Honey and I decided to compliment our wedding ring stamps, by giving our invitations an even more romantic touch (yah, we're hopeless) by mailing them from Loveland. We wanted that silly, lovely cancellation mark on the envelopes. You know, like the ones the Post Office does for Valentine's Day?
So, we took a 3 hour trip, drove approximately 100 miles, and stopped a Loveland mailman to ask which post office to go to. He was very nice and helpful and directed us to the 29th Street Station. We parked, walked in, mailed our invitations, all the while grinning at each other like a coupla goofy teenagers. We were both thinking the same thing: nevermind the Valentine hearts, flowers or romantic verses stuff. The simple word "Loveland" says it all.
We mailed ourselves a wedding invitation as a keepsake. When it arrived, we were completely surprised. The postmark read "Denver". Denver? We looked at each other. Denver??? What's up with that? Don't the residents of Loveland get their own town's postmark on their their mail? Why would a town (and not such a small town at that) get a cancellation stamp from another town 50 flippin' miles away?
Crud. Crap! We drove all that way for nothin'. :-(
For those of you who got a mailed invitation, take a thin Sharpie and write the word "Loveland" over the postmark, would ya? That's what we meant for you to see ....
Friday, August 20, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Unschooling A Wedding: The Invitations
Having unschooled our sons, and being natural-born unschoolers anyway, we have this we-can-do-it-ourselves spirit about everything. Especially our wedding. Besides, who in their right mind wants to pay those ridiculous, hair-raising exorbitant prices everyone always charges?
The invitations, believe it or not, were easy. I used to work in a print shop back in my youngster days, so I know paper: weight, texture, finish, et al. At first I thought, let's just go get some paper (vellum or parchment probably) and we'll design the invitations and print 'em at home. But, in my search for paper, I found it was even easier than that! There are lots of places now that not only have pretty paper, but also online templates that walk you through designing the layout, wording, etc. They also print them for you -- in color! We looked at several places, and finally decided on Wedding Paper Divas. Prices are quite reasonable, matching Ecru envelopes are included, and if you sign up for their newsletter before placing your order, you get $15 off. Their designing tools were so easy, it took us exactly two short nights to create the invitations. In case you're curious, here's what we chose: Artistic Maple, a simple, colorful autumn design. Beautiful, huh?
But, we also needed enclosure cards for directions and a few other things we wanted to say (like, skip the tuxes and high heels, this is not that fancy). We could print those ourselves. I found a perfect! (if I may say so myself) matching postcard at Paper Direct.
The invitations arrived the other day, and WOW, are they gorgeous. We've got one tacked to the living room wall just so we can admire it as we walk past. Silly huh? LOL. I'm here to tell ya, The Second Time Around is sure a lot funner than the first!
The invitations, believe it or not, were easy. I used to work in a print shop back in my youngster days, so I know paper: weight, texture, finish, et al. At first I thought, let's just go get some paper (vellum or parchment probably) and we'll design the invitations and print 'em at home. But, in my search for paper, I found it was even easier than that! There are lots of places now that not only have pretty paper, but also online templates that walk you through designing the layout, wording, etc. They also print them for you -- in color! We looked at several places, and finally decided on Wedding Paper Divas. Prices are quite reasonable, matching Ecru envelopes are included, and if you sign up for their newsletter before placing your order, you get $15 off. Their designing tools were so easy, it took us exactly two short nights to create the invitations. In case you're curious, here's what we chose: Artistic Maple, a simple, colorful autumn design. Beautiful, huh?
But, we also needed enclosure cards for directions and a few other things we wanted to say (like, skip the tuxes and high heels, this is not that fancy). We could print those ourselves. I found a perfect! (if I may say so myself) matching postcard at Paper Direct.
The invitations arrived the other day, and WOW, are they gorgeous. We've got one tacked to the living room wall just so we can admire it as we walk past. Silly huh? LOL. I'm here to tell ya, The Second Time Around is sure a lot funner than the first!
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