FI's twin brother is a graphic designer and he is doing all of our stationery. I don't even remember discussing it with him to do it in the first place, it was just an automatic decision that we never really thought about again. He did our STDs, and I thought they were neat and unique but didn't really go with the style of our wedding. I let it go though, because we were short on time.
Now for our invitations, I tried to steer him more toward the romantic, vintage, classic look of our wedding, but maybe I wasn't clear enough. He showed us a mock up last night and the more I look at it the more I dislike it. To me, it is becoming very clear that he is a graphic designer and not an invitation designer. There are basic elements that I think look very wrong. And to be fair, he is a really good graphic designer. He works for a magazine and has done billboards and websites and commercials and they are all very cool. I tried my hardest to hide my disapointment, and he asked what things I'd want him to change so I told him some things that could make it better. Truthfully though, I just don't like it at all. FI says he likes it, but he also said has similar taste to his brother and is really not that picky anyway. The thing is, he worked really hard on it and he's doing all of this as a gift to us, for free, so I feel really bad about not liking it and wanting him to change it. I'm trying to look at it like I am getting exactly what I want for everything else in the wedding, so it's ok if this one aspect isn't what I want, as long as FI is happy. It's just hard to have that perspective when I think the actual style of the stationery clashes with the rest of the wedding.
Sigh. I just needed to vent. I talked to FI about it alone last night, and he listened to my concerns and wants me to be happy but it puts him in a difficult position too. I will try to post what he showed us when I get home from work to see if anyone has any ideas on easy ways to improve it.
Thanks for listening : /
