Option 1:
I really like the skyline feature, since we are having the reception at the Petroleum Club in the heart of downtown. I like the modern font on this invite, but I sort of don't care for the color scheme of the snowflakes, but I think that can be changed. We want to keep within the color palette if we can. And is it me, or does it seem like the snowflakes are growing on the tree? Weird. I had envisioned a pocketfold style invite as well, which this is not.
Price: $$$
Option 2:
These invites are just lovely, and I have never seen an invite quite like them, which is a good plus in my book. And I really love the idea of RSVP postcards, especially since my fellow bloggers seem to say that a good number of them never even get mailed back (such a waste of money!). My concerns are the front snowflake - is it going to look like a 2nd grade craft project invite? These are really reasonably priced too, which is a big plus!
Price $$
Option 3:
This is my dream pocketfold invite. It is elegant, and wintery and sparkley and beautiful. Darn me and my expensive taste, this invite is totally out of budget, so the best I'd be able to do is ask around and see if I can get someone to design an invite inspired by this one. I am sure I could find similar sparkle ribbon to hold it all together. Pro, I love everything about this invite. Con, it is too expensive and if I try to re-create it, that will be another time consuming thing for me to do. Tough call.
Price: $$$$$$
How gorgeous are these?? Did I mention that each one is individually hand painted, for only $4.00! This invitation is practically a steal, but I can't just cast aside all the other good ones just yet. Loves: it looks like a glamorous snowstorm is going on on this invite. And the colors are customizable so we can make it blue and silver. The price is like $200 bucks under our budget, so that is pretty sweet. Don't Love so much: Does the handmade invite look cool or a bit sloppy? I really like the clean look of computer graphics, but this invite looks really cool to me. And it isn't a pocketfold. I know, I need to just get over that. lol It just seems so crazy to me that someone will hand make me all these invites for this price, when other people want twice that to design it and press print on a computer?!
Price $ (and maybe a half $)
These are the first four, and I will do the second four by tomorrow. And just for the record, I have checked the wedding paper divas and american wedding and the mainstream invite places and they don't have any good winter invites that weren't super boring. Anyways, what do you guys think? Or have you seen a good one that I may have overlooked? How did you find your invites?
4 comments:
I like the last one the best! I think the fact that they are hand printed gives it a really nice touch and I can't get over how gorgeous they are. Have you thought about just ordering the pocket yourself? That is what we did. We had someone custom design our invite and then we bought the pockets and assembled them ourselves. I think we spent a little over $400 for everything. We bought our pockets from www.cardsandpockets.com
Beautiful!! Now, I"m liking 3 too. I agree with Megan. Order the pocket and have a crafty friend help you diy the rest. So much cheaper.
wow so pretty....I love the first one and the 3rd one...so many decisions!
I LOVE option 7. It looks elegant and modern. But, this is coming from someone who bought 10 for $1 blank invites from Party City for her wedding and hand wrote them all, so...
April
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