Happy Friday!!
Welcome back Vivian, bride to be...
If you're a friend of Nycia's, you might have heard that I design and make invitations, for fun and mostly for other people. I now realize it's a lot easier designing for someone else who has a feel for what they want. I had no idea what I wanted. I played around with a lot of different options before finally settling on this:
The invitations were entirely handmade and printed in my own home. The vellum was purchased at the Do It Your Own D*mn Self Show in Chicago, where crafters sell their leftover scrap materials. I got a great deal on this vellum, which was offset-printed with a custom flower drawing by Art School Girl. The red card stock I used for the backing was half off at The Paper Source.
The envelopes were lined with a chiyogami crane print. This ties into the 1000 paper cranes that I will have floating around at our ceremony.
Here's a look at the inside of the card. I found out that dafont.com is a great place to download open-source (and mostly free) fonts. There is a great selection, and I went crazy playing around with all the different font options.
On the back of the card is the word "love" printed in 3 languages - Chinese, English, and Punjabi.
For the finishing touch (and to personalize the invites just like we did with the rings), we sealed the envelopes with our thumbprints in the shape of a heart.
Welcome back Vivian, bride to be...
If you're a friend of Nycia's, you might have heard that I design and make invitations, for fun and mostly for other people. I now realize it's a lot easier designing for someone else who has a feel for what they want. I had no idea what I wanted. I played around with a lot of different options before finally settling on this:
The invitations were entirely handmade and printed in my own home. The vellum was purchased at the Do It Your Own D*mn Self Show in Chicago, where crafters sell their leftover scrap materials. I got a great deal on this vellum, which was offset-printed with a custom flower drawing by Art School Girl. The red card stock I used for the backing was half off at The Paper Source.
The envelopes were lined with a chiyogami crane print. This ties into the 1000 paper cranes that I will have floating around at our ceremony.
Here's a look at the inside of the card. I found out that dafont.com is a great place to download open-source (and mostly free) fonts. There is a great selection, and I went crazy playing around with all the different font options.
On the back of the card is the word "love" printed in 3 languages - Chinese, English, and Punjabi.
For the finishing touch (and to personalize the invites just like we did with the rings), we sealed the envelopes with our thumbprints in the shape of a heart.