Aww, my first poll....

vsgal

1.   Do you plan to frame one of your wedding invitations to put on your wall after the wedding?2.  If you got a framed wedding invitation as a wedding gift from someone (not immediate family) , what would your first reaction be?

bel138

I think that the $2000 I'm paying for photography is enough of a reminder of the day, thanks. I would think a person who hangs their invitation is wedding obsessed and probably self absorbed.

brookelynpaisley

1. No 2. That's not really a gift. I bought them.

LindyL

1. Do you plan to frame one of your wedding invitations to put on your wall after the wedding? We didn't frame it, but received one as a gift from a close family friend; which leads us to question two. 2. If you got a framed wedding invitation as a wedding gift from someone (not immediate family) , what would your first reaction be? We thought it was really cool, because the glass in the frame had our name etched in it. The guy is amazing when it comes to that sort of stuff.

NotNumbers

1. No.  FI was considering it, but decided against. 2. I'd find it very odd and wouldn't like it that much.  Also, our invites had the recipient names on them, so we'd have a framed invite with the name of the person we'd sent it to on it.  I wouldn't put that on my wall if it wasn't immediate family.

julezlee

1. No 2. I wouldn't throw it away but I wouldn't be uber excited about it. I'd rather have photos in frames.

MeaghanandMichael

1) Nope, but my mom did this for me. It is in the back of my curio cabinet in which I display my wedding china. It is a nice touch but certainly not something I would have done. I made a non-pro pic scrap book that I keep one in.2) I would think it was a nice gesture.

brookelynpaisley

Don't get me wrong. I'd thank them graciously. I'd hang it on the wall somewhere. It's just not something I'd ever feel the need for and take the time, effort, and money, to do myself.

melissainabq

One of the frames we received fit the look of the invitation well, so we used that and have it on the shelf with other items from our wedding - like our photo guest book and our sand ceremony vase. I don't know that I would have specifically bought something to display it if I hadn't received that frame.

ggmae

1. No2. I would think "Hey, this would look nice in the closet."

missy68

Southern Living magazine had an idea where you did a blow-up of the invite and hung 4 of them, close together. No one piece had the full invitation. This way only details showed.I briefly considered this, because ours had brown flourishes on blue paper, but decided not to. We'll have a photo collage from the photographer and that will be our "show" item.

sarah0725

I'm not opposed to the idea, but then I have kind of a busy approach to decorating my walls where I basically put stuff up wherever I have space. I'm always putting up photos or art prints in frames, and I even have a frame high on the wall in my living room with the SOLD sign from when I bought my new Honda Fit. I also have my brother's wedding invitation hanging from a hook in my bedroom.So in other words, I may not be typical. I like sticking stuff up on the wall, and I'm not necessarily particular about how it's framed.

RachNRich

1. Not exactly, but the people that designed our invites are designing a print that has our names and wedding date and the picture that is on our invites to use as a guest bookish picture-thingy. 2. Not sure.

missy68

FWIW, this was fairly popular in the 70s - invitations would have decorative quilling (redundant, maybe?) on them, and people would give them as gifts.They'd do it with birth announcements, too. But that was before people had these unique announcements, too.

ThePinkSuperhero

They sell double frames- I hope to get one and put a wedding invite on one side and a wedding picture on the other.  It seems to be tradition in our family to have a framed wedding invite in the house.  I like it, I think it's sweet.

tlv204

We didn't plan to, but ILs gave us one since they knew how hard I worked on them. I actually love it, and it's hanging in our kitchen of all places just because it matches the other colors   Most of the people I know have their own invitations framed hanging somewhere, I think most of the ones I can think of are in their bedroom.

smcopp89

I think the idea is beautiful. It would be a wonderful and sentimental display of the celebration of your love. I do not believe I will have the invitations framed, but I will be saving an invitation to put into our photo album instead. As for receiving a framed invitation as a gift from a non-immediate family member, I would take it as a sweet gesture, but would most likely display it in a place like our bedroom, instead of a room open to guests.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

I would consider it, but I'd rather put it in a frame with a nice wedding photo alongside, or in a scrap book, which we do plan on making.Well I wouldn't turn down a gift. But I'd like it better if it had space for a wedding picture.

AdeleDazeem

My parents have their framed wedding invitation on their bureau.  They've had it for as long as I can remember.  I used to look at it and think "aw, how wonderful."  I still do.  I believe it was a gift from their parents.I plan on having a framed wedding invitation from my own wedding.  I don't know what I'll do with it, but twenty years from now when I'm harried with kids and think that putting up wedding photos is just ridiculous, I'll look at it and remember.  And smile.  I don't care who gave it to us.

thesuninherhead

Wedding invitations? I'm going to have a hard enough time figuring out which pictures I should hang from the day itself without turning my house into a wedding shrine.

Simply Fated

"1. Do you plan to frame one of your wedding invitations to put on your wall after the wedding?"I like the idea someone had of making a sorta collage..."2. If you got a framed wedding invitation as a wedding gift from someone (not immediate family) , what would your first reaction be?"Depends on the frame, to be honest.