More invitation details!

Krista threw the coasters in for free.... cause she rocks.

I'm only slightly obsessed.

My invitations are here and I'm so thrilled. I'm bummed that I had to blur out the names/addresses, but you never know what kind of crazies are on the internet.
I've likely mentioned it before, but I modeled some elements of my invitations after the set that Krista of A Lovely Morning and 100 Layer Cake created for her wedding. I used Jenna Hein for the calligrapher and the fabulous printer, paperedtogether. I couldn't be happier with the final product.
More details to follow!

Just a peek...

My invitation sets are being letterpressed as we speak and I.am.so.excited.
As you may know, the invitations have been one of the most important, most stress inducing, meltdown causing, budget reconfiguring portions of this entire wedding.
I came into the whole arrangement with a pretty specific vision of what I wanted, I just needed the right person at the right price. I searched high and low and almost gave up a few times... but I eventually discovered that... she exists!
Her name is Krista and she runs PaperedTogether studio. She is my favorite gal of the moment. Much more about her and my invites soon. Til then, here's a peek at the envelopes!
By the way, when she was unable to find the perfect envelope liner for one particularly neurotic and super-picky customer (yeah, I'm speaking of myself), Krista decided to create and custom print them. Yeah, she's that good.

How fabulous?

I'm loving this design by Keg Designs. Kelly created the set for her own wedding and I am swooning. The colors are nothing that I would have ever thought of.... but I love them!
Oh, she's also got an awesome blog. Check it out!

Whole set here.

Silhouettes!

The silhouettes for our invitations, programs, cocktail napkins, etc., ad nauseam are in and I am IN LOVE.

From these:

To these:

Jamie of the etsy shop Blue Clara created ours and obviously, she is fabulous. She's the best deal in town and didn't seem even mildly annoyed by my neurotic requests.

In case you missed the memo...

I heart NY.

From Hello!Lucky. While you are on their site, be sure to check out their "etiquette" section. Very helpful information for the appropriate invitation wording when your family situation is a bit sticky!

Invites

Very soon after my engagement, as I was just discovering the vast world of bridal blogging, I discovered and fell a little bit in love with Kristina of a lovely morning. Clearly you must already know her, right? She seems to have celebrity status in this world of all things wedding.

Her invitations totally inspired me and really kind of helped me decide on my wedding colors (black and white) and gave me a clear idea of the kind of invitations I had to have. I had been unsure whether or not letter press was truly worth the extra money, but after seeing her invitations I knewthis was non-negotiable. I became completely obsessed with the idea of placing some calligraphy within the invitation. Oh, and the black envelopes with the white printing.... perfection.

I decided that mine would have to be square in shape, and include our custom silhouettes at the top of the invitation. And, of course, envelope liners would be mandatory. I have been casually corresponding with someone to make my letter pressed dreams come true. But today, I discovered these guys on the Bella Figura website. Aren't they elegant?

I am waiting on a quote with all of the little extras that I am hoping for... I'll keep you posted.

save the date!

I have wasted no time planning my wedding. Anxious and indecisive by nature, I was certain that planning this big day would be exhausting... so I started early. To date I have secured the church and the reception venue, booked the band, booked the photographer, bought my dress and ordered my save the dates. I won't be married for 337 days. I adore the save the dates. I set up an alchemy listing and sorted through about 25 bids. In the end I went with Barbara of "The Pettis Collection."
She was fabulous and a total steal. (Is it tacky to blog about money?)
Next project? The invitations... I'm currently sorting through the specifics of about 7 letterpress studio contracts. Ugh.