The paper craft aisle

I'm not really a fan of the paper section of the craft store. I never really thought it was worth buying a thing that rounded the corners of a paper for $30. Today I ventured into it though, I'm going to start experimenting with the wedding invitations (look, colour and what to say) I know we haven't got a date yet, but I figure the earlier I settle on a style the quicker I can send them out overseas once we get a date.

I am really leaning towards the red and aqua colour scheme:



It's fresh, fun and less fussy than other colour themes. So today I bought some red grosgrain ribbon, some aqua cards and envelopes, and a 'paper tear ruler' which creates a cute scoll-like border when you use it to tear paper.


Coincidentally the one I thought was the nicest was the aqua one! By doing the invitations ourselves means that we need to pick the wording, the font and content of the invites. Fortunately when we were in Bangkok on our way over here we bought some Adobe software (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator) so I will be experimenting with those. I know InDesign really well as I used it at work in the UK, most people seem to use Illustrator with their DIY invites so I will have to spend some time getting to know how to use it.

Once I start experimenting I will take some pictures of the different ideas I have.