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Since we’ve been all vintage invitations around here the last couple of weeks, I thought we’d step away from the invitations for a moment and dive in some other vintage.
WARNING: Before you look at the photos below give your credit card to someone that you cannot over-power…
My friend, Jenn, found the following place when she saw a facebook ad of all things. Why do I get all the crappy ads and she gets this, you may soon as yourself. I have no idea. The facebook Gods are kind to her.
Anyway- credit cards hidden? Great, now let me introduce you to Unique Vintage.
I’m salivating over here! I’m about to go on a Veruca Salt tantrum! They also have an umbrella section to their site and hair pieces section and jewelry section and wine glasses with pinup girls and crazy-ass tights with fringe*. FRINGE, PEOPLE!
Go forth and covet!
*”Crazy-ass” being an adjective– the tights do not have any sort of ass fringe.
Holla! Hope everyone is recovering from coming back to work after a 3-day weekend!
So remember last week how I asked for 50s couples? Well, here is the invitation and I have a happy little poll for you to let me know which you like best or to write in what YOU think is best!
First things first, the invitation (with Jen and Marc’s info in it for the time being- Happy Anniversary guys! They had a Memorial Day weekend wedding… like forever ago)
So kind of 50s, kind of Vegas, I think– what about you:
And yes- it’s a diamond! You can either have a normal square envelope, although wouldn’t something like this be even cooler if you had a little extra moola?
In other news, I’m hoping to revamp the website now that the couples list has gotten super long. I may make another handy dandy little survey to see what y’all like and don’t like about the current site but if you want to get started letting me know, just leave me a comment!
Greetings and salutations! Since I already have mentioned my sister’s graduation invites, I thought I’d follow up. As you recall, I was totally stumped until I happened upon this from none other than inspiration source #1: Urban Outfitters:
And blam wow whamo- IDEA = Scantron!
So I STARTED this very rough idea:
Remember- this is the very rough first idea.
And presented them both to her. Wonder of wonders she liked them both (I actually liked this new one better so, never fear, it shall be flushed out with the little ornate inset like the Urban bag) but was won over by the original one that I had created for the Minted contest. Now, that isn’t terribly shocking since I had her in mind all along so YAY! Way to go year ago me!
We changed the original rock hands to a horse shoe because she is not only an equestrian but is going to school for Equine Therapy (helping people by teaching them to ride not helping horses) AND- duh- it’s good luck! She also wanted her barn’s colors of blue/navys and silver/grays so I’m totally throwing a secret Ravenclaw party But enough blabber, here they are:
There you have it! It also has a pool blue sticker to fasten it shut with the graduation cap and a short message on it but… we ran out by the photo shoot.
Now onto wedding news: a) if you are a teacher or have school related wedding theme and are kind of out of the box (and honestly, you wouldn’t be on this site if you weren’t), that scantron graduation card could also be made into a wedding invitation. Actually, let’s put it on record, I will make anything you want into a wedding invitation. Any concept that is. I won’t weld things or anything.
Secondly: my second of retro invitations is very 40-50’s Vegas cool. I don’t think any of the Rat Pack was notably married, were they? I was thinking Don and Betty (Draper, obviously, from Mad Men) but Betty would totes want something without an old school champagne glass on it. Thoughts?
Lastly, I came across this on one of my design blogs today and am totally intrigued:
What is that I hear? Are you all making up words that combine retro, fabulous, glamorous, fun, art deco and wedding invitations? Retroglamfabfundeco invites indeed.
And remember waaaay back when when we were trying to name that winter wonderland invitation? I’m sticking with Jovie and Buddy from The Elf for now since everyone seems to hear The Elf and think “Baby, It’s Cold Outisde” which, as we all remember, was the inspiration for the invite so BOOM! BAM! DONE!
And the cherry on top? They’ve all been added to the “Love Stories” section so they have their larger image and you can easily bookmark them AND they’ve all been added to Etsy which is my go-to place for you to buy samples.
In my desire to be a better pretty paper provider, I’m trying to make a point of being more creative, crafty and generally “do”-y in the rest of my life. In this vein, I’ve decided to try and jump on parties that come my way. For my upcoming birthday extravaganza (in Nov.), I made fortune teller invites that corresponded to the REQUIRED Saturday Night Live costume element. (Is there a photographer out there willing to take a photo of the invite if she still has it lying around and didn’t get lost in her move?)
But… but… this means I will soon be taking on what I’m sure will be my most difficult client duo: my sister and mother. Sigh. I’ve been trying to dive into this all day but it’s just not gelling. My sister is graduating from high school next month and I have insisted that I will plan the party so I can share it with you all. The problem I’ve come across is multifold. First of all, graduation stuff out there is lame. LAME-O. The equivalent of stock photography lame. My sister does not want glittery graduation hats everywhere. Now the second problem is, the party is for my sister but also for my family… which probably expects glittery graduation hats. Third problem is that my sister is super cool with elements of hipster but not in a way that makes me want to strangle her. I have been mistaken for homeless in Whole Foods*, how am I supposed to be super cool? My sister is ALSO is an accomplished rider but not in a prissy “I want an oompa loompa now, Daddy” way or in a Miley Cyrus country way. And she’s a teenager- obviously- so the rules of the world cite that she can’t care overly about her party. Why does betterment of ourselves always so annoying, dear readers? Also why can’t I stop thinking about “Hey Dude” all of a sudden?
Ok so what I’m thinking is 2 parts “Urban Outfitters” with one part “something to do with horses” and a general dose of “celebration” (not the song- the concept- ew totally not the song). But AGAIN it’s probably going to be more than half family so I don’t think they’d respond as favorable to things like mustaches and photo booths. So again, I repeat, oy vey! Ooo maybe crests can work themselves in there and bridge some gaps. I already do have a graduation invitation with crests…
Anyway there’s no resolution to that at the moment BUUUUUT in the process of looking I found several new amazing wedding inspiration sources:
First we have Laury Liane an event planner that seems to do it from flowers to decoration to… everything.
