Double Digits!!!

maeday2

lurkergirl said:

Oh mother fucked totally forgot about passports, and we both need new ones. His expired, and my dog fucking ate mine. How does that even happen in real life?!

Holy shit, we ARE the same person. We need to get new ones too. 

pinkcow13

Wait, what?! I'm May 22nd..... Crap, should I be purchasing invitations by now?!??

Oh boy, commence freak out.

lurkergirl

pinkcow13 said:

Wait, what?! I'm May 22nd..... Crap, should I be purchasing invitations by now?!??

Oh boy, commence freak out.

_ _ _ _ _ _

Today is the 23rd. You officially have less than 4 months. Has the freak out begun yet?

novella1186

pinkcow13 said:

Wait, what?! I'm May 22nd..... Crap, should I be purchasing invitations by now?!??

Oh boy, commence freak out.

I actually was stressing out because I thought I had to send invites out like next week. I said something to my mom and she said "Uh... I think that's way too early." So I counted the weeks on the calendar and sure enough, she's right. Way too early. I think they actually need to go out like very end of February or beginning of March. Something like that? Bleh. I can't even remember right now but I apparently have time to worry about that later. 

dcbride86

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Wait, what?! I'm May 22nd..... Crap, should I be purchasing invitations by now?!??

Oh boy, commence freak out.

I actually was stressing out because I thought I had to send invites out like next week. I said something to my mom and she said "Uh... I think that's way too early." So I counted the weeks on the calendar and sure enough, she's right. Way too early. I think they actually need to go out like very end of February or beginning of March. Something like that? Bleh. I can't even remember right now but I apparently have time to worry about that later. 

Yeah, you're right.  I'm doing mine at the very end of February.  I know it's 9 weeks out, but we have a lot of out of towners and we only sent STDs to VIPs and family because my parents couldn't get their shit together and send me their full list

buttercup1958

O.0 This thread is very scary, V and I will go to the courthouse for sure! haha

lurkergirl

buttercup1958 said:

O.0 This thread is very scary, V and I will go to the courthouse for sure! haha

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I recommend it

pinkcow13

lurkergirl said:

Wait, what?! I'm May 22nd..... Crap, should I be purchasing invitations by now?!??

Oh boy, commence freak out.

_ _ _ _ _ _ Today is the 23rd. You officially have less than 4 months. Has the freak out begun yet?

I'm looking for a brown paper bag right now...

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maeday2

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Wait, what?! I'm May 22nd..... Crap, should I be purchasing invitations by now?!??

Oh boy, commence freak out.

I actually was stressing out because I thought I had to send invites out like next week. I said something to my mom and she said "Uh... I think that's way too early." So I counted the weeks on the calendar and sure enough, she's right. Way too early. I think they actually need to go out like very end of February or beginning of March. Something like that? Bleh. I can't even remember right now but I apparently have time to worry about that later. 

Yeah @novella1186 go ahead and send me a note when I need to send mine out. 

I think I decided on like the second week of March. My RSVP date is April 11, I know that much. I'm giving myself a week prior to the caterer's April 18 deadline to call the slackers.  

pinkcow13

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

novella1186

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

fwtx5815

There was a point at the beginning stages of our planning when we were trying to decide what kind of wedding we wanted, and we briefly considered getting a dress like the one below, a tux, getting a photographer, renting a bentley or a mas to go to a courthouse, and then having a super nice dinner with immediate family at a steakhouse with no expense spared.

When I think hard about the money we're spending and all the time spent planning the actual wedding we're going to have, I kinda wished we gone with the simpler version. And I actually feel like I'm on top of my shit so far. Oh well. It'll be worth it.

mikenberger

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

I am BEYOND fucking frightened to do this (file from Etsy etc). I have no clue why. Help me.

hellosweetie1015

Jesus guys. 

I'm texting FI RIGHT NOW to tell him we're going to the damn courthouse. Fuck a duck. I will have a damn nervous breakdown if I have a list that's four pages long. 

novella1186

mikenberger said:

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

I am BEYOND fucking frightened to do this (file from Etsy etc). I have no clue why. Help me.

lol it's not so scary! I had a friend who had done that same thing a few different times for baby shower invites and whatnot, and she told me it was super easy. She was right. 

You pick the ones you like, contact the seller with your details, they send you a proof, you approve the proof or request changes, whatever, then they send you the final PDF file in an email. It's like sending someone a photo via email. The file comes through, you open it, look at it, no big deal. I'm internet dumb, so if I can do it, you can do it!

