Showing posts with label invitations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label invitations. Show all posts
31 May 2011
30 May 2011
On it again
Slowly coming back. Last week I realised that we're less than 3 months from our date and it's time to get on with the preparations for the wedding.
It's been a bit painful actually. I was so very content with not having to do anything - yet. But now it's time. Today the invitations went out. RSVP is in two weeks. After that I'll need to start chasing people... There are always some that don't reply but hopefully most will so I don't have to hunt too many down.
The site has been up a long while so no headaches there. The most pressing concerns now after getting invitations out is the paperwork, then I need to take a trip to IKEA. I need fabrics. Then the DIY projects will start. And hopefully we'll be finished in time!
It's been a bit painful actually. I was so very content with not having to do anything - yet. But now it's time. Today the invitations went out. RSVP is in two weeks. After that I'll need to start chasing people... There are always some that don't reply but hopefully most will so I don't have to hunt too many down.
The site has been up a long while so no headaches there. The most pressing concerns now after getting invitations out is the paperwork, then I need to take a trip to IKEA. I need fabrics. Then the DIY projects will start. And hopefully we'll be finished in time!
16 Feb 2011
Propaganda invitation
It's funny how my mind works. I posted the picture of the Hong Kong couple wearing Red Army uniforms and that got me thinking about classic communist propaganda posters. The Chinese had a certain style on some of them that I really like. Considering our political past, it works too. I chose one that is very typical and copied the worker and the farmer, cut out the soldier (we are only two after all) and gave them our faces (and hair). Done!
I love the little subtle hint with the hammer and sickle! It's also incredibly simple graphically. All I need to do now is to find a good paper! (And have a fight with the printer.)
I love the little subtle hint with the hammer and sickle! It's also incredibly simple graphically. All I need to do now is to find a good paper! (And have a fight with the printer.)
Invitation inspiration
I'm still looking at invitations.
I love this little story of how these two got together. Problem is that it'd be incredibly expensive to do something similar. Not when it comes to making it. I'm a decent illustrator and can finish something like this and print it myself, but the cost of stamps would ruin us.
So, still looking.
Click on image to see the full story.
I love this little story of how these two got together. Problem is that it'd be incredibly expensive to do something similar. Not when it comes to making it. I'm a decent illustrator and can finish something like this and print it myself, but the cost of stamps would ruin us.
So, still looking.
11 Feb 2011
Browncoat invitation
I have been working on the invitations. I had decided on the polaroid kind, but there's still time to toy with ideas. Yesterday I crashed my computer working on this:
I embraced my inner nerd. If there's any sci fi series that would work with our theme, it's Firefly. I also made it in English. Thing is that we're inviting a bunch of people who don't speak Swedish and though I've made the site in Swedish and in English, I'd rather not have two different invitations. Everyone knows enough English to understand what the invitation says after all.
I'm going to think about it for a while. I might change my mind again.
I embraced my inner nerd. If there's any sci fi series that would work with our theme, it's Firefly. I also made it in English. Thing is that we're inviting a bunch of people who don't speak Swedish and though I've made the site in Swedish and in English, I'd rather not have two different invitations. Everyone knows enough English to understand what the invitation says after all.
I'm going to think about it for a while. I might change my mind again.
20 Jan 2011
Invitation angst
Sometimes hanging out on Offbeat Bride can cause you to have a complete frustration meltdown on ideas. I had this idea for wedding invites that I'd make Polaroid-like invitations. Well, then I stumbled over this invitation... No, it's too expensive and too complicated but it got me thinking. Maybe I should reconsider? Do something completely different?
Good thing it's still 3 months until deadline.
And now I have changed my mind again. The Polaroid idea is perfect. I've got the kraft paper bags it will be sent out in already and I think it's a good way to tie it in to the website design and the feel of this event.
BTW, I'm really falling in love with this heart.
Good thing it's still 3 months until deadline.
And now I have changed my mind again. The Polaroid idea is perfect. I've got the kraft paper bags it will be sent out in already and I think it's a good way to tie it in to the website design and the feel of this event.
BTW, I'm really falling in love with this heart.
9 Jan 2011
Web page
Do you need one? Maybe not, but I think it's practical. By having a web page you don't need to include e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g in the snail mail invitation. I prefer to keep that one short, to the point and lightweight.
