the long awaited (...right?) invitation post

Our invitations were going to go out tomorrow, but since the USPS is a giant FAIL (grrrr) that may or may not be the case. But since only like...one person who will be receiving an invite reads my blog (well, occasionally two...but I still don't care), I am still posting pics and I don't care who knows it. Except you guys. Since you now know it.

Anywho, these are iphone pics, so my apologies for poor quality/lighting. Our "theme" is what I'd call vintage-rustic-chic. The color is off in these pics - the pocketfolds and ink are dark brown, the green is chartreuse, and the blue is a pale but not quite baby blue. It is the color of my favorite Coach purse actually, but that means nothing to you unless you've seen it.

This is what the invite page looks like. It is attached to the inside of the pocketfold.

This is what the RSVP card looks like. The menu icons are for macadamia nut and pesto crusted chicken, pineapple teriyaki pulled pork, and the star is for special dietary needs or vegetarian request.

This is the pocketfold closed. I used the twine as a rustic bellyband...the flower is made of different layers with a bronze brad in the middle. The detail is gone in this pic but they are really cute. Got them from an etsy seller.

The whole thing open again...you can see the paper is a pearlescent ivory.

I used pearlescent vellum envelopes, and used 4x2 inch labels for the address. I used a corner punch that had 3 different shapes (fiskars "baroque") and I used a combo of the 3. This looks pretty awkward in the pic, but it is really cool in person.

And that's it! I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seats, so I hope you were able to contain your excitement for the entirety of this post. :P

What do you think?