coming along

oooohhhh! i haven't posted in a while...practically 2 months! but that does not mean i have not been busy as a bee with wedding craziness. HA!

first off, it was maddening personalizing all the invitations - just ask my future mother-in-law and her wrist; then the mailing to all corners of the globe...but YA! they are gone, out of my hands and left up to fate. well, more like the fate of the mexican mailing system. but most of you have reported with excitement having received them, so i will conclude that this chapter of the wedding planning was a success. yay. another one down on the list of 115 items i have left to do, according to the knot, 17 of which are overdue apparently.

but the items on the check list that i have managed to get to are finally falling into place though.

our caterer is set, we have the tasting tomorrow;
we found a DJ willing to play all night long;
our photographer has an amazing portfolio - we can't wait for her to capture our day...

so as you can imagine i am exhaling sighs of relief as i check one to-do after another off my list. but we are not off the hook just quite yet. now comes all the itty bitty details that have to be worked on...

besos.

a bit of class

i don't know if you quite recall my dilemma (everything with weddings is a dilemma, come now!) regarding the wedding invitation wording? probably not. :P

anyway, we wanted our invitations to exude a slight air of conservative and timeless class, without being too uptight and boring. read: a fine mix to create modern elegance...

i am oh-so-very-lucky that my future mother-in-law has fabulous handwriting, and that she offered to hand write each and every invite in beautiful calligraphy. obviously we were going to let it be a surprise, but i'm just so excited about them that i had to hint a little ;)




looking through so many calligraphy websites, it is astounding what some charge per line for invitations. i guess everything is relative with budgets, but if you have a friend or a relative with great handwriting, this is definitely a super wedding DIY that adds tons of flair to the occasion and just that special touch to make your guests feel special.

just make sure whomever is writing has practiced a lot AND has great pens! good luck! :)