Invitations

Found these at Target @ $25 set (I ended up getting 3 sets total)! They fit in perfectly with my color scheme and were a steal. I am excited to start printing these in the next couple of weeks. Right now we are still trying to finalize the wording for both the invite and rsvp.

Will be posting pictures as soon as we get our mock ups printed!

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Monograms

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Invitation Wording

I went back and forth forever trying to decide whether I wanted to do my own wording or if I wanted to do something more tradtional and I think I came up with a nice hybrid. I didn't wanna go too off base for an invite but I wanted it to sound personal vs. being too formal and scripted. This is what I came up with...

With joyous hearts
we,
Willie Sr. & Betty ------
invite you to celebrate with us
the marriage of our granddaughter
Brandy Marie -----
to
Matthew Adam ------
son of
Dr. Kenneth & Jana ------
on Saturday, the twenty-eighth of August
two thousand and ten
at two o'clock in the afternoon

Pleasant Hill Church
Tazewell, Virginia

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Programs

Was going to do these....

I really wanted fan programs... but not for the cost of custom ordering them. And then I saw a thread on theKnot (where I spend way too much of my time) on the DIY boards which had a fabulous link to something I didn't think possible.... theseee (:
I already had extra cardstock lying around from all my other DIY projects so I figured what the hell.

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My 3 attempts.... too tall...just right...too short....

But then decided on these...

I thought the petal fans were perfect but just decided to try a paddle fan so I knew all my options. Once this puppy was completed (after 3 failed attempts at getting them the size I wanted them) I knew it was the one. It fits so much better into our theme & for our location! Plus it was less time consuming and required less paper which makes for a happy Brandy (:
So I present to you the final mock up of our program!

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Table Markers & Escort Cards

Table Name/Marker Inspiration

Shout out to Knottie: JANOBEAN75 Loved this idea but instead of doing just any song with the word "Love" in them for our table names we will be doing only Beatles songs (:
Our table markers will also look different as I am going to layer cardstock and it will either be in a frame or will be held up by a place card holder.

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Table Names

1. All You Need is Love
2. P.S. I Love You
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Real Love
5. I'm In Love
6. Love You To
7. Soldier of Love
8. Love Me Do
9. Words of Love
10. Love of the Loved
11. Sure to Fall (In Love with You)
12. She Loves You

Escort Card Mock Up

Took us while to settle on a design, so I present to you, hundreds of wasted trees later,  the escort cards!

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For the holders we will either be buying some of these (poss in a smaller size) or buying just regular place cards holders. I just had this in my kitchen holding a decorative plate and inspiration hit me ;)

Table Marker Mock Up

We finally found some back ground paper we liked so I decided to see if it really would work and to my great relief it did! We also wanted to use the fleur de lys to keep a running theme from the escort cards.

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Timeline Cards

Bridal Party Timelines

I know these are very simple but it's exactly how I wanted them (: I wanted something simple to detail the timeline of the big day for the bridal party members and have contact information just in-case. Thought I'd just add one of our monograms to make it not so plain and just stamped it with the same stamp and ink used for the escort cards and the table markers.
This way there will be no confusion or miscommunication the day-of!

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We will be mailing these out to the bridal party in a few months with a small Thank You note.


** Also dont mind the crooked edge (: The finished product will be done with rotary scissors!

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Reserved Seating Signs

Keeping it simple with these. I just layered cardstock and tucked the ribbon in between the layers. (:

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