chrisncase08's Blue wedding

So, my Mom and I went to look at invitations we could order from a store. I had been wanting to do them ourselves, but Mom thought it would be a good idea to look at ordering before we took on that challenge. It turned out that our taste in order-able invitations was more than our budget would allow. With that in mind, Mom agreed that we could make them ourselves. I think that we are both very crafty when itcomes to paper-products, and plus this allows us to get exactly what I want. We searched around online and found the pieces and I put together a sample invite, seen in the photo. The workshop I went to at PaperSource was a big help, especially because I knew that I could go there to get quality papers that still weren't nearly as expensive as ordering pre-made invites.

The pieces of the invite are as follows:

*The back card is from formal-invitations.com. It is the HandmadeTiffany Blue with Silk card. It adds great texture to the invite.

The sash-like paper is from Paper Source. It is Filigree on Ivory vellum cut to around 2.5 inches.

The top paper is also from Paper Source. It is text weight paper in the color pool.

The ribbon which connects the back card and the pool paper together is from favorfrenzy.com. The color is aqua and the width is 1/4 inch. Note of advice from my Mom (who ordered the ribbon)- if you use favorfrenzy, use their Ebay store, not their regular website. She had some trouble with her order, but by using Ebay, you can elimate being taken advantage of.