Then I e-mailed the local print shop for a quote because I didn't want to deal with trying to print them myself (buying the right card stock and whatever else). They had a good quote, so I e-mailed them the PDF file. Either download it, save it, and re-attach it to a new e-mail, or just forward the original e-mail with the file already in it. Or download it and save it on a flash drive, and take the flash drive to the printer's. Easy peasy! 

amelisha

dallasbetch said:

There was a point at the beginning stages of our planning when we were trying to decide what kind of wedding we wanted, and we briefly considered getting a dress like the one below, a tux, getting a photographer, renting a bentley or a mas to go to a courthouse, and then having a super nice dinner with immediate family at a steakhouse with no expense spared.

When I think hard about the money we're spending and all the time spent planning the actual wedding we're going to have, I kinda wished we gone with the simpler version. And I actually feel like I'm on top of my shit so far. Oh well. It'll be worth it.

That's pretty much the route we're going - I'm May 23rd, and we are having a ceremony at a Vegas chapel (all-inclusive - they pick us up at our hotel and they'll hand me a bouquet and hit "play" on the stereo, pretty much) and then just a restaurant dinner with nice wine for our parents and best friends who feel like coming. Didn't even book a private room, just made a normal dinner reservation. It's wonderful to not have to have done anything and the more I see all this scary stuff about invitations and makeup artists and flowers the happier I am to be dodging that bullet because it just doesn't appeal to me at all.

mikenberger

novella1186 said:

mikenberger said:

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

I am BEYOND fucking frightened to do this (file from Etsy etc). I have no clue why. Help me.

lol it's not so scary! I had a friend who had done that same thing a few different times for baby shower invites and whatnot, and she told me it was super easy. She was right. 

You pick the ones you like, contact the seller with your details, they send you a proof, you approve the proof or request changes, whatever, then they send you the final PDF file in an email. It's like sending someone a photo via email. The file comes through, you open it, look at it, no big deal. I'm internet dumb, so if I can do it, you can do it!

Then I e-mailed the local print shop for a quote because I didn't want to deal with trying to print them myself (buying the right card stock and whatever else). They had a good quote, so I e-mailed them the PDF file. Either download it, save it, and re-attach it to a new e-mail, or just forward the original e-mail with the file already in it. Or download it and save it on a flash drive, and take the flash drive to the printer's. Easy peasy! 

You make everything seem so easy, Novella. I'll do some research. I've wanted to do this, but I'm one of those like SUPER lazy brides who would rather throw money at it than actually do something. Ughhhhhh stuff to do. Woo. I can do it!

duhitsd

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

How did this turn out? I have a PDF file of my invites & RSVP cards that I designed in photoshop but  I'm freaking out that since the files have a white background from photoshop that when I get them printed on ivory paper, it will print a giant white box too.

novella1186

duhitsd said:

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

How did this turn out? I have a PDF file of my invites & RSVP cards that I designed in photoshop but  I'm freaking out that since the files have a white background from photoshop that when I get them printed on ivory paper, it will print a giant white box too.

Hm... I'm not sure about the background printing. Ours had a background that intentionally printed. It was meant to look all antique-y and darker, and it printed out that way. But they turned out really awesome. Could you print one to test, and if it prints white, change the background to a more ivory color? Or if you're having a print shop do them, ask the print shop. They should know. 

ETA: re-reading this, I don't think I've ever used the word "print" so much in my life! 

duhitsd

novella1186 said:

duhitsd said:

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

How did this turn out? I have a PDF file of my invites & RSVP cards that I designed in photoshop but  I'm freaking out that since the files have a white background from photoshop that when I get them printed on ivory paper, it will print a giant white box too.

Hm... I'm not sure about the background printing. Ours had a background that intentionally printed. It was meant to look all antique-y and darker, and it printed out that way. But they turned out really awesome. Could you print one to test, and if it prints white, change the background to a more ivory color? Or if you're having a print shop do them, ask the print shop. They should know. 

ETA: re-reading this, I don't think I've ever used the word "print" so much in my life! 

I really need to try all of the above but if I have to photoshop the white background out, I think we'll be changing the design before I spend a lot of time doing that. Ugh. What I should do is take it down there and talk to someone to see what they think, then figure out what to do.

hellosweetie1015

duhitsd said:

novella1186 said:

duhitsd said:

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

How did this turn out? I have a PDF file of my invites & RSVP cards that I designed in photoshop but  I'm freaking out that since the files have a white background from photoshop that when I get them printed on ivory paper, it will print a giant white box too.

Hm... I'm not sure about the background printing. Ours had a background that intentionally printed. It was meant to look all antique-y and darker, and it printed out that way. But they turned out really awesome. Could you print one to test, and if it prints white, change the background to a more ivory color? Or if you're having a print shop do them, ask the print shop. They should know. 

ETA: re-reading this, I don't think I've ever used the word "print" so much in my life! 

