Please Don't Do A Plain White Invitation. Please.

BE BOLD, NOT BORING!

I consider myself a wedding expert. Not because I've been married a million times, but I have been to about a million weddings. And about 90% of those had plain white or ecru boring invitations with very generic script type that you could barely read. Oh, and that silly piece of tissue paper (we are not in the olden days of fresh-dipped ink, we don't need that anymore).


Please, just say no. Don't do the boring invites. Again, this is your chance to inject yours and your fiance's personality into your wedding and make another impression on your guests to set the tone.


I once received an invitation from a journalist and her writer fiance. The card was designed so the front of it looked like a newspaper with the headline of "Katie Gets Her Scoop!" So fun, and so them.


It took us a few months of number crunching and passing ideas back and forth over a glass of wine. Since my husband is an amazing videographer and editor, we wanted to include some sort of DVD. A lot of invitees knew either my husband or myself, but not necessarily both of us, so it was a good way for everyone to get to know us a little better.


We finally pulled it all together and ended up with the world's best invitation (yes, I'm biased)! The navy blue envelopes, silver Avery labels with our logo, and "celebrate" stamps on the outside tied it together with the save the date cards.


When it was opened, there was one of our engagement pics on the CD cover. The album title, "Open Doorways" tied in with the pic and was also symbolic for the big life adventure we were venturing into. We tied in our colors of navy and dark red, along with the logo/date that was created for us by the amazing Matt Davis.

The case opened up to reveal the details, another photo, and a DVD that was designed to look like an old record. The RSVP postcard and things to do/places to stay cards were sized to slip inside the case. Behind the DVD is another rockin' retro engagement pic taken at the infamous Jake's in downtown Portland, and there was also a black and white pick on the back cover.

So what was on the DVD, you ask? Well, I'll get back to you when my husband has the link fixed.  :)