Seating Card Completion Time: 1/2 a Movie
September 29th, 2008 @ 2:14 pm by Mrs. Espresso
Here’s the story: I put on Made of Honor, started making my seating cards, and by the time the main character was meeting with her pastor for the first time, I was done with them! Now I realize for those of you who haven’t seen it yet, that means nothing. So let me elaborate… I’d say half the movie, maybe not even that far, I was done making the seating cards. So niicceee.
I decided to go with the seating cards around the tree idea that I talked about in August. Here was my inspiration:
Check These Out!
September 25th, 2008 @ 4:20 pm by Mrs. Coconut
I know you are anxiously awaiting to see our gorgeous letterpress invitations, right? Kristin of Twin Ravens Press was an amazing vendor. She put up with the 50 emails I’d send her each week and was very prompt to return them. She even did separate mailings of other stationery so that we could get our invites out on time.
She is seriously the cat’s meow. (Mr. Coconut just made fun of me for using that expression, but I don’t care, it’s true!)
Check out her amazing work:
Sorry to blur out some of the information! The calligraphy is by the fabulous Michele Clark.
The Imperfect Inserts
September 25th, 2008 @ 9:33 am by Mrs. Avocado
Miss Avocado and her slick haired salesman friend are back to walk you through the confusing details of her invitation inserts. If you didn’t know, Miss Avo will have a temple ceremony with 35 people in attendance, a ring ceremony and dinner in Seattle for 120 people, and a tented reception for 200 (200 is capacity, it is TBD the number that will actually come) at the home of a family friend.
Salesman: “Those invited to Seattle received a small invitation card insert, inviting them to the ring ceremony and dinner to follow. The curly decorative motif from the announcement was copy and pasted here, as well to tie the inserts to the booklet.”
Miss Avo: “Leaving these cards out of every invitation was incredibly difficult. I truly wish we had a venue large enough to seat everyone.”
Accept the Imperfection
September 24th, 2008 @ 10:24 am by Mrs. Avocado
Scene: A slick haired salesman in crocodile shoes approaches the reader’s computer screen. Miss Avocado lags behind a bit out of shyness and apprehension surrounding the critical response.
*knock knock*
A seasoned Weddingbee reader, one who has seen gorgeous DIY invites come from the likes of Miss Shortcake, Mrs. Cupcake, and Miss Pomegranate comes to the computer screen.
Reader: “Hello?”
Salesman: “Special delivery, brought to you by Miss Avocado, Mamacado, and Elizabeth Anne Designs!”
Reader: “Oh, do come in. Miss Avocado teased me with a preview over a week ago, and I knew this day would be coming rather soon. I can’t wait to have you show and tell me everything!”
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The Finishing Touches
September 22nd, 2008 @ 10:33 am by Miss Sweet Tea
Other posts in this series:
[1. Paper Trails]
[2. A Lucky Find]
[3. Help Me Print These, s’il vous plait?]
Now that you’ve seen the main components for the invitations, here are the last bits of DIY and purchased goodies we used to round out the look.
(Mr. Sweet Tea puts in his fair share!)
After we finalized our invitation design, I contacted Sweet Papery about customizing one of her lovely address stamps for us.
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DIY Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Programs
September 18th, 2008 @ 6:29 pm by Mrs. Margarita
Our programs were a labor of love. All in all they took us literally weeks to complete! The reason it took us so long was because I didn’t plan out the supplies very well, and since we started with only a few weeks from the wedding, I was just over it. That said, I’m SO glad we put so much effort into making them because they were a huge hit at the wedding.
Here’s the result of our weeks of work (excuse the bad quality picture - my camera is on the fritz):
Escort Cards
September 17th, 2008 @ 5:25 pm by Mrs. Sundae
I had such high hopes of leisurely blogging about all my thoughts and feelings leading up to the wedding this week, documenting how it all went down - what a fool! Instead I am scrambling to finish up so much stuff at work, that I’ve barely had a second to think about what’s actually happening and am basically running around like a chicken with my head cut off. So when I get back, dear readers, I promise recaps of all the little details. We’ll have much to discuss while waiting for the professional pictures! In the meantime, I did manage to take some pictures of the escort cards…
A Lucky Find
September 17th, 2008 @ 3:31 pm by Miss Sweet Tea
Who says blogging doesn’t have its benefits? It was through an earlier version of yesterday’s post that I happened upon the fantastic-ness that came to be our wedding invitations. In my pre-WB blog, I started off my cheap-but-chic invite post with a fond farewell to my dreams of letterpress goodness, and named Hello!Lucky as one of my all-time favorites.
When I went to pop into the Hello!Lucky site that fateful day (I had banned myself from looking at any more letterpress stationers because it had gotten too depressing), what did I find but their (at the time) newly unveiled Marry Me! line of invites, touted as a faster and more affordable letterpress invite.
[My original Hello Lucky love... le sigh.]
Honey, You Are the Wind Beneath My Cardstock Wings
September 13th, 2008 @ 12:30 pm by Mrs. Shortcake
Mr. Shortcake and I aren’t the most regular of folks. In any given moment, either one or both of us will be making faces, speaking in cartoon voices, and generally being rather ridiculous. 
I’m particularly prone to breaking out into spontaneous song and dance routines in public. We can’t help it - we’re just silly people! Our wedding, as elegant and beautiful as some parts of it may be, is definitely going to reflect that quirky aspect of our relationship. Our cake topper isn’t the most chic and minimalist one out there. Our first dance routine (a surprise!) is definitely over-the-top something (remember, it’s a surprise! No adjectives allowed!). Our centerpieces (which I may or may not get a chance to blog about) are definitely whimsical.
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Bye Bye Babies
September 12th, 2008 @ 9:32 am by Mrs. Avocado
I just put all 75 of our Seattle wedding invitations in the mail today. Wheeeeeee! I can’t show you everything yet because we still have 200 announcements to finish assembling and to mail off, and I want them to be a surprise for everyone who will receive them in the mail. I can give you a little sneak peek of all of their pretty pretty parts, though!
Yummy linen texture!
