I'm mailing my invites this week! So excited...take a look!

[Nrvsbride]

Jessalyn I am absolutely speechless. And trust me that rarely happens. I think I have stared at your invites for like a half hour now. They look fantastic!!! I cannot believe you made those yourself. Seriously I am going to put every girls great ideas here into a book and sell it for people planning DW's. We will all be rich!!!! These invites are so nice. I love the color and look to them. Putting them in a box makes it so nice and I love the starfish!!!!!

 

-Glenda

[TammyWright]

gosh jessalyn, these are so amazing. i really am impressed by you DIY gals!!

[tob1kanobe]

As a completely obsessive interior designer - those are awesome...and now you have definitely raised the bar a freakin' mile for the rest of us...I am impressed...they look phenomenal.

[JPMO]

Jessalyn, I can totally see why they consumed so much of your time! They are beautiful however, very personal and beach romantic. Can't wait to hear about guests' responses.

[Natalie Z]

Jessalyn those are so pretty! I love them! you did a wonderful job and I would be so excited to get that invite! Your hard work paid off!!

[lulubelle]

So, I LOVE your invites. I want to do something similar. Do you think it was worth all the time to do it yourself vs. the money you saved? I don't know if I have the skills that you do. Are they wrapped in fabric or is that tissue?

[SASSYGIRL]

OMG - these are soooo pretty - I would love to get one in the mail - your guests are going to flip when they get them! You seriously could go into business making these for brides - way to go!!!

[Sarah]

Jessalyn those are simply amazing. I can't believe you made 100 of those! Your guests will absolutely be blown away! You win the DIY crown:)

[Jessalyn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lulubelle So, I LOVE your invites. I want to do something similar. Do you think it was worth all the time to do it yourself vs. the money you saved? I don't know if I have the skills that you do. Are they wrapped in fabric or is that tissue?

I the middle of preparing the invites, I didn't think it was worth the time, energy and stress. But after I saw the end result in the box with the label, I really loved them and had a great feeling about them. I honestly could have saved a lot of money by just doing regular invites, which sounds good now as the budget is getting tighter.

I'm not sure if I would do it all over again.

The boxes are lined in fabric. It is actually 2 pieces of fabric with fusible batting in the sandwiched in the middle. Then the fabric was lifting off of the batting, so I had to hand stitch each of the sides to keep the layers together.


Thanks again to everyone for all the nice comments.....makes me feel good!

[lulubelle]

Thanks again to everyone for all the nice comments.....makes me feel good!

 

You should feel good. You are really talented and your guests are going to be amazed.