Save the Date!

Yay! Our Save the Dates arrived on Saturday. Our designer had dropped them off at my parents house last week and my mama was so kind as to send an extra in the mail to me. I'm sad to have to "erase" some of the text.

Photo by Moi

I had last seen the mock up over email and could not get a true sense of the colors but loved the design. We worked with one of my dad's former colleagues to design and print our Save the Dates. I wanted something organic and light with a pop of color. I adore flourishes, clearly as they were all over my inspiration pictures for the paper suite.

How did you choose your Save the Dates?

Chandelier-ium?

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So I've discussed my candle dilemma. And I'm slowly moving on...to bigger and perhaps more unlikely ideas. I have lately fallen in love with the idea of incorporating a chandelier into the realm of lighting solutions.

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Chandeliers create an ornate and elegant focal point to a table setting. Vintage chic and uniquely quirky all at once. Which is the feel I'm digging this week.

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Somehow I have fallen for a design element and lighting solution that is somehow trickier to include at a museum reception than open candle light. After all, the rules clearly state that no element of decor can be strung or hung from the walls, ceilings, or fixtures in the reception room.

A girl can dream though. After all, how neat would it be to incorporate the chandelier theme throughout the invitation suite?

Oh So Obsessed with Oh So Beautiful Paper

I am on a paper blog rampage right now as yesterday I had my first conversation with our invitation designer. Our designer is an old colleague of my dad's who has since started her own design company. I had gathered inspiration for our Save the Dates (sorry I just can't bring myself to abbreviate) and invitation suite but had not gotten much beyond that. In talking to her I suddenly became overwhelmed by the decisions.

Paper Texture, Paper Weight, Envelopes, Liner, Pantone Colors, Font, and a million others that I cannot remember.

So I've been on an inspiration mission...mostly focused on Etsy and my new favorite blog Oh So Beautiful Paper. It's a MUST for all of us paper novices...

I sent our designer a huge word document with images of different invitations that I love. I found that many are not the entire look I like but may have the font or the color or the detail.

As for content...after 15 versions we have decided on:

Save the Date
Hilary and Michael
Chicago
June 26,2010


Short and Sweet.

Save the Date?

I've been on the hunt for Paper Inspiration. I spent all of last night oogling Oh So Beautiful Paper. I have found that I have a thing for flourishes and swirly script. I believe that I have found my Save the Date inspiration.

I'm thinking of changing the AND to an &.

What do you think? Simple and Sweet?