Over the Top

If only I had the time, energy, crafty prowess and vision to see a project like this Save-the-date through:
Wow. I mean, the pink and green are definitely not me, but the cute numbers coming out of the envelope, so creative! This picture is from (you probably guessed it,) Martha Stewart Weddings. Of course anyone can pay hundreds of dollars to have some super talented Etsy artist make them. For the rest of us, it's either an extreme DIY project, or something we just have to forgo.

For me, it's just too much. It's bad enough that I've already spent God knows how long looking at envelope liners online. Envelope liners?! Me?! Seriously?! I know. For those who know me it might come as a surprise. Heck, I didn't even know what an envelope liner was until I started reading all of the DIY blogs.

(For those of you who might not know, *cough* boys* cough*, it's the pretty little decorative paper on the inside flap of the envelope, like the green striped one shown in the picture).

If I choose to go the envelope liner route, that will be as far as I'm going. Although we are planning on using some easier crafty tools to give out STDs (I know, worst acronym ever, right?) some creative flare. I will not give it away though, so you'll just have to wait until the fall.

Speaking of STD's (Save-the-dates), we have decided to send them out rather early. After a lot of huffing and puffing and research, we're just going to bite the bullet and get them out this fall. Yes, that's almost a year in advance, but with a lot of our friends planning on traveling from afar, it's never too early. Besides, it's a summer wedding, right smack dab in the middle of prime vacation time. We want to give everyone a big heads up. Some people might argue it's too far in advance, but frankly, we don't expect people to keep our save-the-dates on the fridge forever, just long enough to mark down the date on a calendar or planner.

So what does this mean for us? This means we'll be shopping for paper, envelopes and supplies next month, will hopefully order it all when we come back from Malaysia, and be ready to start sometime in September.

Many have asked why we don't just order postcard save-the-dates and call it good, especially since we've living in Korea. We've thought long and hard about this, and in the end the two of us are just really excited to be a part of it all and design our own. Postcards are easy, efficient and honestly really cute, but it's just not what we're looking for. Of course, on the 70th invitation I'll probably be bitching about the decision, but oh well! Besides, this is something Matt seems to be passionate about (the design). He's really added a lot of input, most of it awesome, to the idea of making our own. I figure I got a good thing going, why do something else? If this is what he's going to be into, then so be it. I don't mind one bit :)