With a 50/50 chance of rain and the chilly wind on the radar, God graced the bride and groom with a gorgeous day. the sun was shining, the wind behaved (for the most part) and the rain held off until about 3 minutes after we loaded back into the limo following the outdoor pictures in the park. We even saw a rainbow on the way to the reception :)
I have a few blog posts to document the occasion... sooo.. enjoy :)
But before the wedding day arrived, ya gotta invite the guests... and that is where Scrapping Innovations continues in the "Deanna and Phil saga". And now that the wedding is over, our mom is letting me post pictures ( yes, i am in my 30s and still listen to my mommy :) )
So! here i go!!
Remember Christine and Tony's wedding invites from earlier this year? Well, deanna happened to be over my house one day and saw me working on their invites- she loved them. Once i updated the graphic to the coordinating Plum color, she "had to have them". So we found our starting point!
To make the invite different, the design was shifted to showcase more of the wording on the right-hand side. Instead of the ribbon, we added 7 rhinestones to the graphic to give the invitation some sparkle and texture. The main invitation card included an additional back layer as well.
The main invitation layer:
A ruby purple paper layer was placed between 2 champagne paper layers. Rhinestones were placed on the purple graphic. The wording along the right side is printed in black, with the exception of the bride and groom's names-- they are purple.
The map card is made of a single layer of champagne paper. It included a Map with the locations of the hotel, church and reception locations. The location names and addresses are included along the bottom to leave the map clean and uncluttered.
The reception card was made of 2 layers of paper: ruby and champagne. The coordinating graphic and fonts/colors directed the guests where to go after the church. I personally love the the wording :)
The RSVP card is also a 2 layer card made with the ruby and champagne layers. Again, we used the graphic, fonts, and colors to keep everything uniform.
My favorite part of the RSVP cards is the numbers along the bottom. Each RSVP is numbered- and the bride and groom have a spreadsheet with the coordinating numbers. That way when "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" respond, they know it's "Jim Smith's" rather than "Sam Smith's" card-- This little trick is also very helpful if you cant read people's handwriting or if they fill out the RSVP card wrong ( Say... they put an "x" on the attendance line rather than "2"- very helpful for your counts!)
The card also included a matching champagne envelope with a return address printed on the front.
I love matching stuff, so when the couple asked for an "inner/outer envelope" set, it leads to a problem since i am only able to get the inner/outer sets in a matte finish-- and everything else is in the metallic pearlescent finish! So we came up with an alternative: a sleeve.
the purple sleeves were created from an 8.5x11" piece of paper, and folded/cut/punched so that the 5x7 invitation could be placed in the center. The double sided adhesive was then exposed to make the folded paper hold it's shape. A printed tag with the guest's names was placed on the outside of the sleeve and can now be used as an "inner envelope"! the half circle punch allows for the invite cards to be easily grabbed and removed, yet the sleeve keeps everything together as the guests remove the "packet" from the main mailing envelope. The sleeve also acted as a nice barrier for the rhinestones against the mailing envelope :)
a beautiful invitation for a beautiful event :)
...more posts coming soon on the other stuff we made :) :)
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