buttercup80
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2006
- Messages
- 451
I picked up my invites today and I''m really happy with them for the most part - the envelopes are cream and they were supposed to be bright white, but it''s really just not worth the hassle or $$ to have them reprinted. . .
Also, they are a little more DIY than I expected; our invite takes parts from several different invitations and it was my understanding that the stationary lady would be putting them together - apparently not so much. . .
Anyway, they are MUCH prettier in person - my camera stinks and the colors are off in the pics - but the base layer is a gorgeous, rich, dark purple. The layer that the text is on is a metallic lavender - it has a nice sheen in real life. I was expecting the leaf to be bigger, but it''s a nice red suede.
My dilemma is that there are a few different positions that I could glue the leaf in - I need votes to decide!
Here''s the basic layout for reference:

Also, they are a little more DIY than I expected; our invite takes parts from several different invitations and it was my understanding that the stationary lady would be putting them together - apparently not so much. . .
Anyway, they are MUCH prettier in person - my camera stinks and the colors are off in the pics - but the base layer is a gorgeous, rich, dark purple. The layer that the text is on is a metallic lavender - it has a nice sheen in real life. I was expecting the leaf to be bigger, but it''s a nice red suede.
My dilemma is that there are a few different positions that I could glue the leaf in - I need votes to decide!
Here''s the basic layout for reference:
