Etsy Finds

It has become a norm that when in doubt, go to Etsy! I have used Etsy a ton throughout this wedding process and thought I'd give a run down of a lot of vendors who have helped the process be possible.

1. Palm Papers: A boutique stationary and design studio. Lauren, the designer behind the label actually designs for Minted as well as having her own website, and everything she does is so classy and fabulous! AND she was the designer of our invitations! :)

2. Pack & Post: The lovely Samantha helped in assisting me in my selection of vintage stamps and she was local, but I found her on etsy! She has great stuff, check it out! :)

3. Sweet Magnolia Designs: Our rehearsal invitations were ordered through this vendor and I loved them! They fit perfectly with our them! What do you think?! I realized I never posted a final picture of them.  

 4. Veils of Art: I took a chance and ordered my veil on etsy y'all! And it came out pretty well, but you'll just have to wait another 11 days for any sneak peeks but you can check out their page. ;)

5. Sweet Bennett: I purchased a custom burlap banner for our engagement photos. Although I didn't use it very much it came out well and the shop owner was super nice and friendly and now our banner is featured on the site!

6. Garters by Kristi: Hopefully fiance doesn't read this but I purchased my garter shortly after being engaged and it HAD to be an NC State one of course! I love the garter because I have a toss and keep one too! 

7. Burlap Babe: Custom bridal hanger! I can't wait to use this on the wedding day to hang up my dress. It looks great and it'll look even better with my dress!

  

Well, there you have it! My top etsy buys thus far! Have you found things you love off etsy? Any other sites you may use?!

xoxo,

a.

Invitation Reveal

Yesterday I told you all about the process of getting to print our wedding invitations.. and today, I'm here to show them to you!!! WOO!

I knew I wanted our invitations done in calligraphy but by the time I ordered it was just getting too late, but luckily, Palm Papers offered a faux calligraphy printed while the invitations were being printed. YAY! And it looks AWESOME! Since they were being printed instead of hand done I knew I wanted to add something special to the envelopes: Vintage Stamps!!!

I got carried away on the vintage stamp train, and thus searched while the invitations were being printed and found a local gal, Samantha, who actually sold vintage stamps and allowed me to go pick them out myself. I found her via Etsy and I was SO elated to use the stamps! 

Here is our envelope reveal...

And what my table looked like because I had to hand paste the stamps on the envelopes.. all 5 stamps on 100 envelopes..

I think the faux calligraphy came out great!! I really loved it!! It came out so nice and clean (minus me protecting some family members below). It was clean and cohesive for the inner envelopes and I couldn't have been more happy with how it turned out! I also loved the gray envelopes too!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the envelopes and the stamps! I had 4 different variations!

So NOW ladies and gents we can get to the invitation itself!! Like I said I had the invitations done in letter press, along with the RSVP card and a reception insert card. Lauren took my Uncle's design and applied it to the RSVP and insert to make everything flow and I loved how it turned out. I used white paper with the gray letter press because I prefer white over an ercu color to make it more modern and sleek. (I apologize in advance all these photos were taken with my iPhone so they don't really do any of these pictures justice but I'm sure Meredith will take beautiful pictures for us to keep forever!) Without further ado...



HOORAY! What do you guys think?! I was so excited about them and I'm so excited to share them with you!! It's weird because this makes it totally "official" and with get our marriage license this week it's definitely approaching fast. It just still doesn't seem real! But I DO love calling mom every night to ask who RSVP'd because she's receiving them all so that we could be more traditional with the invitations. :) THANKS MOM!

Let me know what you guys think and HAPPY WEEKEND!

xoxo,

a.