Out of Control

Out of Control

July 18th, 2011 @ 10:16 am by Mrs. Cucumber Sandwich
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Hello, my name is Miss Cucumber Sandwich and I have invitation envy. It feels so good to say it out loud. Venue: knew I wanted to get married there since I was 16 and haven’t had a moment of doubt. Dress: knew it was perfect for me and haven’t even felt compelled to look at other dresses. Invitations: I have become the green-eyed monster!

Me! / Image via The Tyra Show

I have absolute faith in Kyndal and I haven’t even seen our custom-designed invitations yet, but that hasn’t stopped me from going a little nuts. I barely committed to a design and two minutes later I am panicked about not liking it. Everywhere I turn, there are gorgeous invitations afoot. And the truly crazy part is my invitations could be one of them—I don’t know because I haven’t seen them yet!

What has been causing me to lose my mind?

Image via Mrs. Gloss

This makes my heart go pitter patter. I love the vellum outer envelope and the twine. The swirly names, the envelope liner…swoon!

Image via Mrs. Gloss

I am head over heels about this next one because all of her details went with her invitation. This is pretty much my dream: to have one cohesive element that brings the wedding together. She is living my dream.

Invitation…check / Image via Mrs. Taffy

Matching table numbers…check / Image via Mrs. Taffy

And it just goes downhill from there. I am envious of every invitation I see. I am not discriminating at this point; I am overwhelmed with jealous.

Books! / Image via Mrs. Cinnamon Bun

Must have painted edges and letterpress! / Image via Mrs. Tartlet

I am completely out of control. I am hoping that by blogging about my invitation envy, it will be cathartic and I will get it under control. I think I have just made it worse.

Please tell me there have been things you were jealous of and I am not the only one?!

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18 Responses to “Out of Control”

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lisaelanna (message) 315 posts, Helper bee

I still wonder “what if I’d done that” about my invitations and they were all completed and sent a month ago! I’ve heard that when you only have a couple of options you will be more satisfied with the one you choose, and this is definitely the case for me with invitations. I guess they’re probably the best wedding thing to want a little more of though since invitations are something you could have more than one of in your life (birthday parties, anniversary parties, Christmas?) whereas you will probably never wear a veil or another wedding dress…

7/18/11 @ 10:25 am (reply)

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Mrs. Brooch (message) 1,721 posts, Bumble bee

I was the same exact way! Seriously! And who couldn’t love/drool over/obsess about Mrs. Gloss’ invites! They were a favorite of mine, as well!

7/18/11 @ 10:49 am (reply)

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

I get this way with many of our wedding decisions, including invitations, but now that they are out, there’s nothing I can do about it anymore! And I love Mrs. Gloss’s invitations too, they’re so perfect!

7/18/11 @ 10:53 am (reply)

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ms_nickie (message) 396 posts, Helper bee

I’m not jealous of invitations (my FI picked ours out) but I am jealous of veils. My mother went dress shopping with me and loved the veil the consultant suggested. She insisted that this would be something special between us and she would pay for it. It was sweet, but now I look at it and hate the blusher that falls to my shoulders. I’m not wearing the blusher over my face, that ship has sailed….but I don’t like the way it lays in the back. I would have preferred a much less fussy veil and when I see pictures of women wearing fingertip length plain veils clipped in the back of their hair I am sad…and envious. This is totally irrational though. I’m sure no one is going to go on and on about my veil at the wedding. Thinking back to weddings I’ve attended I don’t think I’ve ever thought. “Oh, oh…that’s too bad, a different veil would have looked better on her…” lol

I’m sure once you see your actual invitations it will be okay. The FI picked ours out, as I already mentioned, and at first I didn’t like them but they’ve since grown on me. I think he did a great job. It sounds like you may be getting a bit stressed and the invitations are the proverbial straw. How is everything else going?

7/18/11 @ 10:56 am (reply)

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Miss Ladyfingers (message) 1,119 posts, Bumble bee

Ohhhhh I love Mrs. Gloss’ invitations! We made a conscious decision to not include a million inserts in our suite, but whenever I see things like that, I wish we had a whole array like this. Especially since I <3 stationery. But yes, my advice is always… own your decisions I continue to see invitations I love even as ours near the date they’ll be sent out, but I still love OUR invitations!

