First, I had my tasting at the Vineyard. I don't know if I have mentioned, but I booked a vineyard for our reception. It is lovely. And last weekend we chose the food for the reception. Well actually, Devon chose the food. I wanted him to feel like he made a major decision in this other than just signing on the dotted line. I don't want to give anything away, but he chose a really amazing menu.
Secondly, and most importantly, I ordered and got our save the dates together. Being the wonder woman that I am, I was not satisfied with just picking some design and having them sent to me. I wanted to save money as well as doing something unique. I ended up using a combination of the wonderful services of the Wedding Chicks free printable's and Vistaprint. In all, before postage I only spent 44$, which is a lot cheaper than any of the printing services that I had previously looked at.
We went with the Mad Men themed cards because we both love that show and that time period (in fact our engagement pictures might have that sort of theme as well.) We decided to have them printed as magnets because people can just stick them on the fridge and be reminded of us.
I think they turned out rather fabulous if I do say so myself. After I got them, I bought some yellow card stock and stuck them to them so they wouldn't be sliding around the envelope.
And a few hours later (and by a few I mean A LOT!!!) I had addressed all 78 envelopes. And they are ready to be sent out. It is sort of a thrill knowing that everyone will be getting a little part of us to get ready for the wedding.
Why yes, that is a giant stack of envelopes I hand addressed.
It gets more and more real each day. I'm just so excited to become Devon's wife. In the end, that's what this is all about. None of this other stuff matters as much as that. But it's still fun.
Until next time, I'll be working on the details :)
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