You're invited!

The first step with our day invitations was to source pocketfolds. Through asking on the Wedding Ideas forum I discovered a website called Cards Cards Cards and I ordered 50 white pearlised 5" x 7" pocketfolds with matching envelope. The website has since folded (no pun intended!) So glad I ordered those 10 extras!!

I also had to source some purple card...which I liked...remember I'm quite fussy about purple (O_O；). I eventually tracked some down at The Range what a God send that store is!! The only snag was that the *only* card I could find in a purple that I *liked* was A1 in size!! To give you an idea of that... A1 is 23.4" x 33.1". I had given myself the task of having to chop all this down into the sizes that I needed. And with the invite backing, plus four inserts, I'd given myself one hell of a job!!

By the time I had bought the purple card and the pocket folds I had already designed the layout for the invitation and for the inserts, so I then meticulously measured everything and began to cut out with a craft knife. MISSION!!! But it was worth it, as I think they turned out great, and everyone complimented me on them （*＾＾）

So I present to you our (daytime) invitations:



I originally was going to tie them up with ribbon, but decided against it as was too bulky to post, and the ribbon would have got squished in the mail.



I made 40 invitations in all - took about 6 weeks to make - a lot longer than I thought it might!



I eventually tracked down some gorgeous swirly brushes which I think look fabbu! I had bought some little purple gemstone stickers which I didn't want to go to waste so added them strategically





We added four inserts as you can see in the picture below





Directions - speaks for itself - how to get to our venue with a map on the reverse (not pictured)

Information - our website (designed and coded by yours truly), accommodation info, taxi numbers, order of the day (what time we are eating), gift registry, confetti policy and RSVP details.

Photography - we created a Photobox account for our friends and family to upload their photographs from the wedding to. We used this insert to give instructions on how to do that.

RSVP - We used this to detail how they could RSVP to the wedding - online, by phone or by post. Originally it was going to be an RSVP card, but I couldn't find any envelopes to fit it!! Moral of that tale: find your envelopes first!!

I also DIY'd our evening invitations, table name cards, escort cards, menus, order of the day programme, candy buffet sign, wish jar sign, bathroom basket signs, CD covers (for people to take home and burn their images to if they don't have the internet) and post box.

TTFN xx