I "met" Katia through a referral, and was so pleased when i was able to help the happy couple with their wedding invite set. Katia and Jay loved the more laid back invitations, but they still wanted something classy too-- and i think we did just that!
Using a few boxes of store-bought invites, some cardstock, and some craftiness, we were able to dress up some otherwise "main-stream" wedding invites. The store bought invites included the pocketfolder, invite and RSVP paper, envelopes, and twine/tie.
The tree/bird graphic was already printed on the invitation layer-- so we matched the brown ink of the wording to the brown color of the tree. A casual-but-not-to-casual font was used through out the invite set to keep with the theme of their classy- laid back wedding.
Using the purchased items as the base to their invite, we added a layer of Bronze (dark brown) metallic cardstock behind the invite layer. this added not only some weight to the invite (to feel more substantial), but it added a beautiful hint of color as well. it also separated the invite layer from the pocketfolder, as they are made from the same textured cream papers.
The RSVP card, also made from the textured cream paper, already had the blue birds on the top, so we added the wording underneath the graphics. to add some more weight to the RSVP cards, we cut down the cards and then matted them to an Old Gold metallic cardstock base.
The couple's address was printed on the front of the RSVP envelopes with matching font/color to the rest of the invite set.
On the front of the pocketfolder, a branch graphic was printed on the lower right side. Two bird punch outs are sitting on the bench. When the invite set is assembled, the teal RSVP envelope shows through the folder to make the birds the matching teal color. (i cannot take credit for that, but i loved that detail!)
The outer envelope included the bird graphic printed on the back flap. I also included printed labels for easy mailing-- the labels are long enough so that they can be folded around the envelope: the couple's return address is printed on the left side of the label ( it will be placed on the back of the envelope) and the guests' names and address was printed on the left side of the label ( so it will be on the front of the envelope).
Overall, these turned out lovely-- and it's a great way to jazz up some store bought items to make them your own.
congrats to the bride and groom to be!
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