(you should definitely "open in new tab" this one. Sorry about the periods; I couldn't figure out how to space it all out!)
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I quick did a run-through of a google image search and found some invitations that I liked. I'm not much of a cursive sort of person -as you might be- but I'm definitely willing to compromise on that one. Here is a quick synopsis of what I like about each one:
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1.) I like the basic geometric shapes and stark contrasting colors. It's a little too generic for me, but I'm usually pretty attracted to the strong use of verical lines.
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2.) I really like the photo in this one. I know you didn't want a photo, but this isn't so much of a photo as it is an icon or symbol. I also really dig the white and light blue on the brown recycled-looking paper and the Sunday school envelope type rope thing tying it together.
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3.) Not sure what I liked about this one. Aestetically pleasing?
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4.) Simple two-color with a creative use of the word "do."
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5.) I dig the clean, modern look and the simple bird illustrations.
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6.) This is almost too bare-bones for me, but I threw it up there for a reason.
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7.) If I had to have a design, I'd like something like the flowers: elaborately done in two colors that dominate the upperhalf of the invitation. I don't know that I'd like that concept with all illustrations, but the flowers just really resonated with me.
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8.) I like a lot of stuff about this one. In paticular: the awesome calander thing they used, the use of bold "Impact" font and cursive and the colors. One of my favorites of the bunch.
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9.) Birds again, but I liked the simplicity of it once again. And it was on black.
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10.) This is very much my style (not as much as 12, but close!). I think it looks formal and classy and not very much like a birthday invitation at all. Unlike 6, the bare-bones really works for it. I really enjoy the variety in the fonts; it's not too random, but isn't repetative to the point of boredom.
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11.) This is my favorite idea of the night: what if we made our invitations into CD holders that featured our favorite songs? That's something we have in common: we've both made CDs for each other and we both enjoy a variety of music (but have a few songs in common).
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12.) Is the invitation that came along with the CD. It's a tad bit retro, but I felt that worked for it. We could incoporate different colors and a jazz theme, but it's not as formal looking. Maybe not even very classy?
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13.) This is just a picture of the kit and kaboodle that came with the CD and invitation.
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There you go. Love,
---CJ
CJ, I don't so much care about the cursive. Really. I more just like something that isn't so spartan-looking. And although I like #8, it's also a save the date, not an invitation, which would include much more wording/information, so it might not fit that format.
ReplyDeleteAs for the CD idea... I've seen that done, although if we want to go that route, I suggest we use the CDs as favors instead of having the extra cost of sending them through the mail. The other thing about the CD is that we would have lots of cool songs that we like, but it's not like those songs would necessarily be played at the wedding, which I think would rob some of the sentiment from giving them to the guests, y'know? Unless we did jazz songs that we know would be played... but then those songs might not be special to us. Or we could have some songs at our reception from an ipod. In fact, I think I would kind of like that. Just a thought.