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Like I mentioned, we had to decide between Bond 45 and McCormick and Schmick’s on the National Harbor for our rehearsal dinner. Well, M&S won! We had such a great experience  when we went, and the staff were great! Bond 45 was WAY more expensive than we thought it would be, and the feeling in the place just wasn’t nearly as warm. If you have questions, PM me because it was quite a disaster! We weren’t happy at all. We actually left Bond 45 and went back to M&S for dessert, and so, it was decided!

My FMIL is going there next Friday to check out the place and look at their banquet menus. I told her I would take care of picking out the invitations (any chance I get at gawking over paper goods, I take) and therefore, I’ve been scouring the Internet for hours now.

Here are my top three contenders:

I have a serious thing for fancy fonts, so it’s no wonder the Timeless Calligraphy: Black Russian (part of the Signature Ecru Rehearsal Dinner Invitations suite) stuck out to me. It’s clean and simple and I love it! I almost wish we had gone this route with our wedding invitations. There’s no frill to distract the eyes from the beautiful calligraphy! Pretty writing is so pretty, and I love it.

I also really like the Unique Pair in sage (also part of the Signature Ecru Rehearsal Dinner Invitations suite). The visual interest is also in the font here and it’s pretty straightforward, as well. I don’t want to get carried away with themes so much so that our guests are sick of our stuff by the end of the weekend, so that’s why I’m leaning toward something like this, which is totally simple and not tied to our actual wedding very much.

So super cute, right? This is the Social Flatware: Siren invite and I’m so in love with the idea of going way into left field with this! I’m kind of over all the vintage stuff, anyway. I think this is really sweet and it’s got a little something extra for our guests to look at. I really like that it’s fun and not as stiff and formal as my other two options. After all, we want our guests to look forward to this event and of course, enjoy themselves!

Which is your favorite?

Did you stick with your theme on the rehearsal dinner invites or did you do something completely new?

*All images courteous of Wedding Paper Divas