LOWCOUNTRY LAPLANTES: Wedding Wednesday: Paper

Let's talk paper. No, no....not this kind of paper.

I'm talking about one of the biggest decisions you have to make for your big day. THE paper. From the Save the Date to the invitations to the response cards to the rehearsal dinner invites...there are seriously SO many options. I do not know how anyone ever decides. Here's what we went with....

1. Save the Dates

We found some inspiration where a couple used translucent envelopes for their Save the Dates. We thought that it was SO cool, and couldn't wait to figure out how we could do it. After we had our amazing engagement photos taken by Dreampop Media we found the perfect picture to use. Here's how they turned out...

The original picture was of the two of us on two separate benches looking at eachother. Thanks to my gal pal (since I was 2 years old, y'all) we came up with these beautiful Save the Dates. She's seriously talented, and we were so thankful to have her do this for us.

Then we just slipped them in the translucent envelopes, put mailing labels on them, and voila! Perfection.

2. Rehearsal Dinner Invites

On these invites I went simple. I bought a really awesome Groupon for Vista Print months prior. So, for $17 we got these sweet invites. Their website is incredibly user friendly, but can create really expensive projects. I highly suggest being on the look out for deals for this website.

3. Wedding Invitations

We knew we wanted something different, and this time Andrea came through for us again. She designed these beautiful invites to be printed on some pre-bought (on sale!) Target invite kits. We were in love because they so perfectly fit our personalities. We're not all about the traditional, fancy fuss. We're a fun loving, laid back couple who obviously really likes different typography. 430 guests' envelopes hand addressed and stuffed. Yeah, not the most exciting 11 hours of my life.

*Disclaimer: these are sweet iPhone photos.

A. The Invite

We loved that this incorporated our website! (hello, online generation)

B. The Particulars

I highly suggest this card to be included. We just printed it on yellow heavy duty cardstock and they turned out beautifully.

C. The Response Card

Yes, we stole the saying from Pinterest. But aren't they precious? We received some awesome responses. People wrote in their +1 as different alcohols (i.e. Darryl LaPlante and Jack Daniels wouldn't miss it for the world). We also had one person give themselves +25 as a joke because they knew how stressed we were about our high guest count (we didn't get very many nos...). But, reading everyone's responses was so fun, and we made sure to keep them all. I'm sure one day we'll do something cool with them.

3. Ceremony Programs

I'm probably biased, but I really loved how these turned out. I'm biased because...well....I designed them so of course I love them. When they were printed they were on a little heavier stock than we had originally planned, but c'est la vie!

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You can't get a good feel for how great these looked in person, but trust me they were pretttttty snazzy.

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The last thing I want to say is that you should really try to stay within your budget on these. Be resourceful and be willing to compromise. This is an area where you can easily go out of your budget because printing and designing can be so expensive. Just remember - if you think someone will be upset unless you give them something like this....