A Westervin Wedding: Invited

We did it! We finally finished and mailed our invitations! Hopefully, all invited parties have received theirs by now, except for some overseas friends. But I just couldn’t wait any longer to share. We are so pleased with ourselves.

Let me give you a play by play. We started with the same French Paper Co. envelopes in four different colors: slate blue, grout grey, packing paper brown, and a darker brown (pictured above). We also used the custom return address stamp, which featured a typewriter font.

Now comes the good part. Open the envelope and what do you find? A delicate vintage handkerchief invite, designed by Brian West and screenprinted by Barrel Maker Printing.

Arrows!

Inside, the hankie was wrapped around a wood card, made of Sycamore wood and printed with our logo (above) and instructions to visit our website for more information (below).

Our vintage typewriter came in handy once again when it came time to address the envelopes.

I had to keep a few of my favorites. They’ve come in handy in other ways. More on that to come!

The real fun part was collecting all the vintage hankies. We searched every antique mall and flea market from here to Timbuktu and found a few winners in Etsy and Ebay lots. It sounds tedious, but you know I enjoyed every minute of it! The real challenge was finding ones that fit our color scheme and general aesthetic but weren’t more than $1 each, give or take.

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Envelopes:  { French Paper Co. }

Return Address Stamp:  { Note Trunk }

Screenprinting:  { Barrel Maker Printing }

Wood Cards:  { Cards of Wood }

Handkerchiefs:  vintage, various sources

Graphic Design:  Brian West!

A Westervin Wedding: Barrel Maker Printing

There are some people you should know. Especially if a) you live in Chicago, b) need something screen printed, or c) like nice, friendly folks. Say hello to Justin & Erin of Barrel Maker Printing. They printed our wedding invitations, and the experience couldn’t have been more pleasant. We don’t wanna give away our finished invites just yet (we haven’t put them in the mail yet, sheesh), but we did want to let you in on the process. Not only do they have a cool workspace that they let me photograph, but they’re laid back and their services are very affordable (and worth the price). Thanks, Justin & Erin, for being yet another lovely, hassle-free vendor we’ve worked with in planning our wedding. Maybe we’ll see you at the farmer’s market in a couple of weeks?

A Westervin Wedding: Save-the-Dates Revealed

It’s time, my babies. The big reveal we’ve been hyping for the last several weeks. Say hello to our save-the-date cards! We are pretty proud of them.

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A Westervin Wedding: Envelopes

Because each of our save-the-date-cards is unique, we needed to find envelopes that were large enough to accommodate all the different sizes. We also wanted them to be good lookin’—great colors and high-quality paper. Luckily, we found the French Paper company to satisfy all our needs.

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A Westervin Wedding: Let You In

[Editor's Note. Please go ahead and queue up the song at the bottom of the post. Think of it as the post's soundtrack.] Sarah and I want to keep everybody interested in our wedding even though it is more than a year away. So, we thought we’d tease you a little bit. Well, perhaps tease is the wrong choice of words. Sarah and I would like to give you a sneak peak at what we’ve been up to.

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