OUR INVITES ARE IN!!! A little look at our announcements:)

 

THEY ARE FINALLY HERE!!!!  One of the things I was most excited about during the whole planning process was designing our invites.  I had been constantly thinking if I should just let someone else design them to avoid a major headache, but I am glad I went for it.  I wanted something different. Something I hadn't seen before, and something that I could really make unique.  This is what I came up with:)  I had seen SOOO many different invitation ideas, and loved a ton of them. I just didn't know what I wanted more or less of.  Our wedding theme has a little woodland/outdoor theme to it.  Our colors are olive green, salmon pink, tan, and brown. I wanted to use a little of the theme on the invite, so I chose to sketch out the roses and leaves that will be at the reception. 

Here are a few of the sketches I did for the invite.  I started out by just drawing roses and leaves and them scanned them into the computer.  I messed with the contrast and clarity a bit, then brought them over to photo-shop where I had some fun painting them.  

The back was the hardest part of the whole process for me.  I wasn't sure if I should just stick with the classic look of wedding invitations, or go with a more modern/hip feel.  I was worried that those getting them might think they were a little tacky, or completely inappropriate for the occasion, (I tend to think too much about what other think of my work!) but I went for it anyway and was very happy about the finished product:)  

I designed little tags for the registry and luncheon as well.  Those are strung onto black hemp which is tied around the invitation with a bow tying it off. You can't see them on the pictures, but little black eyelets where added to the registry and luncheon. That is one of my favorite parts:) So If you gave me your address, then you will be able to see that little surprise detail:) I love getting wedding announcements with something attached, I think it is so fun to have tags and little reminders included. Something so simple seems to add a lot to the whole package:) I also designed our temple invites, those are just placed inside the envelope.  

This whole design process was a BLAST! I'm sure Andy is relieved that I am done with this little project.  I asked him over and over again, "do you like it?" "what should I change?" "will your family hate it?" "are people going to think it's lame?"  Ha ha! Luckily he gave me all the support and compliments I needed to go forward with it.  I hope you all like it!  If you haven't sent me your address yet and want one, write it down on the comment section below! I would love to send you one:)  Less than a month away!  YAY!