Weddingbee Blog

To catch you up: I won a design from A Printable Press based on my idea for a gig poster invitation suite, and I decided to bite off of Mrs. Thimble’s idea for Moo Cards and bakers twine to tie the whole thing together.

And then, four months went by in which I didn’t mention our invitations one bit. Well, here’s what happened in that four months:

First, I got our proof from A Printable Press and went insane with joy because they looked so incredible:

(Trust me, it looks better without our last names blurred out)

Second, I ordered oru cardstock and envelopes with custom liners from CardsAndPockets.com.

I also ordered mini cards from Moo, and when they arrived, I used my heart-shaped hole puncher to make pretty little holes. Again, I totally stole this entire idea, including the layout of the card itself, from Mrs. Thimble!

And then, I spent a little bit of time and a lot of toner printing out the invitations on our own printer.

I’ll be honest: a big part of me wishes that I’d paid for professional printing. Our invitations look okay, I suppose, but they don’t have the vibrant color that a professional printer could’ve given us:

(It’s not quite this bad; I wasn’t able to capture it very well with my crappy point-and-shoot)

But I think that the money we saved was worth it, all in all. But there is a part of me that will always be a little bit sad that we didn’t spring for fancy letterpress and beautiful, super-thick paper.

Okay, I’m over it.

Next, I stressed over how to address the envelopes. Calligraphy? No, too pricey? Custom labels? Now you’re talkin’! Unfortunately, my original idea didn’t work out when the Lady Rene font that I fell in love with just wasn’t readable enough when I printed out sheet of test labels. So, instead, I used a much simpler (and free) font: Pea So Lovely.

Since the new font was so simple, I decided to design labels that were a but busier. I printed them out on inkjet sticker paper and cut them out using a plastic ruler, utility knife, and self-healing cutting mat.

And then, the invitations were ready to be assembled!

Did you DIY your invitations?