I really need to try all of the above but if I have to photoshop the white background out, I think we'll be changing the design before I spend a lot of time doing that. Ugh. What I should do is take it down there and talk to someone to see what they think, then figure out what to do.

Coming from a former print shop worker, it's not gonna print white on ivory paper. 

Laser printers, such as you find in most commercial print shops, don't have the capability to print white. They've got black, cyan, magenta, and yellow toners in them. To get any other color, they combine those colors in different amounts. If something's white, it's considered a sort of negative space where no toner goes.

So no worries, don't redesign your whole invitation. Unless printing technology has come LIGHTYEARS in the past 10 months, you're gonna get ivory backgrounds.

novella1186

duhitsd said:

novella1186 said:

duhitsd said:

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

How did this turn out? I have a PDF file of my invites & RSVP cards that I designed in photoshop but  I'm freaking out that since the files have a white background from photoshop that when I get them printed on ivory paper, it will print a giant white box too.

Hm... I'm not sure about the background printing. Ours had a background that intentionally printed. It was meant to look all antique-y and darker, and it printed out that way. But they turned out really awesome. Could you print one to test, and if it prints white, change the background to a more ivory color? Or if you're having a print shop do them, ask the print shop. They should know. 

ETA: re-reading this, I don't think I've ever used the word "print" so much in my life! 

I really need to try all of the above but if I have to photoshop the white background out, I think we'll be changing the design before I spend a lot of time doing that. Ugh. What I should do is take it down there and talk to someone to see what they think, then figure out what to do.

Yep! Talk to them, and get some suggestions. It could be much easier than you think, and you're just wasting time. Or there could be a simple solution. Or.. whatever. Lol. I'm not good with this stuff so I'd always rather talk to the pros! 

bumbletiger88

We're one week after you @novella1186 ! I just picked up our invitations (rented a mailbox @ the UPS store for wedding stuff)- they're from Minted! I scored 25% off vouchers for them on Cyber Monday and I'm really happy with how they turned out.  I was pretty stressed out lately... but now that the transportation plan has been made and we got our officiant ordained I am feeling much better.

Best of luck to everyone!

novella1186

bumbletiger88 said:

We're one week after you @novella1186 ! I just picked up our invitations (rented a mailbox @ the UPS store for wedding stuff)- they're from Minted! I scored 25% off vouchers for them on Cyber Monday and I'm really happy with how they turned out.  I was pretty stressed out lately... but now that the transportation plan has been made and we got our officiant ordained I am feeling much better.

Best of luck to everyone!

Ooh I love minted! That's awesome! 

pinkcow13

mikenberger said:

novella1186 said:

mikenberger said:

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

I am BEYOND fucking frightened to do this (file from Etsy etc). I have no clue why. Help me.

lol it's not so scary! I had a friend who had done that same thing a few different times for baby shower invites and whatnot, and she told me it was super easy. She was right. 

You pick the ones you like, contact the seller with your details, they send you a proof, you approve the proof or request changes, whatever, then they send you the final PDF file in an email. It's like sending someone a photo via email. The file comes through, you open it, look at it, no big deal. I'm internet dumb, so if I can do it, you can do it!

Then I e-mailed the local print shop for a quote because I didn't want to deal with trying to print them myself (buying the right card stock and whatever else). They had a good quote, so I e-mailed them the PDF file. Either download it, save it, and re-attach it to a new e-mail, or just forward the original e-mail with the file already in it. Or download it and save it on a flash drive, and take the flash drive to the printer's. Easy peasy! 

You make everything seem so easy, Novella. I'll do some research. I've wanted to do this, but I'm one of those like SUPER lazy brides who would rather throw money at it than actually do something. Ughhhhhh stuff to do. Woo. I can do it!

What is a digital file?? Do I enter "Wedding invitations digital file" on Etsy?

novella1186

pinkcow13 said:

mikenberger said:

novella1186 said:

mikenberger said:

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

I am BEYOND fucking frightened to do this (file from Etsy etc). I have no clue why. Help me.

lol it's not so scary! I had a friend who had done that same thing a few different times for baby shower invites and whatnot, and she told me it was super easy. She was right. 

You pick the ones you like, contact the seller with your details, they send you a proof, you approve the proof or request changes, whatever, then they send you the final PDF file in an email. It's like sending someone a photo via email. The file comes through, you open it, look at it, no big deal. I'm internet dumb, so if I can do it, you can do it!

Then I e-mailed the local print shop for a quote because I didn't want to deal with trying to print them myself (buying the right card stock and whatever else). They had a good quote, so I e-mailed them the PDF file. Either download it, save it, and re-attach it to a new e-mail, or just forward the original e-mail with the file already in it. Or download it and save it on a flash drive, and take the flash drive to the printer's. Easy peasy! 

