DIY Invitations

I think Amanda and I have been good and being thrifty for all things wedding-related.

In that spirit I offered to design our wedding invitations. I have a decent handle on design and imaging software, so I figured it'd be worthwhile and cost effective. Invitations can cost $3 or $4 each if you're doing them professionally, and that's a cost I'm glad we're skipping.

Per my brother Sergio's advice, we bought a Gocco Japanese screen printer of eBay for $200. It shipped from Osaka in just a few days and we were ready to get our hands inky.

The problem was that we didn't really know what we wanted to say, or what we wanted the invitations to look like. We obviously wanted to use our wedding colors - purple and yellow - but weren't sure about images or fonts.

I managed to turn out a couple decent designs over the weekend that I emailed to Indiana for feedback. Amanda and I went to Paper Zone on Sunday to look at paper colors and weights, so hopefully we'll have a chance to test the Gocco later this week.

I'm excited to share with everyone our final design. If anyone has tips or tricks for DIY invitations, please let us know!

February 10th

Hello, February 10th! This Friday, we will be three months from our trip to Indiana. This trip is a special one because we will be getting married:) I have been using my Tuesday evenings to run errands and do wedding planning, while Paolo is at school. Last Tuesday I bought my niece her flower girl dress and she is looking stunning. Here is a photo of Abby.


Paolo is working hard on designing our wedding invitations. We're trying to come up with something super creative, so stay tuned for that.

Another thing we are working on is finding the perfect wedding bands. My ring is so unique and that means my band will be unique too. Good luck to me in this adventure of finding the perfect band. I tried to get one designed, but it was a little too expensive. Paolo hasn't decided what he wants yet, but I am excited to find out.

Speaking of Paolo, he is a lucky man because he got to open up an early gift. I purchased our cake topper and let him open it up early. It was important to me to pick a meaningful cake topper (cupcake topper) and I found the perfect one. Here is a picture of it.



I will share more details as they come along.