I’m not gonna lie, this project falls under the “I’m burned out and I don’t care anymore” category.
I don’t know why I felt like rehearsal dinner invitations were necessary, because I realize that they totally aren’t, but I was trying to see it from the guests’ perspective. I love getting mail, especially invitations, so I figured they might too. Looking back, it’s a project I could have (should have?) cut out, but I didn’t.
I spent a lot of time thinking about how to do these, because I’m a total idiot when it comes to designing things. I kept trying to come up with something awesome, but I really just couldn’t. Finally, I got tired of it and threw something together in Word and called it a day. They didn’t turn out horribly, but they aren’t great, either.
My crafting set-up.
I think the idea behind the invitations is actually a really good one, but I don’t have the skills to really execute it well. Once I had them designed I printed them out and quickly jotted down a list of who all needed an invitation.
Once I had the invites cut to the right size, I threw them in some envelopes left over from our save the dates and called it a day.
They’re not bad, right? I was actually so fed up with this project that I didn’t even want to print the addresses so they’d look pretty (our printer hates envelopes, so printing them can actually be more of a hassle than writing them yourself), so I opted to just write the addresses on the front with my less-than-beautiful handwriting. I’m sure no one cared.
And those, my friends, are our rehearsal dinner invitations. Although I’m not absolutely in love with them, I have to admit that it felt really nice to complete a project with this new attitude. When they started to stress me out I decided to scale back and not worry so much about perfection. And suddenly, they didn’t stress me out as much. And you know what? Our guests still got the necessary information and will know where our rehearsal dinner is. That’s really all that matters.
Did you ever find yourself worrying less about perfection and more about just getting the message across?
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