The Invites Have Arrived

The invitations arrived from William Arthur this week!!! I am so excited, and they look great!!!

I must admit that I was extremely nervous while they were in print. We ordered the invitations and received a set of proofs a few weeks back. There were some errors, so we made corrections and asked for another set of proofs. Those came out nicely. The concern, however, was because the proofs are faxed, and therefore completely in black and white. I was very anxious that lines that were suppose to be printed in black ink would be in wine, and the wine ink lines would be in black. . .

Once they came and we had a chance to sit down and look them over I felt much better. The colors were all correct, and the motifs fit nicely with the font. The only aspect I am not 1oo% in love with is that the ribbon covers some of our names... I wish we picked a different/tighter tie on the ribbon. That's something we really couldn't have visualized through proofs, and is certainly not the end of the world... everyone knows who we are anyway! All-in-all, the invites were a success, and I am very pleased with them and very much hope everyone who receives them likes them as much as we do (or at least as much as anyone who is on the receiving end can enjoy an invitation).

Mr. Blue is a big fan of them as well, so that's a double bonus. I must say he was very helpful (not to mention patient) during the invitation selection process. I cannot even count the number of times I dragged him 35 minute away from home and to the Papyrus store to sift through Crane, Vera Wang, Kate Spade (so not our taste, btw), and William Arthur books. Each trip took at least an hour and almost always gave him a headache, but in the end we came out of the ordeal with high quality, not-too-feminine invitation sets, so he is now peachy keen.

The set we ordered came with our invites plus double envelopes, reception cards, response cards, accommodation cards, and direction cards. Stationary-wise, we still need to return to Papyrus to select our menus, programs (unless we decide to design our own, which is actually very likely), and table/escort cards. Thankfully, we have the calligrapher all set to go now, so I just need to finalize the inner and outer envelopes spreadsheet and decide on blank place cards that will be sent to the calligrapher once the final guest list comes back.

It's amazing how much needs to get done on a daily basis for a big party to take place, but we are slowly but surely getting it all finished. . . phew!