!!
Well, that was before I found out costs and realized I did NOT have the time for all that.
I’m still making my own, only out of paper. The save-the-dates took me long enough as is, so I admire your ambition to do them out of wood!! Good luck! Can’t wait to see how they turn out!
i really really wanted these (http://www.oslopress.com/wedding-collection.html) for my own wedding, but my cheap@$$ just couldn’t fork over all that dough. i can’t wait to see your version!
Ohhh, I can’t wait to see what you’re planning! I fell in love with those Night Owl invites too, but we’re going a different route that involves wood grain paper and a laser cutter.
great idea! I used wooden postcards for my moving announcements (gocco’d them at home): http://www.kimberlymichelle.com/2008/07/18/were-home/
It was really easy and everyone loved them!
Ohh we did this same sort of thing! We even trekked into the woods to cut our own trees down.
I love wood invites, but yeah– they’re crazy expensive!
I can’t wait to see your invites! Good luck
Thanks for all the good tips and words of encouragement. We need them!
@fiftyfootbride: Details are comin’ at you in a few days/week-ish!
@Ms. CitySlicker: Oh, wow! You totally have us beat! How’d you get them thin enough?
@ashley: Great idea! What kind of stores did you find that sell veneer? All of our home improvement places looked at us like we had three heads when we asked about veneer! (What did people do before the internet??)
How fun! I used to be a screen printing fool back in college.
I’d love to see how these turn out!
@Miss Snow: @Miss Snow: My finances dad got them at a cabinetry shop…but any of the wood working stores should have the samples. I am guessing the big guys don’t but look at more of the specialty wood stores, they tend to have stuff in storage that they want to get rid of! Good luck, can’t wait to see the finished result! If you want more ideas, google gocco wood invitations, similar idea and really neat work!
Those are FANTASTIC! I had never even thought of that. Wow. Whole new world has opened up!
ooo I love screen printing. I so can’t wait to see these babies!
how exciting!!! I so wanted to do something with wood for our invitations, but after Mr. Poodle told his estimated guest list I thought it would be better to just sew them hehe
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Miss Snow, Madison, WI/Asheville, NC
Age and Occupation: 28, PhD student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Graphic Designer
Engagement Date: August 5, 2009
Wedding Date: June 2010
Venue: Claxton Farm
About Me: I am true Southern gal displaced in the beautiful and blustery midwest. A true theatre geek at heart, I love any kind of performance and spend most of my time researching old productions in dank library archives. When not in the library, I love music (punk rock, bluegrass, and everything in between), design in all forms, any reality TV show on Bravo (especially those that feature housewives or sharp knives), beer and wine from Oregon, and exploring the outdoors. My fiance and I are true best friends, and he inspires me every day. After a long and happy dating relationship, we’ve decided to tie the knot in the mountains of North Carolina, our home state. We’re planning a long-distance, largely-DIY, eco-conscious hip farm affair that celebrates family, friends, and love.
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