Wedding Press

The making of the invites - the inserts

The inserts actually took a lot of time to do, as there are so many things to finalize before it can be completed. We decided to have four inserts: reception card, directions card, accommodations card and finally RSVP card. As stated earlier, we love the look of pocketfold invitations. However, the final product was not a pocketfold, but a variation thereof. I purchased about 50 sheets of 12x12 paper at Michaels. 12x12 pages are not big enough to make pocketfolds. For a 6x6 square card, you will actually need about 7x18" sheets, to make the pocket and the opening flap. In an attempt to save the $50 I spent on the 12x12 pages purchased, I decided to not do pocketfold and just do a regular flip card. Where I varied it is in the composition of the inserts. Instead of having lose inserts, I decided to stack them on each other and adhere them to the card using eyelets. It was an ingenious idea if I have to say so myself. Now, to let pictures do the talking.

reception + direction card

direction card (without the word "Directions" up to)

Accommodation card (without the information)

Accommodations card (with info)

RSVP: drying

A close up of the RSVP. I'm so proud

The making of the invites - the main invitation

I did the main part of the invitation a while back when I first purchased the Gocco. This was probably back in June. It was kind of a blind go at doing things on the Gocco.

Here I am in Joe's boxer short and night clothes. We were doing this at our old apartment. As you can see on the top left, the dining area is filled with boxes of wedding things.

Leaving them out to dry. The first layer was the flourish purchased on istockphotos. The second layer is the pink wording.

Here is the main invitation completed. Total of three layers.

A close up. Sorry for the blur.

The making of the invites - planning

Last night, I gocco'ed the last piece of insert for our invitation. It's great to finally finish with the grunt work, because as much as I enjoy the whole process, making our own wedding invitation (and attempting for it to look remotely professional and elegant) takes a lot of time and energy, and MONEY.

Since Joe and I had plan to assemble these bad boys tonight, I can start writing about the entire process. I've been taking a lot of picture over the entire process, but had never really had time (or motivation to sit down and document it). Let me attempt now.

After many many hours of wedding research, specifically invitations via flickr and etsy, I realized I love the look of the pocketfolds. But devoting that much time into research also show me that pocketfold invitations are expensive! So, I automatically nixed the idea of purchasing them. Via website like Weddingbee, I find that pocketfolds are easy to make, so I decide to attempt. The only problem is, how to print professionally. Again, Weddingbee came to the rescue when I was exposed to the Gocco. It's a big investment, but after much begging with Joe, and showing him a lot of samples of what this bad boy can do, he caved and I went on eBay and ordered my very own Gocco.

Now I'm all equipped to go. With our wedding colors previously decided, it's purchase time.

The best place I found for metallic papers in our wedding colors is at Blue Dot Paper Shop. It's not cheap, but the color scheme is perfect.
2 packs of Azalea - 8.5" × 11" 105# Cardstock (50 sheet pack)

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2 packs of Opal - 8.5" × 11" 105# Cardstock (50 sheet pack)

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1 pack of Onyx - 8.5" × 11" 105# Cardstock (50 sheet pack)

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Each of these packs are $18.99 each, for a total cost of $95. In addition to these paper pages, I also bought 50 12x12 pages of the Azalea from Michael's for $.99 each. The color at Michael's is called Pomegranate, which prompted the entire invitation color inspiration.

Next up, the main invitation

Beautiful damask wedding

I usually don't find a whole wedding inspiring, but I gotta say, Marcy and Matthew's wedding featured at Style Me Pretty is great! Beautiful black and white flourishes:

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Programs

I've been extremely inspired by several things that I looked at lately, and I want to introduce to you the inspirations for our wedding program. Here are the inspirations:

Cover page:

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Contents:

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[Branch]ing out

Since I am not in love with flowers, it proves to be a challenge to plan a wedding as flowers are the norm in any wedding. Besides, I cannot justify to spend $3k on flowers when by comparison, I only spent $5k to get my windows redone in my house. I can change out the cabinets with that amount. So, I'm DIY centerpieces, and I'm hoping to do it for cheap.

I love manzanita branches. I had bought 2 big branches for a total of $16 from a local grower to use for my guest book table. But upon seeing his selections of branches, I think I can do centerpieces for cheap. Below are my inspirations. They are so gorgeous.