Weddingbee Blog

After solving the printer mystery, our envelopes came out like stars. I designed them in InDesign, which has proven to be invaluable in wedding-paper-goods-land. Because I like to make things more difficult, and don’t know what the hell mail merge is, I typed each one by hand. Whatever, I am a total fan of how they came out.

Le front:

Le back:

(In case you were wondering — No, the addresses aren’t strangely aligned. I just cloned out our addresses for whatever reason).

I used my beloved Gotham for the font, and the ever-popular but ever-wonderful king and queen stamps on our yummy recycled kraft paper envelopes. Initially we planned to use my parents’ embosser for the backs, but at the last minute I decided to attempt printing it, which was quite easy. It was a little risky to try, as we had already printed all of the fronts, but thankfully it worked without butchering any of the envelopes.

After their impromptu mini-photo-shoot, they were off to meet their maker, aka the US Postal Service. I hadn’t expected to experience any separation anxiety, since I wasn’t 100% pleased with the whole deal. Strangely enough, I actually was sad to see them go. Perhaps it was nerves, perhaps it was empty-nest… who knows. I am glad to have this project over and done with, and appropriately nervous and excited to finish our wedding invitations! Onwards and upwards!

How did you address your save-the-dates? Did you stick it to Emily Post and go the non-handwritten way? Were you sad to see them go?