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I found something I love as much as FI: Our Invites!

P: 6/21/2009 12:19:09 PM
katamari Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,093 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 5/18/2008	FI has an extremely talented artist as a family friend, and she offered to design our invites and beer labels (for our favors) as a wedding present. We wanted something really unique and she is incredibly creative, so somewhere along the process the idea of katamari invites emerged. We are having a lot of games at our reception, and are both huge gamers. We thought of a game board first, but, the more we thought about it, since we both like console gaming better, it eventually turned to a katamari. The katamari is made up of things that are important to or representative of us. For anyone who doesn't know and is curious, katamari is a Playstation game where you go around rolling up everything in your way to try to make stars. (Sounds as odd as it is). And, you all thought it was just a screen name. Little did you know it was an obsession. . .
Posted: 6/21/2009 12:19:09 PM

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P: 6/21/2009 12:21:00 PM
katamari Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,093 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 5/18/2008	Here you can tell that it is more of a card, which was really important to FI as he hates flat card invitations (something I would have never guessed he had an opinion on).
Posted: 6/21/2009 12:21:00 PM

P: 6/21/2009 12:22:18 PM
katamari Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,093 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 5/18/2008	Inside--all hand inked. She literally wrote a book on calligraphy, so we told her to just come up with any script she saw fit.
Posted: 6/21/2009 12:22:18 PM

P: 6/21/2009 12:22:47 PM
katamari Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,093 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 5/18/2008	The rsvp card.
Posted: 6/21/2009 12:22:47 PM

P: 6/21/2009 12:24:50 PM
katamari Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,093 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 5/18/2008	And the back. I need to find a place to number them inconspicuously--the only downside I can see of postcard replies so far. I know they are not for everyone, but they are seriously my favorite part of the wedding by a long shot (well, except for the groom, of course!). Thanks for looking!
Posted: 6/21/2009 12:24:50 PM

P: 6/21/2009 12:42:02 PM
VRBeauty Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,601 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2006	What a wonderful and generous wedding gift from your friend! I'm glad you and your fiance will get to send out invites thatare so true to you, and that you're totally jazzed about! ETA that game sounds like fun -- and it sounds like it's entirely too addictive! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VRBeauty Thursday is the new Friday.
Posted: 6/21/2009 12:42:02 PM

P: 6/21/2009 12:42:54 PM
TheBigT Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,418 Last Post: 10/29/2009 Member Since: 1/28/2008	They are SO unique and so personalized - these are wonderful!! I love: Will celebrate with you in body/Will celebrate with you in spirit
Posted: 6/21/2009 12:42:54 PM

P: 6/21/2009 12:45:50 PM
CDNinNYC Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,854 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 10/21/2007	katamari, I love how unique and personal they are! They look fabulous!
Posted: 6/21/2009 12:45:50 PM

P: 6/21/2009 1:12:10 PM
JerseyGrl81 Cut Rock Total Posts: 269 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 7/12/2008	What cool invites! That is really generous of your friend to design and make them for you!
Posted: 6/21/2009 1:12:10 PM

P: 6/21/2009 1:49:13 PM
Honey228 Cut Rock Total Posts: 287 Last Post: 9/3/2009 Member Since: 5/30/2008	How awesome! Are those objects from the game or do they also have significance for you? Which games are you playing at the reception? I think that the RSVP is just too cute. Holy cow, is she hand inking each one for you? I wish I was that good at calligraphy!
Posted: 6/21/2009 1:49:13 PM

P: 6/21/2009 2:08:22 PM
gaby06 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,166 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 3/14/2009	I love the RSVP.. It's adorable
Posted: 6/21/2009 2:08:22 PM

P: 6/21/2009 3:59:37 PM
tyty333 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,386 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 12/17/2008	Now that looks like a wedding that would be fun to go to! BTW - make mine omnivore! ~~~Thanks to PS, my wants far exceed my budget!~~~
Posted: 6/21/2009 3:59:37 PM

P: 6/21/2009 4:50:59 PM
FrekeChild Ideal Rock Total Posts: 12,880 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 12/14/2007	Those are SO INCREDIBLY AWESOME. I LOVE them. _______________________________ "Women are either goddesses or doormats." Pablo Picasso "In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane." Mark Twain
Posted: 6/21/2009 4:50:59 PM

