Design session {ll} :: Reading before bed {st}
WHEW! We did it! I don't think {lovah} has ever been more thrilled and relieved than he was sending me his very last quotidian capture. We only missed one full day back when my iPhone died last autumn, otherwise we each took a photo every single day. It was a fun way to document our lives, but a lot of pressure to actually remember to take the image each day. We're both so pleased to be finished with this project. Thanks for joining us! Now I'll actually have to create more content for the bloggy!
Serendipity Cover
The suite consists of an invitation, reply card and envelope (no inner envelope due to the unusual shape/size of the invitation). Printing is in gold and chocolate brown on thick, textured ivory stock.
With a sharpie marker for reference, you can see the scale of this invitation. It's BIG!
Instead of the common "monogram," Olivia & Joshua chose to have their first names calligraphed on the invitation. I am in love with the scale of the design, and the writing going off the page!
Here again is the "family crest" designed by Josh, seen previously on the back of the save-the-date.
The R.S.V.P. card is a postcard, pre-addressed and stamped on the opposite side.
The envelopes are addressed in an exquisite, perfect script by 
As on the invitation, the addressing is at a tilt and goes off the page. It is also at a large scale due to the immense size of the envelope. I cannot even begin to fathom how difficult that was to do. Victoria said it was one of the most time-consuming envelope-addressing jobs she has ever done in her 30+ years as a professional calligrapher!
The envelopes were appropriately stamed with "LOVE" and a wedding cake. The attention to detail which goes into Victoria's work never ceases to amaze me. I used to help her stamp and seal envelopes when I was younger and I remember how perfectionistic she was about every detail. Do you see how precisely the stamps are affixed??? The edges match up perfectly!*
Of course my husband and I "delightfully accept," and we returned the rsvp card by mail the day after receiving it. Don't forget, etiquette requires that you return an rsvp card within three days of receiving it.
The paper is a pale pink with gold lettering and chocolate brown typography.
The envelopes are addressed in brown and stamped with a queen of hearts!
Josh designed the "family crest," incorporating olive leaves as a nod to the origin of Olivia's name. I'll be using olive leaves in the floral decor, as well!
Here you can see the texture of the paper : LOVE!
Apologies for my lack of posting lately- I've been swamped with work, and while I've got lots and lots of content to share, I just haven't had the time to get it up here. Over the next few days I'll be doing a lot of "blog housekeeping," so if you're reading this via Google Reader or another RSS feed reader, beware! Who knows what might come through... I'm moving posts from the old blog over here, hitting "publish" on a few blog posts that I wrote but forgot to publish, and fixing missing pictures and broken links. Hopefully we'll be back to working order and regularly scheduled posting on Monday.
