for the longest time i couldn't even think about my invitations. i had to take a big fat break from thinking, looking or talking about them. these guys were way more time consuming then we could have ever thought possible. we went through 2 printers, numerous designs, multiple formats and at one point, we even tried hand painting them (!). i always knew i wanted my mom, an artist, to design them and after falling in love with these guys, an idea was born. lots of sketches, emails back and forth, and failed printing jobs. i practically lived at paper source and exchanged things about 100 times. they just weren't right. i had a vision and the vision wasn't coming to life.
i kept coming back to wanting them printed on handkerchiefs. i just didn't know how to make it happen. i love, love, love things that look girly, vintage and are somewhat frivolous. i wanted them to look like vintage love letters packaged up from anthro. and i had to have a finishing touch in the form of a gold bird charm (ordered from ebay, that took nearly 5 years to arrive and almost didn't make it onto the invite because it was so late). so, with the help of lots of internet research, piles of freezer paper and a hell of a lot of patience on a.h.'s part i got my wish. handkerchiefs, vintage stamps, lots of twine, and tiny gold birds. they were a good solid month in the making, and we almost killed each other over them. just as we were ready to send out an evite, we nailed it. so, now that i've had a good month long break from working on them, i'm ready to share (keep in mind, these are not miss yates super-fabulous images)!
xo,
sdbride
the ironing of the freezer paper to the fabric took forever...
each print took about 3 minutes. aka forever. you had to watch it the entire time to make sure it didn't get stuck. 
we were totally inspired by papel picados and my love of hang tags. i found the stamps on ebay and even though the ones on the return envelope weren't vintage i loved the festive look...
we created envelope liners using a pattern from paper source.
the super simple maps were totally inspired by my adoration of these lovelies.
Wow! These are amazing. You did an incredible job!!
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ReplyDeleteSpeechless. Wonderful.
ReplyDeletemy mouth is hanging... these are... well what can I say, these are AMAZING, I love Rifle but this is so much more! congratulations
ReplyDeleteWELL worth the aggravation! They are absolutely STUNNING! Thank you for being so honest about how something this beautiful takes A LOT of work and time. Either that, or a hell of a lot of money to have someone do all that for you :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the beautiful invites!
holy crap i can't believe you MADE those! AMAZING!!!
ReplyDeleteTO DIE FOR!!!!!!!!! seriously no joke!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhere did you learn to do these? I am in LOVE! They are perfect & completely insane at the same time!
ReplyDeleteAMAZING!!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic!! Wow, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThese are ABSOLUTELY amazing!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletethese are incredible. i wrote about them on my wedding blog
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I wish I had the time and talent to make these!
Absolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteLove these! I hope you don't mind, I want to share your incredible talents on my wedding blog! GOSH I envy your patience!
ReplyDeleteoh my god they are amazing!!! I want to get married ............. just to do the invites :o) :o)
ReplyDeletemy invites were way less intense than these - but I would do them over in a heart beat! and i'd print them on fabric - like these...these are AWESOME! so pretty! great job! and good luck!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are so, so fantastic! I'm super impressed!
ReplyDeleteamazing!!!!... i just did a feature on handkerchiefs... i need to update it and add this. great job!
ReplyDeleteWow, these are the most amazing invites I've ever seen! And I WORK at Paper Source, so trust that I've seen a LOT of invites! Your hard work and patience paid off beautifully!
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing!! Love them. Can not wait to see the pics from your wedding!!!
ReplyDeleteWhere did you buy your handkerchiefs?
ReplyDeletesooo beautiful <3 and inspirational!
ReplyDeleteHeyyy 3.13 is my birthday!
ReplyDeletethis is amazing! thanks for the tutorial--looove handkerchiefs!
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lovelovelove!
ReplyDeleteWhat determination and grit to create and finish all of these darling invitations! The map is adorable as it matches your invites! So creative and unique! Kudos! Happy Wedding!
ReplyDeleteI would love to know how you were able to print on those hankis??!! What is freezer paper, how does it work? Oh, please share!!!
ReplyDeleteI've actually started collecting hankies for my wedding, and i wanted to do it myself, so if you could maybe post a little more how you did it?
ReplyDeletedid you print off your design and then iron it on? Or did you iron on freezer paper and then send the hankie through the printer?
what kind of printer do you use? i see it's an epson, but i'd love to know the model... thanks!
ReplyDeleteDo you mind sharing where you can purchase freezer paper?
ReplyDeleteOhh wow!! I'm soo glad I found your blog. These invitations are gorgeous, I was thinking of doing something like this but I couldn't get my ideas together until now. Thank you so much for sharing your invitations!! Ohh and I'd like to share with everyone one helpful link. It's a tutorial on how to use the freezer paper :)
ReplyDeleteThis is great! What are the dimensions of the handkerchiefs you used? And where did you purchase all of them?
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