Part 3: Creating our Our Save the Date

I gotta get this out of the way, so I can finally stop rambling about it! Here is our Save the date, and a little bit of why this project was fun, but also a royal pain in my ass :)

FIRST DRAFT:

This was the original direction we were heading (super rough draft don't judge)

But Matt hated the picture. So, as much as I liked it I felt pretty terrible putting out a picture he hated.

I just liked the beach and the poles!

I was trying so hard to make a beach picture work, but it just, well wasn't workin'

So we started over.

Lindsey probably wanted to strangle me when I told her I wanted to start from scratch with a new picture.

Lindsey made me pick out my font from dafont.com since I kept saying I wanted this and that but she really had no idea what I was talking about. Probably because I making it up!

Then I realized I really wanted to incorporate burlap to frame the picture.

SECOND DRAFT:

We thought we we're done, but then the font wouldn't embed. GAH!

FINAL DRAFT:

So picked another font - which I ended up liking better:

Better right? Well then we went to print annnddd more problems. But we solved them.

And then I mailed them.

add a few visits to papersource and THE END :)

p.s. the new 'LOVE' stamps from the post office are adorbs.

OH here is the back:

After it was all done, it was our first piece of 'wedding mail' which felt..sorta monumental? Like we hit a big milestone of sorts. It still really hasn't sunk in that we are getting married in 3 months.

Maybe because everything is moving so fast? hmm.

Well, I slowed down for a second and took a few pics to commemorate the moment.

The skyline just felt more beautiful than usual:

In other news, I love February for so many reasons, one of those being its my Birfday month!!

Jajajaja :) Be back soon, toodles.

-Tessy

How Emily asked me to be a Bridesmaid

I was having a moment yesterday and Kristen took care of me. I'm wearing her cute yellow top and am already getting compliments. lol. Anyhow time tackle the day. Today's topic De Juor - wedding DIY!!!

SO I said no more DIY projects, but here is another cute idea on how to ask your bridesmaids

-BUT NOT by me - by Emily!

It was the cutest box ever! take a look at the contents inside:

pictures, lipgloss earrings



A card from Etsy



and a picture from a Brit Brit concert of course! (no we don't know that chick in the middle)

I am going to post my Save the Date tomorrow!!

Thats all!

-Tessy

hmm... whatcha say?

Hellllooooooooo. I am still here. I am being a lazy blogger but I *promise* I am not being lazy in any other parts of my life. I finally, FINALLY put my save the dates in the mail today. At 5:57 pm to be exact. 

I keep talking about this topic but really, this DIY project turned into quite the task, and no more DIY for moi until day-of-wedding decor.

 

Lord knows I love me some DIY, but I am TAPPED OUT at the moment.

I booked my photographer finally, my florist, two hotel blocks, semi-picked my invitations, and worked out the guest list!!!

and have to work on my wedding website. Dear goodness I've blogged about my entire wedding and now I have to create a website??

and we're planning a huge event at work in the Chicago area, which I can't wait to tell you about! and can't wait to see some darn snow.

and I'm supposed to start Crossfit, some super intenso workout thing.

sigh.

Have I exhausted you already?? I shall return soon a cooler, much saner version of myself soon!! Which, I'm planning a new design for this blog, a cool love story link-up, and hopefully my own give-away soon!

That's it for now. 

-Tessy