Wedding Winter Themed Invitations -- HELP

[brooklyngirl]

Hello lovely ladies! FI and I are finally settled in sunny California, and I can go back to *attempting* to plan this wedding .

To cut to the chase, I need to sort out my invitations, and I'm having a hard time. I'm looking for winter themed invites, and they're almost nowhere to be found. I found one that I really liked, but when I got the sample, the paper they used was very thin, and the whole invitation, though beautiful, was pretty fliimsy. Here it is for reference: http://www.invitationsbydawn.com/We_ViewEns.cfm?sItemCode=WedEns7366&sCatalogCode=WedEnsDD&iStartRow=1&lCriteria=244&strcontinue=yes&strsearch=yes&format=WedEnsDDa

Does anyone know where I can find winter themed invites? At this point, I think it would be best for me to go somewhere locally to look at samples, so if anyone knows where to look in the San Jose area, I would be eternally greatful.

The only place I've been to so far has been Paper Source, and they're pretty expensive.

 

[goldenstar]

I don''t know about any place where you can see actual samples, but I found this online place using google.

Link

 

[violet02]

Have you tried Yelp?
http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=wedding+invitations&ns=1&rpp=10&find_loc=san+jose%2C+ca
That's just for San Jose, try browsing for San Francisco etc. There might be 'Talk' threads and Lists you can check out that people have posted as well. There's also a 'Cards and Stationery' category. I would browse through the whole bay area not just San Jose.

Welcome to the area by the way! I'm up in Mountain View!

 

[brooklyngirl]

Thanks goldenstar, and violet for your input! I did find some places on yelp, as well as a random web site. Unfortunately, we haven''t visited any of the places yet

. So, this weekend it''s first on the list (I actually made a list), and we''re going to look at invitations no matter how much FI wants to go to Costco. Bah!

Thanks for the welcome, Violet, I''m really enjoying the area. I can''t say that about the heat though .

 

[kimikocat]

have you seen Hello Lucky''s letterpress invites?

They have a wide range of patterns.

Also if you''re willing to drive up to SF or Berkeley, you''ll find many more options. Check out Gump''s for custom invites, and there''s a real cute custom letterpress place near the Gourmet Ghetto (right by Chez Panisse) that does nice work.

 

[marchswallowbird]

Try www.myexpression.com
www.formal-invitations.com
www.lcipaper.com
www.perfectweddinginvitations.com