- my mother ADAMANTLY refuses to pass out plain white or ivory invitations with black print. She says they look depressing and funereal. Okay, she's not totally off base on this one. White is a Chinese funeral color, so it would be akin to making your wedding invitations on black paper with gray ink. And I like colors too, so fine. Colors. Ha. Impossible in the States.
- expense. People spend $1000 for a set of 50 invitations! WTF? If I found $1000 on the ground I wouldn't pay that much for a stack of paper that people are going to throw into the trash.
- quality. On the other end of the spectrum, cheap invitations are of poorer paper quality than 99 cent greeting cards from Walgreen's. Also not suitable.
So, homemade. At least for a few hundred dollars I can make my invitations in heavy, high quality paper in the colors that I need. They won't be fancy, but I'm at my wit's end. So here we go. Feel free to vote, or to tell me to shut up and pay the $1000 like one friend did. I quote "One thousand's not that much!"
4 comments:
Pei,
I recommend you http://www.passing-notes.com/.
At least take a look.
If you have the time to commit to designing and assembling your own invitations, not only is it more affordable it's a great way to personalize your wedding.
Of the invitations pictured, I like the second one. Perhaps a less flowery font?
definitely the last one. if you could do the swirlies in the same color as the ribbon in the 3-ribbon design, that would look cool.
While I like the chrysanthamum design of the first two, I don't think it's "wedding-y" enough. The second from the bottom is probably the most balanced in terms of font and design of the rest of the choices.
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