You make everything seem so easy, Novella. I'll do some research. I've wanted to do this, but I'm one of those like SUPER lazy brides who would rather throw money at it than actually do something. Ughhhhhh stuff to do. Woo. I can do it!

What is a digital file?? Do I enter "Wedding invitations digital file" on Etsy?

Nope, just search invites. It will say whether or not it's a digital file. From what I found, the majority of them were.

JenLD2015

We are May 24th. I have to ask, how many hotel blocks is the norm? We have one (10 rooms) at our location. I then have just been linking local hotels with different rates on our website. Is that sufficient? The wedding is about 1 hour away from where we live and most locals will not be spending the night.

duhitsd

hellosweetie1015 said:

duhitsd said:

novella1186 said:

duhitsd said:

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

How did this turn out? I have a PDF file of my invites & RSVP cards that I designed in photoshop but  I'm freaking out that since the files have a white background from photoshop that when I get them printed on ivory paper, it will print a giant white box too.

Hm... I'm not sure about the background printing. Ours had a background that intentionally printed. It was meant to look all antique-y and darker, and it printed out that way. But they turned out really awesome. Could you print one to test, and if it prints white, change the background to a more ivory color? Or if you're having a print shop do them, ask the print shop. They should know. 

ETA: re-reading this, I don't think I've ever used the word "print" so much in my life! 

I really need to try all of the above but if I have to photoshop the white background out, I think we'll be changing the design before I spend a lot of time doing that. Ugh. What I should do is take it down there and talk to someone to see what they think, then figure out what to do.

Coming from a former print shop worker, it's not gonna print white on ivory paper. 

Laser printers, such as you find in most commercial print shops, don't have the capability to print white. They've got black, cyan, magenta, and yellow toners in them. To get any other color, they combine those colors in different amounts. If something's white, it's considered a sort of negative space where no toner goes.

So no worries, don't redesign your whole invitation. Unless printing technology has come LIGHTYEARS in the past 10 months, you're gonna get ivory backgrounds.

OMG @hellosweetie1015 you are my hero!!!!!!!

hellosweetie1015

duhitsd said:

hellosweetie1015 said:

duhitsd said:

novella1186 said:

duhitsd said:

novella1186 said:

pinkcow13 said:

Where are you guys getting your invitations from?? I have no idea where to even start looking.... I look online, then end up going on multiple sites, getting frustrated, and just move on to the next task. 

I bought a digital file from Etsy for like $25. She customized it (obviously) with our details. Then I e-mailed the PDF files to a local print shop and they printed 100 invites, reply cards, and accomodations cards for about $130. Got my envelopes from Zazzle.com 

How did this turn out? I have a PDF file of my invites & RSVP cards that I designed in photoshop but  I'm freaking out that since the files have a white background from photoshop that when I get them printed on ivory paper, it will print a giant white box too.

Hm... I'm not sure about the background printing. Ours had a background that intentionally printed. It was meant to look all antique-y and darker, and it printed out that way. But they turned out really awesome. Could you print one to test, and if it prints white, change the background to a more ivory color? Or if you're having a print shop do them, ask the print shop. They should know. 

ETA: re-reading this, I don't think I've ever used the word "print" so much in my life! 

I really need to try all of the above but if I have to photoshop the white background out, I think we'll be changing the design before I spend a lot of time doing that. Ugh. What I should do is take it down there and talk to someone to see what they think, then figure out what to do.

Coming from a former print shop worker, it's not gonna print white on ivory paper. 

Laser printers, such as you find in most commercial print shops, don't have the capability to print white. They've got black, cyan, magenta, and yellow toners in them. To get any other color, they combine those colors in different amounts. If something's white, it's considered a sort of negative space where no toner goes.

So no worries, don't redesign your whole invitation. Unless printing technology has come LIGHTYEARS in the past 10 months, you're gonna get ivory backgrounds.

OMG @hellosweetie1015 you are my hero!!!!!!!


*******************

Awww. *spongebob blushing gif*

I did printshop work for two years. I don't often have a use for all the crap I learned, so I'm always glad to put that shit to use. Makes me feel like maybe those two years weren't SUCH a colossal waste hahaha

novella1186

JenLD2015 said:

We are May 24th. I have to ask, how many hotel blocks is the norm? We have one (10 rooms) at our location. I then have just been linking local hotels with different rates on our website. Is that sufficient? The wedding is about 1 hour away from where we live and most locals will not be spending the night.

If most of your guests are local, I would think 10 rooms is fine. Especially if-- even if the block sells out or something-- there are other hotels for them to book rooms at.

The last two weddings I went to I couldn't get a room in the block but there were other nearby hotels so I booked there instead and it was no big deal.