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Watercolor Invites - What do you think??

jandmel11jandmel11 member
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A family friend who does graphic design and fine art designed a custom invitation suite for me, and she just sent me the proofs for the main invite and RSVP postcard! (She is also designing a map/info insert which is not yet completed.) Take a look and let me know what you all think :). I know the hyphens need to be removed from the spelling of the year; I appreciate any other comments or suggestions for making adjustments.
Thanks!

Main Invite Front:

Main Invite Back:

RSVP Postcard Front:



RSVP Postcard Back:

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Re: Watercolor Invites - What do you think??

  • itzMSitzMS member
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    edited April 2013
    Okay, I like them, but they contain all of your personal information!! Embarassed

    I'd honestly suggest you take them down lest you want some internetz strangerz crashing your wedding.
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  • msuprincess04msuprincess04 member
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    I think they are beautiful. We are doing something similar with custom made watercolor ocean scene. :) But I haven't seen ours complete.
    "There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness." -Friedrich Nietzsche, "On Reading and Writing"
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  • itzMSitzMS member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_invites-paper_watercolor-invites-what-do-you-think?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:cd062f89-8272-496a-b0ab-225e1f87acecDiscussion:850a2d83-1ff4-4e6f-ac11-952511967163Post:7a79feeb-0642-416a-9b28-d9d053361924">Re: Watercolor Invites - What do you think??</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Watercolor Invites - What do you think?? : I appreciate your concern :). I'm not too worried about anyone crashing the wedding; the date and time of the ceremony at our church is public knowledge; anyone can come :). I did remove my home address, as that's the only thing I wouldn't want the internet to know. 
    Posted by jandmel11[/QUOTE]

    Yeah, it's moreso that this is a public international forum (anyone from around the world can read the posts). You can never be too safe when it comes to revealing your full name and personal details.

    Up to you...but I personally think it's a bit of a risky choice.
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  • tiny specktiny speck member
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    I agree with PPs about internet safety concerns. That said, the pieces are lovely, but they seem to have two colour schemes; which are your primary colours, the pinks or greens?
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  • jandmel11jandmel11 member
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    To be on the safe side I've edited out the info yall were concerned about. I guess it can't hurt to err on the side of caution. 

    My primary wedding color is actually the blue/teal color that the font is written in. I will be accenting heavily with pinks and greens in the floral elements since blue/teal flowers are much less common than those in the red/pink family, and I think the colors compliment each other well. 
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  • HobokensFuryHobokensFury member
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    Just so you know you can't advertise you're friends business. Please remove the link before you get banned.
     
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  • Jen4948Jen4948 member
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    They're pretty, but they're also kind of overwhelming.  You don't want the graphics to drown the message!
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  • JoanE2012JoanE2012 member
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    edited April 2013
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_invites-paper_watercolor-invites-what-do-you-think?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:cd062f89-8272-496a-b0ab-225e1f87acecDiscussion:850a2d83-1ff4-4e6f-ac11-952511967163Post:eae589c7-3cfc-4e9e-9159-b1f5b48125c4">Re: Watercolor Invites - What do you think??</a>:
    [QUOTE]They're pretty, but they're also kind of overwhelming.  You don't want the graphics to drown the message!
    Posted by Jen4948[/QUOTE]<div>
    </div><div>I agree.  Also, if I flipped over the invite I would think someone made a mistake.  Not only are they different colors, but they're different flower patterns.  Too much going on for me.

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  • meg2marryshanemeg2marryshane member
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    I agree with PPs, don't care for the different color on the back of the invites.

    Also, Two thousand and thirteen
    honour
    the ampersands are in a really strange place
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  • Ella and PedroElla and Pedro member
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    I like the idea but feel they are too busy and the colors too drastically incompatible.

    I guess if you had more intergration of colors from page to page, I'd be fine with them - because deeply saturated hues or vivid patterns or motifs don't phase me.  It's that one page is all grey-blue, teal, turqoise, black.  The other is kelly green, yellow, fushia, maroon....it's too much.  If it's not too late, I would suggest she give you much much more empty space, and reduce the size of the florals, so it's more of a border or frame.  I'd also suggest she do two or three colors but keep it consistent.  So, maybe have the hummingbird, the columbine flower, and a third element, and use it consistently?  I do realize that it is probably too late. Just my two cents' as an artist/designer. 

    I would *definitely* correct the wording to reflect proper etiquette, punctuation, etc.

    Good luck!
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