Sorry for the absence – It’s been a little touch and go on my end with tons of things going on, but I’m hoping to chime in every few days with updates & fun posts :) Bare with me as I try to balance that little bit of time I have left at the end of the day!
Well, here’s a little fun wedding update – We sent our Save The Dates last week! I felt like a proud mom dropping their kids off to school on their first day. Haha. So much prep went into this & now I can finally breathe a little sigh before I start planning the mac daddy of the paper goods – The actual invites. Eek. For now, I will take a little design break and work on the other not so fun details of the wedding.
About 90% of our Save The Dates were a true DIY project. A long, grueling, time consuming project that is… :) Early on I knew I wanted to set the tone for our wedding with our Save The Dates. After all, this was going to be the first glimpse of what our guests should expect (feel & look wise) on our big day. Two things we wanted: A photo from our engagement shoot & a nice funky (yet functional) design. We figured out the size of the card we wanted, bought some felt fabric & went to town on making the Save The Date “sleeves”. This was the most time consuming part of it all. We purchased some gray felt fabric, yellow thread (our base wedding colors) then started chopping and sewing them up to size. A nice little detail that I added was a “tag” on each of the sleeves. I designed our wedding logo – A arrow cross bow with our initials. Simple & super fitting for our desert wedding.
Next up was the actual design of the card – I am quite the amateur when it comes to any graphic design but have taught myself a couple tricks of the trade throughout the years. I kind of took advantage of the little skills I have & went ahead and designed the card itself. Let me tell you – The first revision was extremely pitiful. As time went on, I constantly revised it – added a few more elements, changed the fonts, etc. — And in the end, I am pretty pleased with the results considering the fact that I have ZERO professional graphic design experience. I’m sure it could have been better with a few more tweaks, but I think it looks OK, right? :) :) :) For the back of the card we simply used one of our fave photos from our engagement shoot – That Herman Miller logo be lookin’ really good.
After all that – It was time to design the envelopes. I didn’t put too much effort into this part unfortunately. I kept going back & forth to see if I wanted to use sticky address labels (aka wrap-around), but I simply did not like anything. After much debate, I decided just to print the addresses directly on the envelope. I liked this much better and was pleased with the results. With inspiration from our card, I designed our return address label as well and got it made into a rubber stamp that we can use throughout the remainder of our wedding :)
Phew – That’s a whole lotta details! Ok – I’m done :)
But if you care, here’s a detailed breakdown:
Fabric & Thread – $10 (for 2 yards) – Joann’s Fabrics (Tip: Download their app & get 40% off!)
Envelopes – $16 (for 100) – Envelope Mall
Printing – $60 (for 80+) – Sunset Press
Rubber Stamp – $10 – Rubberstamps.net
Postage Stamps – $44
Graphic Design – FREE!! :) :) :)
Total – $140.00 or $1.75/each for 80 pieces
If you have any questions regarding the process of our Save The Dates, please don’t hesitate to contact me!
On to the next!
xoxo
Happy Wednesday!
Today, I’m going to share with you one of my favorite things right now – Southwest influence in design. I’ve been seeing this a lot lately in little ares of the web, from interior design to invitations and even in fashion! I love how you can spruce up a clean modern space and give it a little bit of depth by adding a throw or pillow that has these distinct colors and geometric pattern. It is so bold & unique… Plus, I’m diggin’ that bohemian flair right now. So perfect.
Luckily for me, The Ace is dripped all over with this design and we will be embracing it full force during our big day. Although it’s not for everyone, I love it SOOOO much!
Have you been seeing this design lately over the web? What do you think? Yay or nay?
{This is the actual patio at The Ace – Swooooon!}
Photo Credits: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six
Hi everyone :) As you may or may not know, I am an affiliate of Lifestyle Crafts – Home of the first DIY letterpress kit that I adore so much. This week, they are featuring a huge patterend paper sale over at their shop! A (24) pack of 12×12 paper for $9.99 (originally $19.99). What a steal! But don’t forget to use the code SCARLET at checkout to get an additional 20% off. I already bought (2) packs of the “Hello Goodbye” pack to use for my upcoming wedding projects, so make sure you get on this – Sale ends on April 22nd while supplies last.
**UPDATE AT 3:40PM**
Check it out – FREE SHIPPING on orders of $25 or MORE :) Suhweet!
PS. No fashion find Monday today, sorry! Back to my regular blog scheduling biz soon :)
xoxo
categories: Business, Paper Goods
Monday Fashion Find #003
Pops of red with blue and white stripes. Such a killer combo. Not to mention those oversized glasses, skinny jeans & perfect ‘do. This girl got it right from head to toe.
Do you like? Or a little nautical-y for you?
Photo Cred: Soft As Rain
Now that we are officially spearheading the wedding planning tasks, I’ve been spending quite a bit of time on the net looking over custom print and stationary shops for endless amounts of inspiration. As mentioned in the good, the bad and the ugly post, this is definitely a blessing and a curse. There are so many unique ideas out there that I can’t possibly throw it into one event — or can I? :)
One thing that I came across if you are a DIY bride and want to save a little bit of time & money, without sacrificing quality & awesomeness is to make your own Save The Dates! This fun & easy tutorial is a great way to personalize your wedding day!
Check out Molly Jacques for more information on this fun DIY post!
PS. Molly Jacques is an illustrator + designer – and a bad (meaning good) one at that! Her unique & feminine style is just so B-E-A-U-T-F-U-L. Simply amazing, that gal! Seriously. Eek, if only I could write as stunningly as her…