P: 6/21/2009 4:57:28 PM
lala2332 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 523 Last Post: 10/29/2009 Member Since: 7/15/2008	so cool that they are really personal and representative of you and your FI. I love those types of personal touches! congratulations on them coming out so amazingly!
Posted: 6/21/2009 4:57:28 PM

P: 6/21/2009 5:50:42 PM
honey22 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,950 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 7/29/2007	They are incredible. It's fabulous to see your personalities coming through in little touches like these! Wedding Date Take 2: 26th November 2009!
Posted: 6/21/2009 5:50:42 PM

P: 6/21/2009 6:27:11 PM
Italiahaircolor Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,337 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 12/17/2007	Very cool. ____________________________ Remember to keep your words soft and sweet...you may have to eat them someday.
Posted: 6/21/2009 6:27:11 PM

P: 6/21/2009 7:02:21 PM
pjean Ideal Rock Total Posts: 866 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 11/27/2007	Those are awesome! My FI and I both play Katamari too. I'd better not show him those, or I'll never get him to agree to anything else.
Posted: 6/21/2009 7:02:21 PM

P: 6/21/2009 7:08:46 PM
kama_s Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,682 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/12/2008	Absolutely phenomenal! If I received that invitation in the mail, I would keep it for life! So unique and so YOU!
Posted: 6/21/2009 7:08:46 PM

P: 6/21/2009 7:41:35 PM
Kelli Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,579 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 5/27/2008	Those are so cool and personal!
Posted: 6/21/2009 7:41:35 PM

P: 6/21/2009 8:32:01 PM
neatfreak Ideal Rock Total Posts: 13,447 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 2/17/2007	Those are so great! I love love love it when couples do something unconventional if it really represents them!
Posted: 6/21/2009 8:32:01 PM

P: 6/21/2009 9:32:59 PM
princessplease Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,512 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 2/20/2009	So awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! ______________________________ On July 31 I will say those two little words that will take my breath away. One little kiss will have fulfilled all my wishes of going from Ms. G to his Mrs. V ♥ 251 days ♥
Posted: 6/21/2009 9:32:59 PM

P: 6/21/2009 9:50:07 PM
ilovesparkles Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,179 Last Post: 10/13/2009 Member Since: 2/13/2006	Those are sooooo awesome! I LOVE THEM! So unique, never seen before, and really say something about the two of you!
Posted: 6/21/2009 9:50:07 PM

P: 6/21/2009 11:08:36 PM
LauraSLP07 Cut Rock Total Posts: 486 Last Post: 10/20/2009 Member Since: 8/26/2007	I love your invitations...they are so unique! I like how your friend incorporated pictures that represent you and FI! I, especially, love the Block O on the front! GO BUCKS! I sure hope you will have a score update at your reception on September 12th for the OSU vs. USC game! LOL! ___________________________________ 07/19/08...I can't believe it has been a year!
Posted: 6/21/2009 11:08:36 PM

P: 6/21/2009 11:42:08 PM
choro72 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,442 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 2/11/2008	I LOVE IT!!! I'm very intrigued by the shark...Is that Mt. Fuji I see? If you don't mind sharing, can you tell me how you are going to have games at the wedding? I briefly considered having pool tables, tart boards, Wii, PS, etc, but I gave up on it when I couldn't figure out how to bring them to the wedding venue.
Posted: 6/21/2009 11:42:08 PM

P: 6/22/2009 2:26:01 AM
merrymunky Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,023 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 10/17/2008	I love them. I think my FI would love them too. We are also huge gamers and have spent hours playing Katamari. A strange yet charming game eh? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~ Chee-Chee and Rawse joined the married club on August 26th 2009! Loving life as a very happy newlywed!
Posted: 6/22/2009 2:26:01 AM

P: 6/22/2009 2:33:54 AM
lilmissrugger Cut Rock Total Posts: 181 Last Post: 7/16/2009 Member Since: 6/3/2009	I.LOVE.THEM. Also, I love katamari...and am now probably going to play some... "katamari damachi...do do do doooo!" Also love the celebrate in body/spirit-- so cute! _______________________________ ENGAGED!!! July 4th, 2009 :D I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time. (Hobbes, From Calvin and Hobbes) Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. -Albert Einstein
Posted: 6/22/2009 2:33:54 AM