Now, since I'm the DIY queen I of course DIY'ed the web page. I have a site address already so I just created a sub page address and set to work. It's not as fancy as it sounds. I used a template and tweaked in Dreamweaver. You don't need Dreamweaver to make your own web page, but you will have to be familiar with using code and how css style sheets work. It's not as complicated as it looks. Changes can be made if you open the documents in wordpad and you can have a look at what happens when you change things by opening it in a browser window. Any information you need on how to do this is available on the net so just Google away. End of mini crash course.
Back to our web page. I think it's fun doing this so I had a go at it during 5 days. Code is the fast part of it all compared to coming up with ideas and finding the right pictures. It was during this process that I started to come up with the invitation design.
I have this free program on the computer called Poladroid which creates Polaroid-like pictures in printable dpi that I used for images on the web page. I have also came across magnets looking like Polaroid frames, and an idea dawned on me. How about printing the invitation on magnetic paper and giving it a Polaroid frame? I think I'll have experiment some.
Click on the image to go to the web page.
The numbers stand for my 40th birthday, Darling's 35th birthday and 5 is the number of years we've been a couple. It all becomes 80. We're actually not telling people straight out that we're getting married but it's not that difficult to figure out. The reason for not spelling it out is that we don't want people to rush out and buy us presents we don't need or start worrying about fancy clothes. This is a very basic event but people get all sorts of silly ideas if you tell them it's a wedding.
Now, since I'm the DIY queen I of course DIY'ed the web page. I have a site address already so I just created a sub page address and set to work. It's not as fancy as it sounds. I used a template and tweaked in Dreamweaver. You don't need Dreamweaver to make your own web page, but you will have to be familiar with using code and how css style sheets work. It's not as complicated as it looks. Changes can be made if you open the documents in wordpad and you can have a look at what happens when you change things by opening it in a browser window. Any information you need on how to do this is available on the net so just Google away. End of mini crash course.
Back to our web page. I think it's fun doing this so I had a go at it during 5 days. Code is the fast part of it all compared to coming up with ideas and finding the right pictures. It was during this process that I started to come up with the invitation design.
I have this free program on the computer called Poladroid which creates Polaroid-like pictures in printable dpi that I used for images on the web page. I have also came across magnets looking like Polaroid frames, and an idea dawned on me. How about printing the invitation on magnetic paper and giving it a Polaroid frame? I think I'll have experiment some.
Click on the image to go to the web page.The numbers stand for my 40th birthday, Darling's 35th birthday and 5 is the number of years we've been a couple. It all becomes 80. We're actually not telling people straight out that we're getting married but it's not that difficult to figure out. The reason for not spelling it out is that we don't want people to rush out and buy us presents we don't need or start worrying about fancy clothes. This is a very basic event but people get all sorts of silly ideas if you tell them it's a wedding.
6 Jan 2011
Invitations and save the date
This is a tricky thing. In Sweden people usually don't send out Save the Date cards. Wedding invitations go out about 10 to 12 weeks before the event with an RSVP deadline approximately 2 weeks after the guests got the invitation, meaning 8 to 10 weeks before the wedding. This gives you enough time to chase those who haven't replied and calculate food and drink and everything else you might need to have in place on the big day.
However, if you have friends or family living abroad (and Sweden is large enough to cause travel problems - flying in from Kalix is like flying in from Italy) they might need to know earlier than that. Now, we have people we wish to invite from South Africa and the UK and the Netherlands, so I decided to send out save the date cards. Then I calculated the cost and realised that it really is silly doing it through snail mail. Everyone we know have updated themselves and use the net, so I decided we could make a video and e-mail it to people instead. It's a heads up after all.
It didn't turn out as we planned but I saved it with a bit of humour and a fancy e-mail with the intro image from our website. And the theme is present on this video in a not so subtle way; bluegrass.
However, if you have friends or family living abroad (and Sweden is large enough to cause travel problems - flying in from Kalix is like flying in from Italy) they might need to know earlier than that. Now, we have people we wish to invite from South Africa and the UK and the Netherlands, so I decided to send out save the date cards. Then I calculated the cost and realised that it really is silly doing it through snail mail. Everyone we know have updated themselves and use the net, so I decided we could make a video and e-mail it to people instead. It's a heads up after all.
It didn't turn out as we planned but I saved it with a bit of humour and a fancy e-mail with the intro image from our website. And the theme is present on this video in a not so subtle way; bluegrass.
I'll deal with the invitations eventually.
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