Way before we even had our ceremony and receptions venues, I already knew how I wanted our invites to look like. I wanted the invites to look delicate, simple but beautiful at the same time. Also, I didn't want to spend so much money on them especially knowing the majority would be thrown away.
FI and I had planned to sit down on the computer and type all the wording up and then format it. However, FI knew they would more than likely be off and not look professional at all, lol. Thanks to one of FI's GMs....we have beautiful invitations, rsvp cards, and wedding inserts. He's a graphic artist and he made our invites look even better than I would have imagined or produced myself. He had so many options for fonts and even helped us improve our invite wording. Also, he saved me from stressing out on getting them done correctly and even printed them out for me which is not an easy task with thick, pre-cut paper.
I HIGHLY recommend him for all sorts of paper invites or goods needed. He does excellent work and super easy to work with him! I can forward his information if anyone is interested

Here is the inspiration:

Here is our DIY lace invite! These pictures do not to them any justice because they look really beautiful in person. Sorry for the poor lighting. We decided not to add a bow like the original because of the lovely gold detail the lace already has and it would be way too much.