Tuesday, May 3

{ invitation inspiration }

next up on the wedding planning agenda.. the engagement party! now, i know that this is traditionally taken care of by family, but how could i pass up an opportunity to plan another bash? i can't. i will happily let my mom host this party, and happily (maybe forcefully) pass over party ideas... ok, not ideas, how it's gonna be.

it all has to start somewhere. the invitation.
i can't tell you how excited i am about getting to send REAL invitations for our wedding. if i sent out paper invitations... in THE MAIL, for any other occasion other than this, i would never hear the end of it from our friends. they already feel obligated to ask about the "dress code" when they come to our house for a bbq (only because i make a huge deal out of every get together.. it's my passion!). an actual invite would only lead to more jokes on my behalf (i might sound annoyed, but i really take the martha stewart jokes as compliments:)

moving on. my inspiration... all i see for these engagement party invites is GOLD. shiny gold ruffles to be exact.





i'm planning on sewing gold ruffles onto the invites (and also plan on having a small wedding, ha)
we will see how that plays out. i'll share the outcome soon!

4 comments:

  1. Oooh la la. And I know how it is with the Martha Stewart Jokes. I still do paper invitations for EVERYTHING, I just can't help it, lol.

    I LOVE your inspiration. Please post pics when they are finished!

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  2. I really can relate to you apprehension to send out paper invites in the past for small events. I also think about it all the time but I know that most people would think I'm going over the top!

    I absolutely cannot wait to see your engagement party invites! You need to share asap!

    Also you should rent this dress for your gold soiree from Rent the Runway:

    http://www.renttherunway.com/shop/designers/badgleymischka_dresses/screensirengown

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  3. Ooh, so fun. Love the idea for gold ruffles. I wish we had done an engagement party...hang on to every moment along the way!

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