It’s all over now…I’m speaking of the wedding and honeymoon. Now I’m playing catch-up with reality…and I kind of like it. After I finish up a mountain of client (photography) work and participate in the wedding of some dear friends (she was my bridesmaid too), then I’ll be truly returning to this spot with more posts than eva! Without trying to over promise, I’m hoping to bring a MAJOR review of the whole shebang featuring some of our fabulous vendors, the endless craft list (did I complete it???), the financials (I was crazy about budgets) and all the other blah blah blah. And because this blog can’t seem to stay wedding focused…there will be some other fun stuff too, like my new nesting projects and lots of photo things.
Until then, a snippet of our night from the photobooth (which was big fun for all our guests).
p.s.
isn’t my boo adorable!?!
-lo
I don’t think it’s possible to get through wedding planning without having at least 1 fit of spread-too-thin hysteria. As I use to say when knee-deep in champagne splits and bloody mary’s while bartending Sunday brunch: I’m in the weeds. Seriously.
The J-O-B, the other J-O-B, the hunting of RSVP’s and the uncompleted craft list haunt me BUT I’m dreaming of that seemingly long walk towards my future husband and the 5 nights of blissful peace that will be our honeymoon.
Wedding planning is a massive pain in the ass but I can’t imagine doing it with/for any other person in the world.
Image via Le Love
For those that have been in my house and inquired about my bookcase…the inspiration came from this photo. I love to organize by color!
-lo
photo via flickr
Sometimes I’m really anti-floral illustrations but I truly love these from Rifle Paper Co. They aren’t overly folky which I really dig and the handwriting is perfectly retro. See more of their work here or check out Anna’s handcrafted wedding here.
I know, I know…brides don’t design their own bridal shower invites BUT I have fabulous bridesmaids who are endlessly supportive and totally understand that the only thing I enjoy about wedding planning is the craft element. So, they allowed me the opportunity to design my bridal shower invites. Being the ever clever bunch they are, they have managed to keep many elements a surprise to me while letting me enjoy some crafty bliss. So, they provided me with some wording, I got to work designing and then Lisa (one of the most efficient crafters I know) came over and managed assembly, tied some serious twine and addressed envelopes. It was a lovely evening filled with wine, paper, yellow bakers twine and one seriously jacked up printer. Thanks Lisa!
Unfortunately, I had to save on supplies so I didn’t use the Gocco for this venture. Everything was printed on my lazy inkjet (probably should’ve used my always dependable Canon photo printer) and all the designing was in Illustrator. All paper is from Paper Source (except blue index cards, source unknown) and the yellow bakers twine is from Whisker Graphics (they have the best color selection!!!) And the stamp on the index recipe cards is from Paper Source.
What do you think?
-lo
p.s.
can’t wait for the shindig!
A while back I chatted about the genius of Gocco and promised to share our first project: our save-the-dates. I apologize in advance for the poor quality photos. I always forget to take some with my “good cameras” and instead rush to take photos with my iphone right before dropping them in the mailbox. Oh, the irony…
Not sure if I mentioned this when I posted the bridesmaid invites but I AM NOT A DESIGNER, so I’m brimming with pride over every little design project that I successfully complete. And by “successfully” I mean, designing something that actually gets printed and doesn’t require me to completely pull my hair out while playing with Illustrator.
Overall, we are thrilled with how they turned out. I can’t believe how incredibly easy it was to make 65 prints…it seriously took less than 45 minutes to burn the screen and print everything. I wish I’d had time to line the envelopes or at least print something fun on them…but my boo keeps reminding me that simplicity is a good thing 
So, a little rundown of what it took to make these little babies:
What We Did
- designed invites in Illustrator
- printed invites on chipboard using the Gocco
- borrowed a template from Martha Stewart for the mailing labels, completed with Acrobat, printed on 8.5×11 text paper
- ran the labels through the xyron machine, which applied an adhesive back (love that freakin’ thing)
- stuffed envelopes and applied labels
yaya, the first major wedding project is complete!!! thanks to the awesome wedding blog world for all the inspiration and resources!
-lo
