Saturday, 19 March 2011

Wedding Inspiration #1 - Invitations

First, a note: the posts on this here blog will be a bit muddled up to begin with, and I have yet to sit down and edit the appearance of the blog myself, but I intend to write some proper background posts - about us, about our engagement, that kind of thing. But I'm pretty busy with work at the moment so bear with me for now :)

There are so many awesome wedding invitations on the blog, and I'm really drawn to the funky, unusual, stick in your mind type. I'd had what I think is a stroke of genius for our invites, which involved procuring some cheesy songs on 45 vinyl (oh charity shops, you provide us with so much) and printing up our own sleeves with the wedding info on. What could be better than getting a wedding invitation that's also, say, a tacky 80s classic (99 Red Balloons, anyone)? But, realistically, time and money contraints mean that we (probably) won't go ahead with that idea, opting instead for a retro movie poster style invite - we're still deciding whether to go with a straight spoof or just an invite in that style. Or, possibly, a retro concert poster style invite? Either way, I'll be designing it in the interests of budget and taste.

But anyway, here's some other awesome invitation and Save The Date (a US pre-invite?) ideas I found online.


From Kelly Ink, Flickr
I adore the use of the kiddy pictures and the cardboard - it just looks so sweet!




From Manolo Brides
Just a fantastic idea, I love wedding invitations that get everybody involved.




From Wedding Tea Towels
I love love love love this idea, and think it's SO cute, and I love that your guests will have something to remember your wedding by. Paul thinks, however, they're tacky, stupid and "Why the hell would you want donkeys on your wedding invitation?" (There's a range of designs, one of which includes two donkeys kissing noses).




This idea for Julia's wedding invitations is astoundingly good - I mean, how cool is a 3D Viewfinder wedding invite? Cooler than most I think :)

There are so many great wedding invitation ideas out there that I'm sure I will find dozens more and write more posts on them - have you come across any great ideas?

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