Weddingbee Blog

Weddings involve a lot of paper. And for all that paper, I think it’s nice to have a good theme running throughout. Some popular and beautiful choices include damask, flowers, trees/leaves, and pretty swirls and loopies.

Although I haven’t exactly nailed down what kind of design we’ll have, in Mr. Sewing’s ever-constant quest to avoid over-feminizing, I’m sure it’ll involve lots of black lines. Maybe like our Corelle tableware…

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Ahh simplicity, how I love thee..

I also thought of continuing the tie-in to Mr. Sewing’s mon. The crest will already be everywhere, courtesy of our favors. And since we’re already celebrating his heritage that way, why not celebrate mine, too?

Disregarding the doodley scrawlings on the bottom, I came up with three more mons, two of which are completely made up! Can you tell which ones? Two for Mr. Sewing, two for me, and the double happiness bonding us in the middle.

From left to right, Mr. Sewing gets the Hibiscus, state flower of Hawaii, since that’s where he’s from. He also gets his family mon, obviously. Next comes the double happiness character.

I get the poppies, state flower of California, since that’s where I’m from. I also get the peony, state flower of Indiana, since that’s where my paternal roots lie.

We’ll have to convert these into proper line-art, of course, before I go smacking them around on everything. They’ll probably make appearances on programs and other papery goodness. Mr. Sewing thought it would be fun to put the mon most appropriate for each guest on their place card. So all of Mr. Sew’s family would get the Mr. Sewing family mon, all the Californians would get poppies, etc. Maybe, but I’m worried that there won’t be an even balance!

What’s your papery theme? How does it represent you and your FI?