7/18/11 @ 11:38 am (reply)

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bLISSFLbRDE (message) 119 posts, Blushing bee

I have dress invite, hair, and last but not least and surely not the only but engadgement photo envy at times but when I get in the zone of putting together my accessories and keep my thoughts on focus I lose the envy immediately I am re aligned with what is important, my life, my quirks, imperfections that make me , me. Which I think men love about us woman since we are already close to perfection with our soft skin soft hair its fresh to see us from there eyes that we arent perfect. Life would not be fun with perfection I think and I have to agree with lisaelanna. And we ALL know how minor the invites are yet when we see someones elses we wished we did ours like that, I know I have. But she is right that there are other pieces of the wedding we will never do again like being able to wear a veil and a beautiful white dress that screams for attention b/c its so amazing. And maybe having to practice on focusing on whats most important helps out with what we dont have. Because those people invites that we envy have missed something that we dont see but they do. Those invites might be great but they may be dealing with things also….. but this is such a great topic I think.Cheers from Ohio!!

7/18/11 @ 12:04 pm (reply)

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Miss Magic (message) 628 posts, Busy bee

Yep. I definitely have invite envy. And sometimes centerpiece envy. Or honeymoon envy….

7/18/11 @ 12:39 pm (reply)

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Miss Parasol (message) 2,132 posts, Buzzing bee

Oh, I definitely have had my bouts with envy! In particular, I loved a friend’s wedding bouquet, and I seriously wanted to just copy it, but I feel so awkward about doing that, so I just found something else I liked (thought I still really love hers!). Wedding envy is so tough to conquer!

7/18/11 @ 12:58 pm (reply)

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Devonclaire (message) 29 posts, Newbee

Ohhhhh letterpress! Every invite that comes thru our house gets swooned over, especially one from this April. I obsessed over letterpress and how I HAD to make it work with our budget. Then, my sweet little puppy ate it. Haha it put everything back into perspective

7/18/11 @ 1:11 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Tartlet (message) 3,207 posts, Sugar bee

Joining the Gloss invitation fan club! I *still* find myself drooling over paper products long after the wedding is done! I have a feeling that’s going to continue once you get your design back from Kyndal. Thanks for the shout-out, CS!

7/18/11 @ 1:46 pm (reply)

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bLISSFLbRDE (message) 119 posts, Blushing bee

@Miss Magic: LOL

7/18/11 @ 4:27 pm (reply)

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bLISSFLbRDE (message) 119 posts, Blushing bee

I love love love letterpress, such a solid, elegant piece it can be!

7/18/11 @ 4:28 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Giraffe (message) 4,216 posts, Honey bee

I still have invite envy, and it’s been 2 months since the wedding. . . I think I better get over it :-D. Hahaha, but we just can’t help ourselves, right?

7/18/11 @ 8:41 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Pain au Chocolat (message) 1,698 posts, Bumble bee

All things paper are the object of my affection. I love seeing bees’ invitations. Every one of them is so different and is a window into the personality of the bride and groom.

7/18/11 @ 9:32 pm (reply)

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stephbonthego (message) 687 posts, Busy bee

I have little graphic talent and even less software to work with but really want to make our invitation suites. They can be personalized so much and become a special momento from the day (at least, it will be for me). Convincing the Mr. that we must buy more software, yes!!

We are 381 days out and we have yet to decide what we are going to do - there are just so many fabulous, talented inspirations out there!! Ahh velum how I love thee, and wax seals and fonts, pocketfolds…I can feel the envy swelling up again

7/19/11 @ 11:13 am (reply)

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weddingstars2012 (message) 430 posts, Helper bee

Oh no! When are you supposed to see the design?

7/19/11 @ 12:10 pm (reply)

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Miss Cucumber Sandwich (message) 572 posts, Busy bee

@ms_nickie: Now that you said it I think you absolutely right. I have never seen a bride and thought she should wear a different veil. I am sure you will absolutely stunning in yours!
@Miss Magic: My list of envies is getting longer too.
@Mrs. Tartlet: How could I not…. Your invites were gorgeous!@weddingstars2012: I have it already coming soon!

7/19/11 @ 11:23 pm (reply)

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red_pepper_gal (message) 795 posts, Busy bee

I’m on this boat with you, Cukes! It’s the only area I ever get it in. But… My invites were only $1 each, and the ones I drool over are $5-15 each. So I guess that’s how that ship sailed.

7/26/11 @ 12:57 pm (reply)