Today I’ve got a beautiful wedding to share (now live), but I thought I should start out with the invitations since they have such a fun story, and involved so many of the couple’s friends. Beverly is a graphic designer, and Neil is an architect, so putting a personal, DIY touch on their wedding was important to them. They made their save the dates (on the left) on a very small budget, only buying notecards, coin envelopes, buttons, thread, and a stamp she had made at a local pawn shop.
The invitations were more time consuming, but the budget was equally impressive: for postage, printing, and materials of 300 letterpressed invitations and 300 thank you notes, Beverly and Neil only spent $226.
From Beverly: “Believe it or not, a friend’s Dad gave us all the paper for invites and thank you notes, including envelopes (Neenah Paper). I designed the invite and sent the file to Boxcar Press in New York to have a plate made. Another friend, Amos Kennedy, let us use his letter press shop, and with the help of a friend, Mark Wise, we were taught how to letter press on a manual press. My husband and I did every single one of them. The invitations were 3 different runs, invitations envelops and thank you envelops were one run, and the thank you’s were 2 runs each. After printing, I hired a friend to help me sew each invite.”
Coming up next, beautiful photos from Beverly & Neil’s handmade, vintage wedding.
