That meant no flowers, no cursive text, no spelling out "two thousand and twelve at four o'clock in the afternoon". It also meant no Battlestar Galactica references even if we are both fans.
In the end I used a few pixelated Microsoft Paint "jellybean" doodles of us - I've these little jellybeans for a few years now. I used a ton of whitespace and some simple fonts, and simple text on the inside. (thanks Scott Borys for the font help and other feedback!)
QR code on the back! There is a heart inside. For LOVE.
We also put together a really simple, clean site in Google Sites: www.robynandbrahm.ca
With the website we wanted to do two things: 1) eliminate the need for invite inserts about registries, directions, hotels, etc and 2) match the aesthetic of the invite so that everything feels like part of one package. I think we did a pretty good job!
Oh, we also did a good job not spending too much money on this stuff.
Total costs:
Domain name (robynandbrahm.ca): $14/year
Adobe InDesign (free 30-day trial to do invite layout): $0
Invitations: $94 (I sent Saskatoon Fastprint a pdf and they printed 100 invites, cut and folded them).
Picture magnets (not pictured): $70
Total cost for invites and website: $178. Not bad!
I hope Robyn posts a picture of our guestbook from Shutterfly. It's really awesome.
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