Weddingbee Blog

So the save the dates are printed and once I buy some stamps, they’ll be out the door. The next step is the invitations themselves.

And, you guys? I couldn’t be more stoked about them.

Months and months ago, I entered a contest with A Printable Press, where people could submit a new invitation idea. The person with the winning idea won a free invitation design. The idea I’d submitted was an invitation that looked like an old-timey band poster. Or gig poster. Or hatch poster. Or whatever you want to call it. At any rate, I was inspired by images like these:

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And guess what? I won! And A Printable Press used my idea for a design.

When they revealed the design, it was beyond my wildest dreams. Simply amazeballs:

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Obviously, these are not our names and details. This is just a mock-up. But they’re going to personalize the invites with our info and even our colors!

I’m so thrilled with the way they turned out. Before I won the contest, I was all ready to design the invites myself. But there’s no way they’d have turned out half as awesome as these. And since they were based on my idea, the invites still feel personal and special to me. I love that they’re unique, bold, colorful, and quirky.

But this is only the beginning. After the design is finalized, we need to print these suckers and send ’em out!

How did you select your wedding invitations? Did you want something traditional, or something more offbeat?