Wedding: Rustic Invites

Our wedding invitations, probably the biggest hurdle of wedding planning, are finally out the door and we are already getting RSVPs in! Getting those out really makes getting married feel even more legitimate. These are our invites. I sewed each pocketfold; all 100 or so of them. The fiance helped print, assemble, and package them while I diligently sewed away. I like how they turned out and so far I have heard nothing but good things about them. It was funny buying all the fabric for them at the fabric store. The lady at the cutting counter was like, "Wow, what are you gonna make with all this burlap?" And I was like, "Um...pocketfolds for my wedding invites." When she responded, "Burlap? That's so interesting, most people want satin or organza for wedding projects..." Haha. Not us. We like unconventional ;) Enjoy!

Sacrifices, sacrifices...

A very daunting task of wedding planning has been completed. We have finished printing, creating, and assembling our wedding invites! (I'll post what they look like once majority of them are sent out.) With such a big wedding things had to be sacrificed to keep within budget and sanity. I had to let go of some dreamy things that in a fantasy world/wedding I would've had. So goodbye...

Calligraphy addressed invites...

via mrboddington.com

And letterpress printed invites...

via ephemera-press.com

We started to reach crunch time so in the end while I was still pumping out pocketfolds the fiance diligently worked on addressing the invites himself. Thanks dear :)

99 Red Balloons...

...floating in a summer sky. Well there aren't 99 Balloons here but almost! So I finally got the energy to upload my backlog of pics I've been meaning to post. So as promised here are the happy Hot Air Balloon invites I made for my big sissy. I knew she didn't want the traditional baby, pinky invites so I came up with Hot Air Balloons since, as I said they were on the brain and they fit in with her whole whimsical motif she is going with in the nursery.



Her main inspiration for the nursery is based on the Ikea Fabler line and when I saw this Hot Air Balloon stuffy I knew the invites would work out :)


The invites are inspired from Jack and Izzy's Etsy store. (Gotta give credit where credit should be given). But I wanted to use my own design/colors and I used cut-out punches to add dimension to the invites. So if you like these I urge you to go visit their store. They have papergoods for lots of occasions at quite reasonable prices.