Weddingbee Blog

I’m 28 years old, but when it comes to the gigglies, I revert 20 years. When I refer to my BM dresses, I can’t help but think of “bowel movement dresses”. I type out “save-the-date” because I am just *that* immature about “STD”. So when it came time to design our monogram, I was both relieved and slightly disappointed that our initials were relatively boring.

Here’s what I have to work with:

1. My first name: S
2. His first name: L
3. His last name: K

One option would be the my first, his last, his first option, which would yield this:

SKL

However, I may be keeping my last name, so I wasn’t sure if this would work. Another option would be our first initials, separated by an “&.” That gives us:

However, when I look at that, I can’t help but think of SNL.

Schwetty balls, anyone?

So then, I thought of a line divider, and came up with these using my ever trusty design tool… PowerPoint.

I liked the clean look of those, but I thought they might be a tad too modern looking for my yet-to-be created invitations. So I searched online for some free clip art, and came up with this, using my other trusty design tool… Microsoft Word*.

I thought that laurels represented marital victory, according to the ever trusty Wiki, but it turns out I misread, and it actually represents martial victory. Oops! Well, anyway, if it looks nice, I might keep it. Thoughts? Suggestions?

*I literally fiddled around with Word and PowerPoint to make these monograms, so I didn’t think a tutorial was necessary. However, if you’d like one, just let me know and I’ll whip one up!

Are you featuring a monogram in your wedding stationery?