And they are out! All the aspects of the invitation was a product of
our combined whims so the invitation is exactly how we wanted it to be =)
At first we wanted to have the
classic invitation. Our initial choice had a pouch and had several loose pages
inside. The first supplier we went to however, refused to give us a mock up. Why they won’t give mock ups is a great mystery I can resolve... Any sane customer who wants printed matters would naturally ask for a mock up. Since the policy of the first supplier is glaringly (and glitteringly illogical), they lost us.
A few days after, we decided to go to the Megamall to look for a new supplier. When we finally found a shop we tried to choose among their 'ready' made invites. But we did not immediately like them. Maybe its because seeing a different name on the ready made ones kind of makes it awkward for us to choose it. So instead of choosing among their existing templates, we just decided to design our own. The supplier then took our design, and after 3 days gave us a mock up (as any wedding invitation supplier should!). Now THAT is a supplier.
A few days after, we decided to go to the Megamall to look for a new supplier. When we finally found a shop we tried to choose among their 'ready' made invites. But we did not immediately like them. Maybe its because seeing a different name on the ready made ones kind of makes it awkward for us to choose it. So instead of choosing among their existing templates, we just decided to design our own. The supplier then took our design, and after 3 days gave us a mock up (as any wedding invitation supplier should!). Now THAT is a supplier.
Our invitation is continuously folded with four panels. The cover picture is one of
our favorite photos during the pre nup.
That shot is 'real' – meaning our faces were not ‘pasted’ into the rear view
mirror =). Then we chose four other pictures which we faded into the background
of the invitation panels. As for the map, its not a perfect representation but I made that manually - captured an imaged of the place from Google maps. I then traced the road using Paint then I deleted the pasted Google map image. I had fun doing that, I felt like a cartographer of some sort =). Since our theme is black and ivory,
we asked the supplier to cover the invitation in black paper and to print the
details on ivory colored paper. To finish it all up, we tied a white ribbon around the card. And now here is how the actual invitation looks like:
The Wedding Library’s Ideas
printed our invitations and you can visit their site here.