Invitations

Our wedding invitations was truly a labor of love.  Andrew is a graphic designer, and Marla is fairly "crafty" inclined and thus we wanted to make an impression.

Invitation kits were purchased from a great website containing recycled paper.  All graphics were created by Andrew.  This included: Invitation, Map, Hotel Info, RSVP Card and Monogram.  Card stock was printed at home, cut at Kinkos and then mounted on 12x6" chocolate card stock which had been folded in half.  Exterior paper was also edged with gold nail polish and then brushed with eyeshadow to create a shimmer effect.  Red paper was wrapped around the invitations and then lovingly tied with a chocolate satin ribbon.  Exterior envelopes were then crowned with a stamp that had been custom made, the photo being from our trip to Sundance Ski Resort.

We were thrilled with our end result, and received tons of compliments from guests

Vendors

Paper Kit:  http://www.invitesite.com - Ours was called "Carmine".  They also sell matching thank you cards, programs and guest books.  

Paper: Bazzill chocolate card stock - This paper was originally 12x12 card stock that we purchased from a scrapbook store.  It was then cut into 12x6 and folded in half to form small books for the invitation.  We loved the quality and price.

Graphics: http://www.istockphoto.com - Base for the graphics came from this website.  Search terms were "Vector, floral, grunge."

Design: Andrew Deutsch

Ribbon: http://www.jkmribbon.com - Fantastic price with several options.

Stamp: http://www.zazzle.com - We really enjoyed making our stamps, just make sure your image is light enough.

Font: http://www.veer.com - Declaration and Pabst

Printer:  At home.  HP Inkjet.

Paper Cut:  Kinkos

Programs

The talented and amazing fiancee, Andrew worked long and hard on these.  Graphics were purchased again from http://www.istockphoto.com  I particularly love our wedding quote in the front, and Andrew came up with a touching thank you note on the back.  Paper was again purchased from http://www.invitesite.com to match our invitations.  I love the mango leaf Mulberry paper and the recycled husk card stock.  Plus they were sweet enough to provide a shimmery brown ribbon to tie it all together.  I love them!

Inside Spread

Outside Spread

Save the Dates/Engagement Announcements

Our engagement announcement card, the photo was taken by a friend in the park.  We then created these through I-photo.  I was really pleased with the speed and quality of these!

Thank You Cards

I really didn't like any of the thank you cards I found out there.  So, I went to Papyrus, bought some blank parchment cards and scrap booked my own.  Orange, chocolate and gold marbled paper was also from Papyrus and hand ripped to create an edge to it.  Ribbon came from Michaels along with the thank you stamp and chocolate ink pad.  Ribbon for the bow was left over from our programs.