Weddingbee Blog

Now that our invitations have reached most of our guests, it’s time for the full invitation reveal. I’m so excited to show y’all what I’ve been working so hard on! First, the envelope.

I have fairly decent handwriting, so I kept it simple and hand wrote the addresses on the envelopes with a metallic silver gel pen. I actually tried Mrs. Plaid’s calligraphy shortcut, but because the back of the envelopes had been embossed, the embossing was getting screwed up when I was running it through the printer, so I scrapped that idea.

When I took the full invitation to my “friends” at the Post Office, one person said it would cost 61 cents to mail, but he wanted a second opinion. He walked the invitation over to another postal worker who said there would be a 20-cent surcharge because the envelope was stiff…so 81 cents. They debated back and forth and basically told me it was my choice, but that if I only put a 61-cent stamp on it, that it might be returned. Uh…no thank you! I opted to use two 44-cent stamps, and went with the King and Queen stamps. I liked the idea that there were two coordinating stamp designs, instead of using two of the same stamp or two stamps that didn’t match. Plus, with the little hearts on there, how can you not love it?

Love: King and Queen of Hearts 44-cent stamps

When guests flip to the back of the envelope, they’ll see our initial logo and our mailing address embossed in silver. I’m not gonna lie, embossing was a huge pain in the ass (as I mentioned here and here), but I think the final product was worth the pain.

And when guests open the envelope? Wait for it….

Instead of using an inner envelope, I used a belly band to indicate the names of the guests that were invited. So, for plus ones, the belly band said, “John Smith and guest.” I’m hoping that people get it.

Up next, what’s behind the belly band…