09/07/2010
CLOSE UP OF SEAL
Calculations.. tons of these sheets
Work Space
All in a row
Belly Bands!
Carolyn Helping :)
Wine Helped
Seals with Rhinestones!!!!!
MAIN INVITE
Directions!
RECEPTION CARD
ACCOMMODATIONS
RSVP
Homemade RSVP Envelopes
RSVP helper lable :)
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CLOSING POCKET
CLOSED
BELLY BAND PRE SCORED BY FH
CLOSING AND GLUING BELLY BAND
CLOSE UP BELLY BAND PATTERN
ADDING SEAL
CLOSE UP OF SEAL
INNER ENVELOPE
WAX SEAL
WAX UP CLOSE
Handwritten
BACK OF OUTER ENVELOPE
RETURN ADDY
Think Invite!
PRAISE THE LORD!!!
Calculations.. tons of these sheetsWork SpaceAll in a rowBelly Bands!Carolyn Helping :)Wine HelpedSeals with Rhinestones!!!!!MAIN INVITEDirections!RECEPTION CARDACCOMMODATIONSRSVPHomemade RSVP EnvelopesRSVP helper lable :)Black Wedding Invitation BGNN'S INVITATIONS = DONEZO!!!!Black Wedding Invitation BGNN'S INVITATIONS = DONEZO!!!!ANOTHER QUOTECLOSING POCKETCLOSEDBELLY BAND PRE SCORED BY FHCLOSING AND GLUING BELLY BANDCLOSE UP BELLY BAND PATTERNADDING SEALCLOSE UP OF SEALINNER ENVELOPEWAX SEALWAX UP CLOSEHandwrittenBACK OF OUTER ENVELOPERETURN ADDYThink Invite!PRAISE THE LORD!!!
   

Wedding Invitation
BGNN'S INVITATIONS = DONEZO!!!!

Thank you to the heaven's above! b/c I really don't think I could have worked on these one more day! lol

But I love them more than I imagined. They're exactly what I wanted. And no joke, they weigh 4 ounces each! That's insane! I always knew I wanted a pocketfold.. I just think there were alot of little things that ended up causing so much grief that we could of avoided.

1st... we MADE the pocketfolds. If you're on a budget... great savings, but it was a headached. The paper was 20 dollars as opposed to 95 for the pocket folds.

We matted everything. I could have just printed the border to avoid all the extra work.

We decided to do the style where the pattern goes all the way to the edge, unfortunately most printers, including at kinkos... have rollers that pull the paper through the machine, so they can't print to the edge... so you have to print on slightly larger paper, print, and crop. Who'd of thought!

We had a bad experience with getting our paper professionaly cut. They had dull blades and frayed about 50 dollars of paper.. so we decided to cut every single piece by hand. 90 invites x 14 pieces of paper per invite. yah... took us over a month after work. I'm exhausted. but again.. I love them :)

We MADE the rsvp envelopes. We had a standard 5x7 pocketfold, but the smallest envelope you can buy is an A2 which is just over 5" long... I didn't want it vertically in there.. so we made our own. Cut them out, scored them, glued and added double sided tape with a little label to explain what it was. It was see through red, and after everything we did to these babies.. I was making it as easy as possible for my guests to respond ASAP! lol

We also lined all our inner and outer envelopes with patterned paper. We used glue.. DONT!!! use double sided tape. The glue expands a bit when it drys and caused the envelope to ripple. So we ironed every single envelope!!! crazy! but it helped a ton!!!

We handwrote the outter and inner envelopes. I had thought long and hard and decided I would find a pretty font and print them.. then I went to a family function and my Aunt said, "you are handwritting the addresses right?" "yes, yes I am" lol I've followed every other ettiquette rule.. why break this one! lol

After cutting all the cards and green matting to the perfect size.. attaching them all with double sided tape... We realized the thickness of the cards made them wayyy too thick for the pocketfold. so we had to trim the green on the right and left from each card... oh yay! lol

So anywho.. a pocketfold, with the main invite, matted, and ribbon wrapped around where the pattern and white meet. The white is iridescent.. I know that doesn't show well in my pics. The green is irridescent too :)

The cards: Map, Reception, Accommodations, and RSVP. Once it's all folded up, we added a belly band of our pattern with a seal. I made the seals and bands on irridescent paper as well and added 3 rhinestones to each seal.

Then that went into the black inner envelope. I hand wrote the guests names and sealed them with a wax seal. I actually made the seals on a cookie sheet and then attached them to the envelope with glue. That way I could do them early, and so that any ugly ones got tossed. :)

Then that went in the outer white mailing envelope that was already hand addressed but I printed the backs late last night.. no way in heck was I hand writing our return addy label.. I couldn't do it! So I made a cute little emblem with a tree and birds with our return addy and printed our monogram on the back of the envelope.

So anywho.. here they are!! And I'm back! I have 11 emails of "brides I'm watching" to catch up on! Can't wait to see what you have all been up to!!!!

xoxoxoxoxo
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Um Hi, my name is Amanda Moury and I wish I was coming to YOUR wedding! Girl you've outdone yourself, those are GORGEOUS! I think my favorite parts are the "M" seal, and the "If you're a bird then I'm a bird" quote on the bottom of the invite!

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@ Lori.. thanks so much :)  I'm so stoked about those birds! I had no idea they were in the pattern when I bought it.. Pure luck!

@Fabuloubride.. thanks a bunch!!

@sexylilbride  Thank you so much!  I heart them :)

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@nishar03  Seriously.. thank you so much.. that's incredibly sweet and really makes my day :)

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