Oh. My. Gosh. Invites Are Finally Done!!! (IMG Heavy)

[TangoWedding]

Well, at least we're at a design we both love! I worked all day on 'em. They've changed SOOOOO many times over the last few months. I'm SO happy with them now!

The corsets are the same, btw. Hee!

The front:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/InvitesYo002.jpg


When you open it, you see:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/InvitesYo003.jpg


The thing on top is my stolen-from-Danielle idea...the booklet of info. Here's a close-up of that to show my cut-out over the word 'love' and my heart corner tabs (if you look closely, you can see my eyes in the heart cut-out, too!):


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/InvitesYo007.jpg


Here's the spread out booklet:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/InvitesYo008.jpg

[TangoWedding]

Page 1 - Our quote:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/InvitesYo009.jpg


Page 2 : Reception info:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/InvitesYo011.jpg



Page 3 : Map & Directions (don't want that info floating around...just in case)

Page 4: The controversial registry page:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/InvitesYo013.jpg

[EarlyBird]

loooooove them!!!! wow all that work and it finally paid off!!

so you have all printed out and assembled?? awesome..

[TangoWedding]

Our RSVP card (which is behind the booklet)...


The front:



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/InvitesYo014.jpg


The back:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/InvitesYo016.jpg




Ok, minus a few little tweaks, this is what I'm doing for sure now!!

So....any suggestions before I start printing and putting them all together?? :geek:

[TangoWedding]

so you have all printed out and assembled?? awesome..


Not yet!! This was the hard part....getting to a place where I was 100% happy with them! LOL

Now I can just do a little bit every week and it'll get done quickly! (And this is also where I call my best friend and give her a pre-wedding job. Heh!)

[bichonlvr]

Congrats they look amazing!!

[SerendipityCrafts]

Good job! They look great. :)

[lize566]

So cute!!! I love them!

[heatherh321]

LOVE THEM!!! Great job! No changes necessary, lol :heart:

[Qtlilone22]

Wow, Congrats they look fabulous!!! :rassberry:

[sjk1431]

I think they look awesome you have done a great job. :heart:

[ger]

Those are amazing. You have done a fantastic job!! Good luck getting them alllll done!!

[domeafavor]

Lovely as normal. The black & white paper you used is gorgeous. The heart with love (and your eyes) looks so great with the rest of the layout.

[Goin2thechapel]

Those look AMAZING!!!
I would never have known that they were a DIY project! Super Awesome!!!

[Jess]

They look great!!! I'm sure you'll get a lot of compliments from your guests!!!

[StarCoveter]

Awesome! How many do you have to make? And how much $ per invite? Good job!!! :smile:

[TangoWedding]

Thanks, everyone! I'm so very happy with them! :frogg:



I have to make about 55 of them. Not too bad, I guess. And I have NO clue how much they cost each! I've bought so many supplies for my invites (since I've made them about twelve times and keep changing! LOL), there's no telling at this point!

:bblol:

I'll have to add it up now that I have a final design. I'll let ya know!

[nic1124]

Those are beautiful! great job.

[RevMatty]

WOW!! Excellent job on the invites. Nicely done.

[SouthernQueenBride]

Those are soooo awesome!!! I love them!!!
You did a great job and should be VERY proud of yourself!!!

[Danielle9608]

These look great. Certainly worth all the time and effort you put into them! Congrats

[PGDesigns]

They are amazing, Tango! Great job!

[s_r_d3]

I love those! Great job!!

[WebLady]

They look good :frogg:

Are you going to print them yourself on your computer or take them somewhere?

[miranda]

Oh wow, those are awesome!!! Congrats on doing such a superb job! Nobody will be able to tell those are DIY!

[smileyone2002]

OMG! Those are awesome! I love them so much I now have to change mine, I wasnt happy with my inserts, and now I might use the booklet idea! And I was wondering how you got those heart tab thingys. Did you buy them or did you make them??

You did a great job on these!! You should be very proud :rassberry:

[TangoWedding]

Are you going to print them yourself on your computer or take them somewhere?

I'm going to print them myself. I have a nice printer that I just love!

OMG! Those are awesome! I love them so much I now have to change mine, I wasnt happy with my inserts, and now I might use the booklet idea! And I was wondering how you got those heart tab thingys. Did you buy them or did you make them??

That's what changed my mind, too....I just couldn't get my inserts to make me happy. There was always something that I didn't like about them....and Danielle's booklets worked perfectly the first time I tried it!

