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Mrs. Hyena, College Station, TX Age and Occupation: 23, Marketing Specialist Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Aerospace Engineering Grad Student Engagement Date: January 8, 2010 Wedding Date: May 2011 Venue: Downtown 202 About Me: I'm a Texas girl who met my future hubby in high school, then headed up to Oklahoma for a college education (BOOMER SOONER!) before moving back to the Lone Star State to be with him. I love reading and recycling, Photoshop and reality TV, making lame jokes and then laughing at them, quoting movies, and Mr. Hyena most of all. I'm perpetually early and I like to get things accomplished. When my cat meows at me, I meow back. We're planning a laid-back, unintentionally DIY wedding with a cocktail-party vibe, and can't wait to celebrate our nuptials with our nearest and dearest!
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Invitations: The Big Reveal

May 11th, 2011 @ 1:22 pm by Mrs. Hyena

Finally, here is the story of our invitations! We worked long and hard on them, tirelessly rounding corners and cutting belly bands, printing endless versions of labels trying to get them to line up properly…and look, Mr. Hyena helped!

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Belly-banding!

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Corner-rounding!

Here they are, ready to be sent off into the world…

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Here’s what our guests will see. I could have blurred everything out, but I love the fonts we used and I want to show them off! So…I ’shopped a new address on! Pretty envelopes! Pretty stamps! Harry Potter!

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OK, and the blurring begins. We did wraparound labels since I wanted to print people’s addresses instead of worrying about calligraphy. Our return address is on the back.

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Open the envelope verrrrrry carefully to see the pretty liners! I only have a picture of one of the papers we used, but I had many different scrapbook-paper patterns in my scrapbook basket, so they’re all unique!

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The suite, cuddling cozily in its belly band. Aww.

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All the pieces together!

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Now, this post wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t do something to make life difficult for myself. We have two events during the wedding weekend outside our ceremony and reception: the rehearsal dinner and a Sunday barbecue. Instead of mailing separate invitations for all those events…I created three different RSVP cards and two different event cards, depending on which events each person is invited to. Oh, complications. ^_^

Here are the RSVP cards with the bright pink envelopes! I love getting responses in the mail, and the pink envelopes make me so happy!

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Aaaand…the event cards.

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Last but not least, the invitation itself. I guess it’s too late to elope now. ;)

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These took months of work to create, have printed, assemble, figure out which pieces go in which envelopes, etc., but it was totally worth it seeing the final result! They’re so pretty and colorful!

Did your fiancé(e) help out with any of your major projects?

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37 Responses to “Invitations: The Big Reveal”

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NJmeetsBX
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NJmeetsBX (message)  997 posts, Busy bee

very fun suite!

 
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organicgal (message)  259 posts, Helper bee

these look great, H!!! I love how colorful and fun they are. Nice work getting all your RD and day after stuff in there too. Wow, I really need to start on our invites! ;)

 
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KCheer
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KCheer (message)  370 posts, Helper bee

Love them! I am a huge polka dot girl myself and it definitely showed at my wedding last year - can’t wait to see another one!!

 
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Mrs. Elephant
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Mrs. Elephant (message)  6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

They are so bright and fun!

 
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tocarat
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tocarat (message)  324 posts, Helper bee

I’m in love with the polka dots, so simple but statement making…sheesh every new invitation post on the ‘bee gives me new inspiration!

 
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LaceeWoman

I love the design. very fun!

 
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R.Elliott (message)  1,011 posts, Bumble bee

Love these!!!

 
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Mrs. Ostrich (message)  1,948 posts, Buzzing bee

Oooh, i’ve always loved dot invitations….your invites turned out FAB, Miss H. definitey a labor of love that your guests will be thrilled to get in the mail. Yay!

 
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Miss Seal
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Miss Seal (message)  1,179 posts, Bumble bee

Gorgeous!!! Love the vibrant colors :D

 
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Miss Pony (message)  4,175 posts, Honey bee

These turned out so great Hyena! I love the dots and fun colors!

 
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Mrs. Meerkat
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Mrs. Meerkat (message)  3,216 posts, Sugar bee

Those turned out amazing!!!!

 
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Miss_Dance (message)  12 posts, Newbee

These are fabulous !!!

 
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TheFutureMcBride
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TheFutureMcBride (message)  4,479 posts, Honey bee

Great invites!

 
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dolphindoll
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dolphindoll (message)  287 posts, Helper bee

oh what fun! the color! the joy! this suite brings a smile to my face. worth waiting to see!

 
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Kcoleybear
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Kcoleybear (message)  683 posts, Busy bee

OMG! I am so in love with this invitation. Did you design everything and then send it off to Cat Printing? Is the striped insert matted or is that a printed design? Sorry for all the questions. I am in the beginning process of designing our invitations.

 
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Miss Panther (message)  1,046 posts, Bumble bee

Ooooooh! Love them! I used Catprint, too — aren’t they the best??

 
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Miss Feather
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Miss Feather (message)  364 posts, Helper bee

love those!

 
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Miss Snow Cone (message)  1,026 posts, Bumble bee

we’re nailing down our invitation process now, and Mr. Snow Cone astutely pointed out that I probably won’t trust him enough to help with x, y, or z. He has a point… so good for you for letting Mr. H in on the “fun”!

 
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MissCasey
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MissCasey (message)  214 posts, Helper bee

LOVE those pink dots! You’re making me re-think my own invitation plans!

 
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bRooklynRocks
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bRooklynRocks (message)  3,767 posts, Honey bee

Oh wow, these are very pretty Ms. H. I love love love those liners. So bright and colorful. Catprint did a good job for you guys.

 
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Mrs. Hyena, College Station, TX Age and Occupation: 23, Marketing Specialist Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Aerospace Engineering Grad Student Engagement Date: January 8, 2010 Wedding Date: May 2011 Venue: Downtown 202 About Me: I'm a Texas girl who met my future hubby in high school, then headed up to Oklahoma for a college education (BOOMER SOONER!) before moving back to the Lone Star State to be with him. I love reading and recycling, Photoshop and reality TV, making lame jokes and then laughing at them, quoting movies, and Mr. Hyena most of all. I'm perpetually early and I like to get things accomplished. When my cat meows at me, I meow back. We're planning a laid-back, unintentionally DIY wedding with a cocktail-party vibe, and can't wait to celebrate our nuptials with our nearest and dearest!

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