Next is Livia Cetti, whose work reminds me of Rebecca Thruss, and seems to be would have great ideas and photos for you to take to your vendors to give them an idea of what you want.
And last is not really a wedding resource but POSH Chicago has A TON of cool ephemera, some for cheap, some for not.
*Ok this is probably my favorite story to tell but in short, I used to work next to a Whole Foods and one day in the winter I decided to reward myself with a big cookie but since I didn’t want the world to know I was slipping out for a bit I grabbed an cardigan, a VERY old paint ridden skull cap, and a handful of change from my desk drawer and headed over all wild-eyed and excited for cookies. As I was trying to dig out all my change and count it out for the clerk he kind of sadly looked at me and said “Oh is that all your getting” to which I agreed and he said “Oh that’s ok, you can just have it” and my little crazed sugar loving eyes got all excited and I happily skipped out only to stop outside of the store and think “Wait, did he think I was homeless?” Now I think it’s a 50/50 shot but still, free cookie.
Or… Finissez S’il Vous Plaît! You know how you can start something but it’s not really necessary to do every last bit THIS VERY SECOND and then something else comes up and you kind of leave the first thing MOSTLY done? Of course you do- you’re planning weddings and parties and what not!
Well I’ve decided to get my butt in gear and make some corresponding RSVPs! Now, as we all know, for custom designs I create 3 versions for the happy couple of peruse and they can continue on with one of them. But we all usually love the other two designs so up they go as new couples but just the invitation itself because I’m off working on the third with aforementioned happy couple. So today I’ve decided to work my way through them alphabetically (which has turned out NOT to be the smartest way to do it but more on that later).
Drum roll please:
Bonnie + Clyde
and
Charlie + Heather
Now, if you’re play along at home you’ll know Harry Potter and Ginny are next… sigh. This is why alphabetical was not the best course of actions. Though I liked the antiqued effect from the tea but… there needs to be more in case someone doesn’t want to distress every invitation by hand. And so before I do the RSVP, I need to find out what something more that is.
So go have fun and enjoy this nice weather while I’m kicking myself for not buying the book from the Harry Potter Exhibition at the Science Museum when I went a couple of months ago!
I juuuuuuuust send New Mandy (we went over the difference last time) her 3 custom invites to peruse and I’m so excited for her to see them and can’t wait to show you either but you know the rules- she goes first. But that doesn’t mean I can’t show you the NEW FONTS I AM USING IN THEM.
Nerd out like me Feast on these lovelies:
I love them all so. I think I was debating another 10 or so but we must be slightly thrifty, n’est pas?
And for something completely different, if you have time and haven’t seen it yet Jamie Oliver’s TED Talk is kind of awesome. We saw it when it came out then watched his show on ABC which I now know is backwards chronologically (but that’s neither here nor there) and, though the show was interesting, the TED Talk gets to the point. And even if you don’t agree/care, who doesn’t love 20 minutes of english accent?
Hello everyone I am phoning it in today and giving you FUNNY WEDDING PHOTOS to look at!
Monte Swann / Minnesota - United States
And now I’m off to labelize Britni’s addresses, create Schuyler’s hotel accommodations card, FINALLY after what feels like days and days of pouting and huffing on the way back from my Netflix-less mailbox, watch The Thin Man for Mandy (no, not my bridesmaid Mandy, a new Mandy custom bride, yes having 2 “Mandy” is confusing Michael as well) who in her own words:
My fiance and I are pretty goofy, love old movies and read a lot, the theme for our wedding is based on film noir Thin Man series and Nick and Nora, the wry detective duo. For us the idea of dry humor with a splash of gin and tonic is the ultimate wedding theme My dress and ring have a vintage flair and our colors are deep red, russet-y orange, aubergine and grey (maybe a little navy in there).
So that’s obviously a super awesome concept (she had me at splash of gin!) and I get to watch a movie for homework! YAY!!
Hey! Hope everyone is having a fabulous Tuesday Wednesday! Ok, you got me, the weekly post is a day late but I really wanted to give away some more free stuff this week and my ideas yesterday were LAME-O. See, the back story here is, that we’re having a BBQ next month because, well, ok, let’s back it up even farther.
We have some family that every time we see them they say “I still haven’t seen the new house…” (we’ve been here for about 2 years now) and we say “Then why don’t you come over! Anytime that’s good for you” (because it would be an hour drive for them) and it goes on and on and on and apparently they want an invitation written in blood, hand delivered on a silver platter. *Deep breaths* So… yeah we’re having a BBQ and I will need to make an invitation. But as I kept thinking about it, who the hell is going to actually MAIL BBQ invitations to their friends? Only people whose alternative is writing invitations in blood.
Today I was thinking it might be fun to have some nicer looking evite images but I went to evite and then remembered how much it sucked and that no little image in the corner will make it better. So I did what anyone would do, got bored and went on facebook whiiiiiiiich obviously made me think that if I was planning an event where I’d need to know RSVPs and the like and wasn’t trying to hide the details from anyone (like last year’s surprise par-tays for Mandy and Jenn) then I’d probably go the facebook route.
So without further ado, I’ve made some little images in case anyone has an event that’s only slightly a big deal coming up. There are still more I’d like to make but the first 3 that came into mind were: pub golf (which I’ve never actually done but Laurie always posts such cute photos from when she does), karaoke (not surprising with Brandy’s Karaoke 2Kx coming up) and Beer-B-Q (my favorite kind of BBQ).
And, yes, karaoke’s does also say “Look mama! I’m a star!”
But enough blabber, here they are:
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