fatafelice
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And I love them! (mostly)
My invites arrived today and they look great! The only thing I don''t completely love is the color of the paper/ink. I made some last minute changes and decided that there wasn''t time to get new samples sent...So the blue paper is lighter and more grey than I had expected. In the photos (to come!) it actually looks like what I was hoping for, but in reality, it isn''t quite that shade. Oh well! I am letting it go...They are still yummy! The texture and weight of the paper is fantastic and I am completely in love with the final design! And besides, FI says I am crazy and that he likes the color just fine.
The designer and printer was Oblation Papers. They worked from a sketch I had made and came up with something much nicer! The only issue I had with them was that they do not have a "white" paper, only soft white, which is really a cream. And their non-handmade-envelopes are really more of an ivory. Thus, I decided to go with the lt. blue paper...
And I ordered the inner and outer envelopes from PaperSource. Their white still isn''t a true white, but it is better than Oblation''s. Plus, the paper and texture more closely matches the invites. I sent the envelopes to Oblation and they printed them for me with the return addresses, etc. (for a fee, of course)
None of this would have been possible without Dana at A Fine Line. This was a very long and complicated process because I didn''t really do enough research first, and she has put up with me for months. You *can* deal directly with Oblation, but since I had already paid her a deposit before we decided to switch to them so they could do the design, Dana ended up facilitating the whole thing. She did a great job getting me through this, though, and in reality, she probably made it easier for me than it would have been otherwise. I only wish that I could afford to have her do my calligraphy because she is awesome!
Now, some pics, starting with the cute boxes from Oblation...
My invites arrived today and they look great! The only thing I don''t completely love is the color of the paper/ink. I made some last minute changes and decided that there wasn''t time to get new samples sent...So the blue paper is lighter and more grey than I had expected. In the photos (to come!) it actually looks like what I was hoping for, but in reality, it isn''t quite that shade. Oh well! I am letting it go...They are still yummy! The texture and weight of the paper is fantastic and I am completely in love with the final design! And besides, FI says I am crazy and that he likes the color just fine.
The designer and printer was Oblation Papers. They worked from a sketch I had made and came up with something much nicer! The only issue I had with them was that they do not have a "white" paper, only soft white, which is really a cream. And their non-handmade-envelopes are really more of an ivory. Thus, I decided to go with the lt. blue paper...
And I ordered the inner and outer envelopes from PaperSource. Their white still isn''t a true white, but it is better than Oblation''s. Plus, the paper and texture more closely matches the invites. I sent the envelopes to Oblation and they printed them for me with the return addresses, etc. (for a fee, of course)
None of this would have been possible without Dana at A Fine Line. This was a very long and complicated process because I didn''t really do enough research first, and she has put up with me for months. You *can* deal directly with Oblation, but since I had already paid her a deposit before we decided to switch to them so they could do the design, Dana ended up facilitating the whole thing. She did a great job getting me through this, though, and in reality, she probably made it easier for me than it would have been otherwise. I only wish that I could afford to have her do my calligraphy because she is awesome!
Now, some pics, starting with the cute boxes from Oblation...
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