I knew right from the start that I wanted to have names for tables as opposed to numbers. I thought this would be a good place to inject something that means something to us as a couple, and as we're having a relatively small amount of tables, I don't think there will be too much confusion when guests are looking out for their table. I also think numbers are boring and remind me of being in a restaurant (ﾟoﾟ)
We sat down one evening and brainstormed table name ideas...
- fruit
- flowers
- the word "love" in different languages
- colours
not many, granted, but then I thought, why not bands/artists that we have seen together live in concert (･_･?)
H2b had never been to a music concert. Ever. Until he met me... and we have seen lots of bands/artists together now. Anyone that knows us, KNOWS it's what we do for a good night out, I think in 2008 we had a concert a month! H2b drew the line at coming with me to see NKTOB and Take That though!
I thought it would also be good to have the dates and venues on the table name card - mainly so it wouldn't be like we plucked random artists out of the air, but that they were people we had seen live!
I carried on the black/purple/white colour scheme, and on the reverse of the card we plan on putting the guests names (maybe)
Here are all the table name cards...
Top table will be Darren Hayes, natch, he's my favourite musician ♥ ♥ ♥
The Bridesmaids and their partner's table will be the P!nk table. It is also my Chief Bridesmaid's (my sis) fave musician - she came along with us to see her a few weeks ago. P!nk rawked!
As for the rest of the tables, they are unassigned at the moment...
Britney is yet to be seen - June 7th, but we'll have seen her by the time the wedding rolls round!
TTFN xx
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
Now, I think I may have said before that it's tricky putting my wedding blog into any sort of order as I've left it till when we've practically finished doing everything, so as I think of things to write I write them... as I've been talking about our invitations, and before presenting you with the final draft and the ones we actually sent out, I will back track to our Save The Dates.
Another American idea which we've adopted over here in the UK! Once we decided on our date - a Wednesday - we knew that it would be a good idea to send out save the date cards to our guests, just to forewarn them of the day/date and enable them to get the time off work if they wished to attend.
We bought sheets of magnetic card to make the cards a little more practical - everyone sticks a magnet on their fridge!
Like I said, these were designed and made before I had any clue of colour, style or anything wedding related (＞。≪) I even got the village where our venue is wrong! D'oh! If I could do them again they would be in the same style as the rest of our stationery!
Oh well, they were sent last August after our engagement party so too late now!!!!
TTFN xx
