Laine & Pete

DIY projects that involve anything besides a computer intimidate me. I wasn’t born with that inherent crafty gene that so many other women seem to have. But, I also wasn’t going to cash out my 401k for table numbers, escort cards, etc. So, I actually managed to master a DIY project. I can now use [...]

Pete’s father is generously hosting our rehearsal dinner, it somewhat snuck up on us so instead of ordering invitations I ran down to Target to pick up some DIY invites. I’m actually pretty impressed with their Papyrus and Letter Impress lines. I went with the Baroque wedding invitations (only $35 for 50) and used the [...]

Well, almost. They are going in the mail tomorrow! Our good friend Laura was incredibly generous and offered to address the invitations for us, so she and I spent about three hours tonight getting them addressed and stuffed. Her handwriting is beautiful and adds the perfect final touch to the invitations. Here’s the finished product: [...]

I am irrationally excited about this, we got our wedding invitations in today! They are Crane & Co. Plum Blossoms and turned out beautifully. We also got the final map design completed today, and are printing it on matching Crane & Co. ecru cardstock. We’re planning on getting them addressed, stuffed, and in the mail [...]

Well, I have a lot of updates today. We ordered our wedding invitations (Thank You Kathy!), we decided to go with the crane invitations mentioned in my last post. I’ve also placed an order with In-vita paper studio on Etsy for a custom map to include with our invitations, since GPS and mapping websites do [...]

I’m torn between doing the invitations myself and just ordering them. Obviously ordering the invitations would be much easier on me and more convenient, but I’d get way more bang for my buck if I did them myself. I found instructions on how to make gorgeous DIY dupioni silk pocketfold invitations. They are really stunning [...]

So here is my first go at designing a map to go with the invitations, you’d think considering what I do for a living I’d be able to do a little better than this but maybe I’m just nitpicking. Not too shabby though for a first try I guess. I’m sure v2.0 will be a [...]