All the Pretty Papers

Thinking about, picking out, designing, aligning the text of and just plain dreaming about wedding invitations has been one of my favorite wedding-related tasks.

My first favorite invitations were these rustic beauties by Oblation:


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And then I had fleeting crushes on these ones...


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...and these ones:


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And ever since I stumbled upon them, I have been in love with this super-chic set:


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Our printer, Kristin from Twin Ravens Press, recently posted on her blog an invitation suite with these sweet little drawings she created based on "landmarks" in Jacksonville, Florida, where the couple got married. I think these drawings are really cool, and I like the idea of tying elements of the venue into the design of the invitations.


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Ultimately, we decided to work with Kristin to come up with something unique and personal, just for us. It has been so much fun so far!

Does anyone else lust after paper? Do you save old wedding invitations in a box on a shelf, even if you never really look at them ever again? Or are you one of those people who calendar the date and time, and then throw it away?