You're Invited!

You're invited to share in the Holy matrimony...

You're invited to share in the love of...

You're invited to witness the joining of two souls...

Man, it was tricky to get the wording right on the invites! We knew that we did not want the traditional spiel with our parents names but there were so many options. Once my ally, Pinterest proved to be overwhelming, so I returned to my old, faithful friend, Google. 

Our parents, while we love them dearly, are not in any way funding the wedding and so we figured it was not necessary for them to be on the invitation. The kids, on the other hand, are the centres of our universe and so they are the ones who feature on the invite. 

After reviewing a number of layouts and even online templates which created invitations using the information inputted, I opened PhotoShop and went for it. I already had my colours sorted,  so I had a good idea of where I wanted to head with it. I already had quite an assortment of fonts, so it was a matter of playing with layout and fonts until I was happy. This did not happen overnight. The invite file stayed open in PS for weeks, and each day I would have a tinker. Some days I would fuss and then undo all of my work. It was quite an organic process (said in my best hipster voice).

To maintain our privacy and to protect the innocent, I have taken some details out, but this is what our invites look like:

We also created an insert to inform our guests where they might like to stay locally, but that was it. No little RSVP cards, or wedding registry stuff, or cute rhyme about giving us money instead of a gift. Call, text, email, or write to us if you are coming or not.  

You may be thinking that there are some important bits missing from the invite, such as who the invite is actually for and what are people to wear? Well, if the invite has been sent to your household, everyone in that household is invited. Kids, babies, friend/partner, etc. What do you wear? Whatever you are comfortable in. For some people they love getting dressed up, so go to town, glam it up! But if jeans are more your thing, fill your boots! At the end of the day, we are stoked that you can make it, and if you choose to not attend, it is quite clearly going to be your loss and not ours.  

Quite chuffed with our creation, we took the invitations and inserts to Office Works (fist pumping that I have incorporated Office Works into the wedding yet again...), picked the textured paper, and had them printed. All up it worked out about $25 for the printing, $13 for the paper, $6 for the envelopes. Well, it was for 100 envelopes, so we will be using them for many years to come! 

You certainly do not need to be particularly creative to DIY invitations, and it is another fab way to save a butt load of dollars on your wedding. 

Oh yeah, and Warnie, an invite has been sent to you. We do hope to hear from you soon :) I am sure we can even arrange for a dirty pizza!  

If you are reading this and you are a social media buff, please feel free to tweet this blog post to Warnie (@ShaneWarne) and share among anyone else who may be interested. Pete would totally lose his shit if Warnie came, or even RSVP'd so any assistance in making this happen is greatly appreciated.