..Between sanity and wedding-obsessed. I'm not seeking out validation, but if someone has the urge to throw in a "No big deal" or "no one will notice," my anxiety would really appreciate it. Ha!
My FI's great-aunt generously offered to hand-address our wedding invitations for us. We have received many cards from her in the past and she seemed to have nice penmanship. She made it sound like she had done these types of things before, she lives in town and it would be easiest - she is retired and said she had plenty of time.
Long story short, the invitations look ok. Not great, but not terrible. It's very normal, like if someone was sending you a letter or something. The various address lines are slightly crooked, the addresses are somewhat off-center, and some look a little rugged. My Fi and I noticed this together the other night and initially laughed a little. (Of course we thanked her and never suggested this wasn't anything but perfect)
The thing is, I don't really want to care, and I definitely don't want to do them again, but for some reason, I am kind of stuck a little in the back of my mind. Part of it is because my mother who has amazing penmanship and can do calligraphy, offered to do our invites as well, but she is generally unreliable and lives 6 hours out of town. Part of my hangup I think is because we didn't give specific instructions so its like we set ourselves up for failure, but then again, it seemed a little elementary to talk about how to properly address an envelope.
Has this happened to anyone else? We didn't spend a TON on invites, but they weren't free, and I catch myself concerned that the formal look has been reduced a little. Help me get over this otherwise trivial item? Remind me it was really kind and generous of her and this is something to laugh about in a few years?
Thanks!