08/12/2010
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Idea #2
To wrap cardstock then overlay with white
idea 1Idea #2To wrap cardstock then overlay with white
   

Wedding Invitation
My new semi-DIY drive

With our new wedding budget cuts, I'll be taking on a lot of new projects.

I'm making the invites for one. I decided on fonts, but I haven't really decided on what kind of graphics we want. We were going to use JW's everywhere but I don't know how my family feels about the W monogram going to be everywhere. 2 years ago when my sister married her husband, she kept her own last name because she didn't want to have a different last name than her daughter(or our father). Anyways, i found paper-source.com for our cardstock needs. I'd really love some love birds as graphics, but of course I want to highlight the turquoise theme of the wedding. This is the wording that we've decided on
"Jeanette & Jeremy
together with their families
request the honor of you presences
as they exchange their marriage vows on..."

I figured that covers everyone that is helping with the planning. My sister is out to see and my 2 of my other bridesmaids do not live in my city. So it's up to my baby sister, 2 bridesmaids, and 2 bestfriends to help me with these DIY projects.

I'd love some ideas for wedding graphics in turquoise. My brother is a pretty decent graphic designer. Would it be too much to do both love birds and the monogram? Our style is modern yet traditional. (Does that make any sense)
invitation, diy, graphics, turquoise
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sexylilbride's White wedding
sexylilbride
 |  San jose, CA, USA  |  08/12/2010
Totally love paper source!! I'm lucky enough to live in a city that actually has one of their stores! About the love birds,a really unique way to incorporate this would be to emboss them on. You need to find a stamp with lovebirds you like and emboss away! I love how embossing adds texture and a little bit of dimension to an otherwise flat piece of paper. I am doing embossing on my invitations check out my blog.
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thedesignerbride
 |  Lithonia, GA, USA  |  08/12/2010
Lovely design; it's so beautiful and simple. I have a suggestion for you.  My first suggestion would be to use two love birds; one tourquise and the other a little hue of tourquise. Have the birds face each other like they are kissing or 'embrace' each other, and on these birds you can place both your initials "J". Then in the background of the birds, you can use a traditional script font like Chopin, Edwardian script or any other well flourished script font,  in a  W. That way its a simple monogram graphic without being too much. If you need any more help or suggestions, email me at visionsbylauren@gmail.com
futuremrsjw's Blue wedding
futuremrsjw
 |  Norfolk, VA, USA  |  08/13/2010
I love the idea of 2 different turquoise color birds. and the kissing birds are exactly the type of thing I'd like to go with!!!!!! My brother is drawing some up..I can't wait to see! and I LOVE PAPER SOURCE there isn't one around here, but the site is so helpful!
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