Invitations... the details

Since it has been about a week since we sent the invites, I figured I would give you guys a preview.

Invites, like everything else in the wedding world, are expensive. Especially to get the pretty pocket fold ones like I originally wanted [you can read more about that here]. So, enter budget-mode for invites, and I found these pretty guys:

 

These are not my invites, just the website's version; Source

I loved the daisies and that it matched the feel of our day-time wedding. Classy, yet casual. It was really easy to order them, too. We just picked whatever phrasing we wanted, proofed the sample, and then they were ordered! Our package included the response cards, response envelopes, and reception cards as well. 


So, without further ado, here are our invites. [Sorry for the blurred out words. Privacy and all]

All of them!

Our invite, minus the smudges

Response & reception cards

All of it together!

Invites... done!

Invitations were put in the mail yesterday! Hooray!! I will share them with you in about a week after everyone else has had a chance to receive them. I love them; they're quite spring-like yet simple. 

I will say, I despise stuffing envelopes. Response cards + response envelopes + reception cards + invites + website card all in inner envelope and then that in the outer envelope. Boooo... but it's done!:)

Matt & I had our last premarital counseling session yesterday, and that went really well. Talked about the order of the ceremony and whatnot. So with invites done and having the order of the wedding done, I guess it's official! 


I have my bridal portraits today. Pray that the weather holds out! I will definitely update you on that later.


Until next time, everyone have a great Sunday!

Priorities, priorities...

Or, how we managed to choose the invites.

This happened about a couple of months ago, sorry I'm just getting around to blogging about it! 

But, ok. In what I like to refer to as 'Jessica's Dream World Wedding' where budget is not an issue and I/we could have anything I/we ever wanted, I wanted the pocketfold invites. Here are some such ones:

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I love how they have all the information just neatly organized... and it's so pretty! *sigh*

But, as I have learned through this wedding planning experience, I have expensive taste. Refer back to the registry post if you don't believe me. Otherwise, just ask Matt! Or my mother. I blame her for this problem... :P Anyway, so these guys run way over $2/per invite. Since I'm not a big DIY'er, there was no way I was going to make them. Plus, ultimately, they were not my number 1, number 2, or number 3 most important item that I should base a decent portion of the budget on. Thus, I had to bid them adieu, and hoped something better came my way.


They did! Though it isn't what I dreamed of for my wedding invite, they were definitely within the budget. They match the formality of the wedding. They are classy, yet simple. I'm fairly happy with them. Plus, most guests (except for other wedding planners like myself) don't really care about the invites, right? That's what my parents said to relieve my anxiety, at least. I'll choose to believe them, for minimum cognitive dissonance. [Yes, I just hyperlinked a psychology term, for all you non-PSYC people]

But sorry, you don't get to see them until April. I know, long time to wait, but I just feel like I shouldn't post them until the guests get them. 


So, have a good weekend!!! I've been getting over a pretty draining cold, so it is catch-up time for me...