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You already know I’m obsessed with having beautiful invitations. Did I mention they have to read well, too?

As you know, we’ve been thinking a whole lot about our invitations lately. Probably over-thinking them, to be honest. I am really torn about what we want and what we should do (DIY, store bought, online printables, big money, custom suites!). There are just way to many choices and…Wait. Huh? It’s not that serious.

I know! I know! Somebody shoot me already. I never thought I’d be this obsessed over words on paper. Sheesh.

Truth is, I am this obsessed. I’m hellbent on having beautiful, cohesive, color-coordinated, and unique invitations, and it’s made me somewhat of an invite connoisseur…Well, not really, but I’ve discovered quite a few awesome sets of stationery. My most recent find is a company called Wink: Rediscover the Value of Invitations, based in—you’re not going to believe this—the Phillippines!

Wink has really pretty invitations, and they are a lot less expensive than those I’ve seen here in America. We probably won’t get our invitations from Wink, simply because the shipping costs would be outrageous, but nevertheless, their ridiculously pretty and well-put-together invites have been great eye candy.

Also, they’ve got me thinkng about our wording. Here I’ve been so worried about the design and haven’t given the wording a single thought. While flipping through the Wink Gallery, I discovered an invitation with the most moving, thought-provoking, make-me-want-to-shout-with-excitement wording. Here it is:

TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A REASON. A TIME AND A PURPOSE.

ON THIS DAY I WILL MARRY MY BEST FRIEND.

THE ONE I WILL LAUGH WITH. LIVE FOR. LOVE.

*tear*

Allowing this newfound inspiration to take over, I thought, goodness, let me see what else is out there! Here are some other very romantic, at least to me, words I’ve considered using on our invites.

TWO LIVES JOINED IN FRIENDSHIP

TWO FRIENDS JOINED IN LOVE

ONE LOVE JOINED IN CHRIST.

I definitely love the (although a bit religious) spiritual tone of the quote above. It’s very fitting for the ceremony we plan to have, focused on our mutual faiths.

I don’t know what I was thinking before. Hello! What the invitations say is just as important as how they look, right? I guess all my searches haven’t been in vain after all.

So, the search continues—not only for the perfect design, but the perfect wording, too!

What did your invitations say?