P: 6/22/2009 7:21:20 AM
Porridge Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,612 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 10/27/2008	Those are COOOOOOL!
Posted: 6/22/2009 7:21:20 AM

P: 6/22/2009 12:09:20 PM
katamari Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,093 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 5/18/2008	I am basking in all of your love! Thank you so, so, so much CDNinNYC, JerseyGrl, gaby, Freke, lala, Honey, Italia, Kelly, Neatfreak, Princessplease, Ilovesparkles, and Porridge! I am glad to see that the personalization is well received! I think all of our guests will "get it" but if not, they will be able to identify some of these things as important to us. VRBeauty, you should totally play! It is an amazingly fun game, and easy enough that non-gamers could enjoy it just as much as serious gamers! Thanks, BigT,. The body/spirit was totally the artist's idea, but I will give her props! I love it, too. Yes, Honey228, she is hand inking the inside of each one--as well of the envelopes. Did I mention how lucky we are to have her willing to do this for us! All of the objects were ones we picked, and are significant for both of us or one of us (like I am a sociologist, he is a computer scientist/mathematician, so that is why those two books are there, we are getting married in the Andes in Ecuador, hence the flag and the mountain, etc.). We are having tons of games at the reception: a pub quiz, a mini-disc golf course set up, 4 Wiis (with Bowling, MarioKart, Guitar Hero, and Rockband), cornhole, and horseshoes are all definite for now and we may add more once we finalize the layout. They will all be optional, though, so guests either can or can't participate. Thanks, tyty! It is great to have such a quick RSVP Would that be such a bad thing, Pjean! That means so much, Kama! All my friends are making fun of me because they know I am excited about the invites, but I won't tell anyone about them so that they are a surprise. Hopefully they will see why when they get them! I love the thought of someone keeping one! Woohoo, LauraSLP! GO BUCKS! We are not only having a score update, but are actually going to be projecting the game--you know how seriously Buckeyes fans take football! O-H! Thanks, Choro, I was actually proposed to as Jaws popped out of the water (a scene from the movie Mallrats, if you are not familiar--it was a running joke between FI and I since we are both huge Kevin Smith fans). I am not sure you could get a venue to agree to pool and darts, but we are actually renting projectors and screens from our rental company. Wii, PS, Xbox all have AV outputs that project them directly onto a scree (or with the PS or XBox, you can do it thorough a server). It is actually pretty easy--and I totally stole the idea from Violet02 to give credit where credit is due. I think that some games are better suited for a reception than others, but I think you could bring in some--especially simple games like cornhole would be easy to accommodate. Let me know if you want any more details and I would be happy to share. Totally, Merrymunky. It is one of the most out-there games ever, but also why it is one of my favorites Yay, Lilmissrugger! I wholeheartedly support a katamari Monday! --Edited to fix a silly formatting glitch.
Posted: 6/22/2009 12:09:20 PM

P: 6/23/2009 10:33:41 AM
rhbgirl24 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,086 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 2/6/2009	Wow! So unique and so fitting for you! Congrats, they are wonderful! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *MARRIED* and a Mrs.!!!! "Too many people miss the silver lining because they are expecting gold." Gra Dilseacht Cairdeas~Love, Loyalty, Friendship
Posted: 6/23/2009 10:33:41 AM

P: 6/23/2009 10:44:01 AM
blackpolkadot Cut Rock Total Posts: 411 Last Post: 9/16/2009 Member Since: 6/4/2008	Those are seriously awesome!!! ______________________________ ~Life is too short to be unhappy~ ...Married my best friend 05-16-09...
Posted: 6/23/2009 10:44:01 AM

P: 6/24/2009 9:21:09 AM
luvthemstrawberries Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,943 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 6/19/2008	So awesome Katamari! I'm so glad you've got something you absolutely love! The wording is great too - that's something I was going to ask you about for yours.
Posted: 6/24/2009 9:21:09 AM

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