Do-It-Yourself Wedding Projects
These invitations were inspired by this oh-so-cute story…
“My husband and I met while living in a housing co-op full of hippie grad students. We were assigned to cook dinner together one night - I made bread and he made some truly impressive crispy fried chicken. I always like to say that he first got my attention with that chicken. Our friends and family know this story and know us today as avid home cooks, so the image on our invitation really made them smile.”
Instructions on Invitations from the designer…
The invite started as a pencil drawing and was finished up in Adobe Illustrator. I drew most of it freehand, but traced our silhouetted profiles from digital photographs I took. I saved it as a PDF, emailed it to a print vendor in upstate New York , and got our invites a few days later. Total cost with envelopes, postage, etc. was around $150 for 65 invites.
That is all for today! We will pick up where we left off right after the holidays, next Wednesday. Have a wonderful holiday weekend…let these amazing DIY projects inspire you to wrap beautifully, bake deliciously and decorate thoughtfully!
Comment by Jenson on 21 December 2007:
Black will be a key color for my New Year’s Eve ‘08 wedding. Thanks for posting some inspiration!
Comment by Glamour this! by Kelly on 21 December 2007:
Hey! Those black and white pics are from a local wedding… rare to see some montrealers on Style Me Pretty!!!
I am hiring the cake lady (the one who did the black and white cake! )
Comment by One Love Photo on 24 December 2007:
The top invite is so cool! Love the graphic feel of it!
Comment by One Love Photo on 24 December 2007:
The top invite is so cool! Love the graphic feel of it!
Comment by Janie on 25 December 2007:
Abby I love this contest, all the entries are great, it’s hard to decide which one is my favorite. Everyone should be very proud of the wonderful job that they have done!!!!!!
Comment by Isabelle Lambert on 31 December 2007:
DIY Black and White Wedding Details
Comment by Dominique on 1 January 2008:
36. DIY Black and White Wedding Details
Comment by Nathalie on 1 January 2008:
Kelly (Glamour this),
You did a good choice of “pâtissière”… I did the design of the cake but she realized it! I had sent him the invitation’s paper for she prints it on the cake. This she did, I added the ribbons afterward!
She works very well. … and this is very good!
Comment by karine on 2 January 2008:
I vote for number 36. Very nice !
Comment by Veronique on 2 January 2008:
This is dreaming!! I vote for 36 Black and white wedding detail.
Comment by Nathalie Gingras on 4 January 2008:
It’s very very nice and classic
Comment by Alexandra Pellerin on 4 January 2008:
36. Very nice the black and white
Comment by Colette & Denis on 5 January 2008:
I pick on 36 because of the originality and the details
Comment by Julie on 5 January 2008:
I choose 36 because it’s so different! The cake is an absolute perfection!