Lovely invitation designs

Here are some invitation inspirations that are fun, bold, colorful and wonderful eye candy. These are all from Momental Designs. Absolutely stunning work with vintage and exotic flair. Right up my alley.

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The search for the bridal dress

In actuality, there may be more than one dress – but let’s start with one. I will freely admit that I am not the mostup-to-speed on Indian weddings. Frankly, I haven’t been to that many and so I’m not really sure about a lot of protocols. One thing I have discovered in talking to friends and looking at photographer blogs is that it seems like most Indian American brides wear one outfit for the ceremony and then change into a completely different outfit for the reception. I’m totally down for two different outfits!

There are a couple of reasons why this works on a practical level. My ceremony is probably going to be fairly conservative and therefore I want to be covered up to be more respectful. On the other hand, for the reception I expect to be bee-bopping around and, of course, dancing(!) so I want something more fun and easy to move around in. I’m pretty sure I want a lehenga for the reception and for the ceremony either a lehenga or a sari. As a sari novice, I don’t think I could boogie down in it – I would constantly be stiff and worrying about it unraveling.

Here are some pretty options I found.

Engagement party thank you cards

So I will be the first to admit, I am not the craftiest of brides. Mind you, I really really want to be, but I am just starting the wedding planning process so we're taking baby steps here people. My first foray into adding a little DIY flair to the mix is with the thank you cards for my engagement party. My wonderful parents were kind enough to throw my fiance and I an engagement party to celebrate with family and friends (mostly family friends :)). It was a lovely fete and everyone who attended was as kind as can be. To thank them for their generosity with the gifts, I of course wanted to send thank you cards as soon as possible. Since we haven't had to make very many decisions on colors and themes just yet, I decided to find a cute little box o cards at Target. (Can I just exclaim by the way, I so HEART Target. Might not be the last time I exclaim that.) Target has great stuff, case in point some cute letterpress cards - affordable luxury! 50 cards for $12.99. Can't beat that.

Here is the result. What exactly did I DIY? I have had these cute rubber & acrylic stamp set from before and I decided to stamp the envelope seal on the back. It was a teeny gesture, but it made me happy.

Source: Target.com

Credit: own image

Credit: own image