Like I mentioned in my previous post, Irene from Rinka and Ink saved the day with her letterpress and design skills. She created these lovely invitations and reply cards for me:
We decided to go with the pink/brown combo for the invitations, and the green/brown combo for the reply cards. I love the way they incorporate all of our wedding colors! Mmmm...letterpress. Don't you just want to reach out and touch them?
Irene got us chocolate brown envelopes for both the invitations and reply cards. I lined the A7 envelopes with wrapping paper I found in the Paper Source Sale aisle. It's called "Ice Cream Stripes" and it was 50% off! Yum and yum.
A little bit o tracing...
A little bit o cutting...
A little bit o punching...
A little bit o mama and papa labor...
And voila! Pretty liners!
I bought A7.5 outer envelopes* from the Paper Source and created wraparound labels. I love the clean and modern feel they give off. The "calligraphy" was individually done by my computer and printer. They call it "Garamond" and "Mahogany Script." They did a great job, huh? Very consistent.
Irene was SUPER sweet and actually allowed me to use the heart graphic she designed! I was having a hard time finding a graphic that was similar to hers, and she came to my rescue (yet again!) and gave me hers. Thanks, Irene!!! I printed out the labels, ran them through my xyron machine, cut each one out with my paper cutter and used my scoring blade to create a crease in each label for a clean fold. This was rough. My eyes and hands are still cursing me for the hours I spent on this step. But I think my calloused hands and cross-eyed eyes were worth it...I love how they came out!
Computer and Printer refused to print legibly on the brown inner envelope so I had to get creative and made stickers for the names. It also did double-duty and kept the envelopes closed.
The entire invitation suite:
My stamps of choice? The 61-cent wedding cake stamp. It was either this or the Richard Wright stamps. I didn't know who he was so I went with the cake. Cake, I know...all too well.
And the 44-cent Simpsons stamp. With the price increase, there weren't many choices. I wasn't feeling the wedding rings or the new king and queen love stamps. I thought the Simpsons would be fun and add some color to the brown envelopes. Since then, I see that USPS released their 44-cent Celebration stamp...if only I had procrastinated a little bit longer on these invitations, they would've been MINE.
It's been fun opening up my mailbox and seeing all the little brown envelopes inside. So far, there haven't been any surprise replies from our guests. Most have been "yes's"...but I'm wondering if that is typically how they come in. Did you find that your "yes" replies came before the "no's"?
* Most PS stores don't carry this size envelope but they can place an order for you, or you can buy them online. They are also available in more colors than are shown on their website.
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