I’m baaaack!! I had a wonderful time in upstate NY and then Boston. I was able to spend tons of time with my baby sister (aka the Maid of Honor) and of course my parents. I got to swim, waterski, lay out on the dock (jealous yet?) and eat lots of yummy family dinners. We then made the drive to Boston where I spent time with some of my dearest friends from high school, and had my bridal shower and bachelorette party! (more to come on those another time). I did mean to put up some posts while I was gone, but let’s face it, it was tough to turn on the laptop while sunbathing on a beautiful lake, I’m sure you understand 
. But now I’ve got lots of good stuff to write about, starting with….drumroll please….our wedding invitations!
First, I have to give props to the fabulous Hillary with Brocade Designs since she did an amazing job with the graphic design and helping to find the most beautiful papers. She has a gift for being able to understand what’s in my head and make it happen! We were scrambling the week before I left for vacation trying to get everything ordered, printed, and assembled however we ended up not getting quite everything done. So I took all the pieces with me to New York (yes, I had a carry-on suitcase entirely full of paper products) and my sister and step-mom helped me to assemble them! Here’s what we were working with:
We had chocolate brown pocket-folds, green backing paper, the actual invites, RSVP cards, RSVP envelopes, map cards, accommodation cards, a schedule of events, and rehearsal dinner invite cards for some of the guests. Yes, I clearly wanted to be very thorough and organized. We also were very fortunate that Brian’s parents own a printing company and were kind enough to provide all the printing for us. Notice the rubber cement? It’s really the way to go in gluing so many components together. It dries quickly and won’t melt in heat so you can be sure your invite will arrive intact. Anywho, first we glued all the green backing papers to the pocket-folds.
The actual invitation went on top of the backing paper. Then all the invites were stuffed with the various pieces. The paper was a beautiful shimmery gold cardstock found at Craftstock Paper and Supply.
Once the pocket-folds were stuffed we put a belly-band around each one which had our monogram courtesy of I Do Originals! Instead of doing inner envelopes, Hillary wrote the guests names on the belly-band.
How awesome is her calligraphy, such cute and whimsical writing! She really can do everything I swear!
And that’s it! They went out at the beginning of my trip and by the time we made it to Boston, the RSVP’s were already rolling in!
Simply Stunning Events
Nashville Wedding and Event Planner
by Kristin
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