Thursday, February 4, 2010

Train Ticket Wedding Invitations!

Gooooood Thursday to ya! Thursday is like the dingle-berry of the week to me; it's not quite Friday so you try very hard to dispose of it but it moves slow and just sort of lingers there. Anyhoo I wanted to give you something to make your day go a little faster!! My wedding invitations!

So I told you I had three weeks to plan, design, and execute--- (and be incredibly hot). We got a chance to work with the uber sexy and intelligent Gino Fillipone of Ultimate USA Weddings. (He is an officiant and planner)--- The dude has an office at the top of the Empire State Building ---( I was sooo about to call it the Eiffel Tower lmao)----Our first option for a location was the Apollo Theater in Harlem, since it was sooooo old school New York / Hollywood / My Weird Obsession With Dorothy Dandridge----so I made some invitations that looked like vintage theater tickets. After looking desperately for someone to letterpress my design for a reasonable price (I was getting quotes at $10.00 + per invite x the 60 invitations I wanted but they needed at least a week.)----It turned out to be good luck because the network then told me that they weren't able to book the Apollo anyway, so my theater tickets would have been a waste of money. I found out they were using the Grand Central Terminal and I was like, DUH! Train tickets! So this is what I created right on my computer and printed at home, on photo paper so they were glossy. LOVED it! Especially when I slid each 'ticket' into an awesome brown string envelope and created a vintage date stamp with stuff I had around the house lol.

Now, you will notice that my R.S.V.P info is a wedding website. Any clients that we speak to in regards to R.S.V.P gets the same suggestion from our team: USE A WEDDING/EVENT WEBSITE. Its free, whereas you dish out a silly amount of money on R.S.V.P stamps that might not even get returned! (As for me; I had three weeks to rock and roll. lol.)

7 comments:

  1. This is excellent, thanks for sharing!

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  2. Where do I get these invites?? I love the envelopes!!

    jessentialfitness@gmail.com

    Thanks!!!!

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  3. I love this! My fiancé and I have chartered a steam train for our wedding. Any detailed information you could provide on how you did this and where you got the envelopes would be greatly appreciated. Definitely love the fact that these can be made at home - budget friendly thrift is always a plus.

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  4. Okay - so poked around your site more - saw that you have the invitations for sale.

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  5. Nice wedding invitations. That idea of train tickets is so unique.

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  6. Is there a template or instructions on how to make these. I am wanting to make them.jujubear68@hotmail.com

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  7. Yes please!! I need this invitation!! Its perfect!!! Please email me at julejojojake@yahoo.com

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