:frogg:

I got the heart brads at Michael's. Each package has 30 in it and they cost like $3 I think. They have all kinds...jewels even.

[smileyone2002]

I bought some brads at hobby lobby, but I just dont know where or how to make the heart corner things...on your they are made out of the same paper as the front, I just dont know what they are called. Did you make yours? and how did you do that?? I have been looking everywhere and cant figure them out..haha!! Thanks for your help :)

[exoduslaughin]

OMG, your invites are awesome! I love them! You are seriously talented... cupcakes... invitations... what next???

[TangoWedding]

I bought some brads at hobby lobby, but I just dont know where or how to make the heart corner things...on your they are made out of the same paper as the front, I just dont know what they are called. Did you make yours? and how did you do that?? I have been looking everywhere and cant figure them out..haha!! Thanks for your help


Well, I'll just show ya how I made them!


I was going to use photo corners, but I just can't do things that easily. LOL! So I decided to make some using a corner punch.

I bought this corner punch from Michael's. It's a Fiskars heart corner.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/Punch001.jpg

You just stick your paper in there to the corner like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/Punch004.jpg


And punch down on the button. That will make the corner look like this:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/Punch005.jpg


Then I just cut the corner out and I end up with this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/zennymountain/Punch007.jpg


You just glue down the top part of this and it will serve as a photo corner! (Be sure to not glue down the actual heart part like I did the first time....you can't stick anything in there if it's glued down! LOL!!)

[smileyone2002]

AWWW..thanks so much!! I have been looking and looking and then looking some more on how to make those!! You have saved my day, thanks so much:hug:

[TangoWedding]

:frogg: No problem!!

I can't wait to see yours!!!!

[ccsdesign]

I can't believe I haven't been here since your save the dates! It has been a bit hectic for me this fall - but I am back just in time to see your beautiful invitations! WOW!!
I LOVE the detail and the personalization and the originality and the colors and patterns and the custom photo corners - I could go on and on! The booklet is a great solution for invitations too! (Just a note to others, if you can't get the right brad - you can also do a knot tie with a ribbon that works great - I've done it on invites and small programs)

Your photos are perfectly chosen for each part - I love to see well-made invitations and yours are really great! Congratulations! I'm glad you only have to do 55, I know all the detail is A LOT of work! Worth it though when you hear back from your guests!

Have you decided what envelope you are using? More work... but I was thinking you could do a handmade liner out of the b/w pattern paper to really tie it all together... There are lots of templates I can find one for your size envelope if you need one.
:-) Celeste, ccsdesign

PS Don't feel bad about 12 tries to get the right one - I do weddings all the time and I always go through anywhere from 10-15 versions on new designs before I am totally happy with the final one!

[TangoWedding]

Awww, thank you! :frogg:


Actually, when I switched from making my own tri-folds to just a regular style, I found (very cheap!) cards w/ envelopes from Michael's. So it comes with an envelope already.

However, I never thought about lining them....doing it with the black & white paper would be perfect! Great idea!!!

:hi:

[thetsakid]

wow...they are so cute! Good job!

[HisMuse]

Wow, I love them!

[Amanda&Jason]

Super, super cute!!!!!

[northwestbride]

How creative! I would never have guessed that your invites were DIY. Very cool indeed!

[BrideInCuffs21]

Hey tango for your invites... are the back of the cards for the bi-folds white or did you decorate them too....

[TangoWedding]

They're just white.

I actually thought at first that I should do a monogram or something, but then I figured there was plenty going on everywhere else to add anything. I didn't want to take away from the rest of it. :frogg:

[woohoo2me]

wow! i absolutly love all the detail you have put into these, and i must say i am very jelous of your talent.:heart:

[IDoTwo]

Your invitations are so creative and classy. I love them. Great job!

[LookingBridal]

You and Danielle totally inspired me- I kind stole some ideas from both of you to make mine :)

Your invites look fabulous!!!!
Congrats:)

[ElizaE]

Tango,
I love your invitations. I have a question about the picture. How did you do that. Is it vellum with the picture underneath.

I want to make some graduation invitations using that style.... please help me because it looks really cool.

Thanks

[TangoWedding]

Thanks :)


No, it's not vellum. I made it up in Adobe Illustrator, where you can put the text over the picture. It just prints just like it is.

You can also do that in Photoshop, but text isn't as clear as it is in Illustrator....it's kinda choppy.

Ya know, you can probably even do it in MS Paint. LOL I've never tried.

[FullyLitt]

THOSE are NICE!! Great JOB!!! I love the postcard RESPONSE cards