I was searching my old hard drive this morning looking for something to post and I came across Dan's and my wedding invitations......even though this isn't photo-related, I though I'd share since it is wedding-related.
Dan and I had a small wedding in Camden, Maine, which is a small town on the coast. We lived there the summer before we got married because Dan was working at the Maine Photographic Workshops. We fell in love with the area and I still think of it as one of the best summers of my life. Our wedding was 3 1/2 years ago...we had about 35 guests, very small but we had a lot of info to send people so I decided to make all of the invitations and info pieces myself. I wanted everything to match but didn't want to spend a ton of money.
My 'inspiration' for the invitations came from this print Dan's mom has framed. It is a variation of the Shaker Tree of Life. The Shakers were kind of like Quakers, but more interesting (just in case you're wondering, we're not Shaker - lol). Dan went to Darrow School, a boarding high school in upstate NY at the site of an old Shaker Village... and so he and his parents collect Shaker 'stuff'. I liked the tree as a symbol for a wedding because it's like two trees (people) growing into one, you get the idea.
So, this is what I came up with... this is the actual invitation piece. It also had a folded, opaque parchment thing that went around it with a white & turquoise (tiny) polka-dot ribbon, which I don't have a picture of. (I was in a very colorful mood that summer.)
The outside envelope was white and I used the same font for the addresses. The font is called Miss Claude. (If I had to redo anything I would change the font because it was hard to read.)
Outside envelope:
Response Card:
The response card envelope came from Paper-Source, one of my favorite online stores. The color is called Papaya - it doesn't look this neon in real life! :)
Then, in the same envelope (because I was super-late getting the inviataions out), I put two other invitations... one for the rehearsal dinner and one for sailing, for those who were arriving early enough, which was also a last-minute thing... (Those two invitations were the same size and shape but it doesn't look like it here.)
I also included this little info card:
So everything above went out in one envelope. I lined the envelopes with paper - it was actually flat wrapping paper from Paper-Source... Paper-Source sells a lot of BEAUTIFUL flat paper you can use to line envelopes. I just made a template and cut it out, like a cookie cutter. Then I used something like this to attach the paper to the envelope. It is a really easy way to spruce up an envelope.
I also made place cards to use at the reception. They folded over and these were the front sides...
PAPER: Everything was printed on the same paper - Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Matte - it is photo-quality so printed really crisp but I wish I could find a paper that prints that well that is a touch thicker... I think, the thicker the better...
PRINTER: We used our home printer, which was an Epson Photo R1800. (The R1800 has since been discontinued and replaced by the R1900).
That's it!!
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Last summer when Ben was ready to propose to Brittany he thought he had it all planned out... Brittany was at her lake house laying out on the dock. Ben put the ring in a mesh bag which he tied to his arm. The plan was to swim across the lake, surprise her, and ask her to marry him. It turns out the distance of the swim was much further than Ben thought... When he got there, she was totally surprised, he did ask her to marry him - and she said yes! Then, after all the wonderful emotion, there was a slight medical incident involving a swimmer vomiting from exhaustion and collapsing in bird poop. A funny and priceless story no matter how you tell it. And, knowing Ben & Brittany's personalities makes it even funnier.
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We did their engagement session downtown a few days ago. We had a great time running around town with them and we're soo excited about shooting their wedding this May!! Hope you like these!!
I can't decide - either this or the next one is my favorite.
They told us the proposal story when we met them last summer but we made Ben tell it again during the shoot... the next three are when he was re-telling the story - cute!
Check out this slideshow to see more!!
Jessica Cudzilo says:
I LOVE them! Such wonderful pictures. I can't decide which is my favorite...I think I like them all. Great models, great photography! : )
Michelle says:
Too cute! I love the one of them in front of the red bricks. My other favorite is from the slideshow where they are kissing and their hands are in the foreground and they are out of focus in the background. Great job Dan and Nat!
Mark Brooke says:
Great shots! What a cute couple!
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I can not help myself from posting these photos...I stopped by my friend Bunnie's (as in Bunnie & Daniel's engagement session a few posts back) to see their new puppy and I happened to have my camera in the car...Look at this little baby!! She's 8 weeks old and her name is Mae :)
Bunnie says:
These are the best photos of a dog I have ever seen!!! Thank you so much for capturing her puppydom. She is not going to be this small for long...but will always remain the cutest little bulldog ever!!!!!!!
Bunnie says:
These are the best photos of a dog I have ever seen!!! Thank you so much for capturing her puppydom. She is not going to be this small for long...but will always remain the cutest little bulldog ever!!!!!!!
Bunnie says:
These are the best photos of a dog I have ever seen!!! Thank you so much for capturing her puppydom. She is not going to be this small for long...but will always remain the cutest little bulldog ever!!!!!!!
Lindsey says:
OMG!!! What a cute puppy
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Those bring back so many memories! I think I helped you (didn't I?) with lining the envelopes...so fun!