I never in a million years would have thought that there were so many stationary options out there! Where does a bride even begin?? Do you want ivory cardstock with brown lettering? Pink ribbon? Raised lettering? What font? How do you want the wording?
Not to mention the other stationary items. Thank you notes, wedding announcements, escort cards and programs all need to follow the same theme of the invitations. Considering how often I'll be looking at this pattern, it is of just as much importance as the wedding colors!
Which brings us to the oh-so-important design. The formality of your invitations directly reflects the formality of the wedding as a whole. How am I supposed to make such important decisions so early in the planning process?
Although we're a casual couple on a day-to-day basis, we enjoy dressing up for formal events from time to time. And so, the idea of the semi-formal wedding was formed. But what on earth does semi-formal stationary look like?
And then comes the calligraphy. Do we pay for a calligrapher? Or should we just try our best to hand-write the addresses ourselves? Should we spring for a self-addressed stamp in a calligraphy writing, or is this just cheesy? How many addresses can we stand to write before we want to move just so we can write a different address??
In the end, I'm quite pleased with what we ended up with. After a little tweaking (the kit I purchased does not involve both our wedding colors, which is an important aspect to me), they will be, dare I say, perfect!
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