Wedding Invitations

Today I finally finished the wedding invitations.  I have to send them out about two weeks from now, so I wanted to get them done early so I didn't have to worry about them over the next two weeks.  Back in October, I did my first wedding invitations with my soon to be mother and sister-in-law.

Here is an example of what we did

At first I was really happy with them, because they fit in really well with our Disney Wedding.  As time went on though, I began to feel like they looked more like a birthday invitation instead of a wedding invitation.  And I decided that since Chris and I are having a non-traditional wedding in Disney (I mean really...how many people that we know get the opportunity to get married there?!) I wanted a traditional invitation.  So...I began my search.

Chris advised me to look on etsy after a few failed attempts to make new and more traditional looking invitations so I eventually took his advice.  I also learned that even though Chris has a "whatever you want, honey" attitude about most things concerning the wedding, he is very opinionated about the invitation style.  

Here are a few things I found on etsy that fueled my imagination:

I used the RSVP style as inspiration for this invitation!  Plus, I love the blue color on this invitation!

I loved this pocketfold invitation as soon as I saw it (just not the colors)

I made my own version of this monogrammed closure flap (I have no idea what to call it!) which is probably my favorite part of the entire thing.

I also found a helpful blog that I used when constructing my own pocketfold invitations!  I ordered the paper I used off of MisterArt (although I did not use the type of paper that comes up with that link) and got it cut at Kinkos for under $5.00!  I also found that using tacky tape alone did not guarantee the pocket would stay in tact, so I used both tacky tape as well as superglue (I felt pretty clever in coming up with that solution!).  All in all...I am extremely happy with how our invitations came out and cannot wait to hear what all of our friends and family think of them!  

And now...I will leave you with a sneak peak of how mine turned out.  Don't worry...after I know that everyone has received theirs I will post a picture of the invitation in it's entirety.