A Sneak Peak

Okay, so I just cannot ruin the surprise of the invitations with a whole preview of what's to come....but I can give you little sneak peaks.  Trust me, there would be such a let-down if I showed you the whole thing on here before it even arrived to you in the mail.  So, without further ado....here are your invitation "teasers:"

All things paper - and not

I really love invitations - more specificially, I really love the look of layered invitations.  The biggest problem with beautiful tri-fold, layered or pocket invitations?  Lots of paper.  Which then equals lots of money (and waste).  So, in the interest of saving some money, I peruse invitation ideas.  Okay, let's be honest - I peruse ALL wedding ideas.  One thing I've consistently really liked is the idea of some type of fabric invitation - or at least incorporating fabric into the invitation somehow.  For example, there are these cute fabric "pouches" for invitations that I posted a few weeks ago:

Just a note, though - I wouldn't use fabric that looked like this

Or, I could steal this idea from the Knot and make them be our invitations instead of programs, like they've suggested:

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Or, there's this idea - which incorporates my preferred layered AND tri-fold effects....plus I could use burlap.  It might just end up being a winner.  Who knows.

The inside would clearly NOT be yellow.  I can just envision the first tab being our tree "logo" and the invitation language on the second tab...followed by a map or something on third.  :)

But, oh how I love burlap.  Just check out the possibilities!




And, then of course there are things to consider with programs.  There's the paperless chalkboard option for all to see before finding their seat:

Or, there's a more traditional program option - but only one simple square rather than pages of information:

Or, there's the newer fan program option, which has its perks as we are getting married Labor Day weekend.  There is certainly a chance that it will be quite warm outside.

What do you think?