Invitations, Favors etc
December 15th, 2005
I like simple things. Nothing fancy. And before you read this, I must tell you that I am not very creative or good at crafts.
Searching for simple things became a slight issue when we were deciding on the wedding invitations. I must confess I didn’t look around too much but as much as I have seen, there was no wedding invitation that I liked, that I wanted it to be my invitation. I knew what I wanted: a thick cardstock base (where the invitation would be written on) and a vellum top. I didn’t know how I would put them together, and using ribbons were my last resort.
After searching high and low I finally found the vellum that has speckles on it. They were simple enough with a hint of color. My search for the one sided invitation cards had a happy ending after finding these in Target. Again the question was how to stick them together. Kim, a very talented friend of mine, provided me with some ideas and her scrapbook making tools. Finally we ended up buying the wired ribbons.
Rest was simple, but time consuming. First the invitations were printed on the cardstock. This sounds easy to do, but it took us a while to choose the font, the writing etc! And later came the cutting the vellum about 1inch shorter (in width and height) than the cardstock. This was easily achieved by using the paper cutter. Just stacking a carstock and vellum on each other and using a one hole puncher I punched two holes 1/3 way from the bottom and top. Cut the ribbon about 12″, and pull it through the top, twist at the back and pull them back from the other hole (different than the one that went in) to secure the vellum to the cardstock. Voila! You have your hand-made invitation cards!
 Thanks God, while I was spending my time on these, my mom already arranged the invitations to be distributed w/in Turkey to be made by professionals. In principle, they have the same idea as the ones I made but they are more colorful as you see. |
 A good friend of mine, Wynter, told me that she would like to throw me a bridal shower. As much as I wanted to be with friends I didn’t want to have a shower but at the end I gave in. It really is nice to give something back to all those nice people that came to be with us, and I again wanted to put something together. Since it was in the beginning of November and the stores were full of bulbs, I decided to buy some bulbs and use them as favors. This time I didn’t have time to make little pouches but I bought them from the store. Sam prepared a little “how to” guide to plant and take care of the tulip bulbs and every pouch had 3 bulbs along with this writing. We also had a nice baby shower given for Wynter who was pregnant then. Here you can see her favor for us: elegant tea bags in these nice containers! |
And lastly the wedding favors… My mom organized this so I had no input but needless to say I loved them! They were again hand made by a friend of my mom’s. She even made the pouches! Colorful bags filled with lavender. Smell perfect!
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December 16th, 2005 at 12:59 am
Her biri ayrı ayrı güzel ve zarif.; senin gibi. En çok da lale soğanı fikrinden hoşlandım ve not ettim bir yere.
December 16th, 2005 at 2:36 am
bence de çok zarif ve güzel olmus hepsi fethiye’cigim.
eh senden de bunu beklerdim zaten.
tüm konuklar bayilmistir eminim! e peki ne yediniz ne içtiniz dügünde??
December 16th, 2005 at 3:52 am
Her şeyi çok ince düşünmüşsün Fethiye. Bir lale hayranı olarak lale soğanı verme fikrine bayıldım… Lavanta kesecikleri de çok zarifler. Ellerinize sağlık.
December 16th, 2005 at 7:33 am
merhaba fethiye.Hayırlı olsun.bir ömür boyu mutluluklar.Nikah şekerlerini çok beğendim.
Şu aralar benim de ilgi alanım olan şeylerden bahsetmişin
Bizim nikah şekerlerimizi görümcem ve eşi yapıyor.Süslü Lavanta kesecikleri hazırlıyorlar.Davetiyeleri de ben hallaedicem ama vakit bulabilirsem tabi.Ve çok az kaldı.Günlerim telaşla geçiyor.
December 16th, 2005 at 8:29 am
Congratulation, Fethiye! Wishing you a happy married life.
Everything looks so pretty, Fethiye.
Now I know how you got the slow cooker? :) Is it a wedding gift?:)
December 16th, 2005 at 11:04 am
Burcu, Tijen ve Tuhfe; cok tesekkur ederim guzel yorumlariniz icin. Biraz yordu bazilari ama degdi bence. El/ev yapimi gibisi yok, insan kendinden veriyor, daha da degerleniyor.
Arzu, sagol canim. Sizinki de yaklasiyor, simdiden yine tebrik ederim. Yalniz, davetiyeler icin biraz gec kalmadiniz mi? Ben mi yanlis hatirliyorum vaktini?
Indira; thanks for your nice wishes and comment. And yes, it was a wedding gift :)
December 17th, 2005 at 8:05 am
Sevgili Fethiye,
omur boyu mutlu ol, sevdiginle elele. Hersey cok zevkli.
December 18th, 2005 at 1:42 pm
Fethiyecimmmmm..
evleniyorsun …hadi bakalım hayırlısı…damat amerikalımı? Benim kızım da ağustosta evlendi albany ny.de oturuyorlar..iki dügün yaptık..biri albany biride istanbulda..dügünde ayrıca evil eyes dağıtabilirsin fikir..lavanta keselerinin içinde evil eyes koy..enteresan olur..daha başka fikir istersen yazarım..öpüyorum seni
December 19th, 2005 at 10:45 am
Devrim cok sagol!
Aynur abla; evlendik bile. :) 26 Kasim’daydi dugunumuz. Nazar boncugu dagitmak iyi fikirmis, belki o keselerin uzerindeki boncuklar yerine iyi olabilirdi! Sagolun ama, baska arkadaslar eminim ki yararlanacaklardir fikirlerden.
January 14th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
wow, I can’t believe how gorgeous your invitations came out!!! You are very craftsy - perfect job!
I actually found gorgeous invitations by this company in NY that my friends recommended highly - MajesticInvites.com. They are not as costly, but are very high-end, classy and creative. Here are the invitations I plan to order (as I’m very much into unique and unusual styles). MajesticInvites.com in NY sells high-end designer invitations and unique scroll wedding invitations.
June 4th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
[…] I bet I am not the only one that is drawn for the smell of lavenders. That very special smell of those tiny, wonderful colored flowers has been kept in little sachets in our drawers to give fresh smell for years. In fact I love them so much that when my mom told me that she was having lavender sachets made for our wedding favor, I just thought “mom still knows me!” […]
August 8th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Wow your invitations turned out really great. When my wife an I got married we had a caricature comissioned of the pair of us standing outside the church. It really fitted in well with the light-hearted theme we wanted to create.
Once again well done your invitations look amazing!