Sneak Peek: PAPER

No, it's not an engagement shoot sneak peek, although that would be fantastic! I have never been so anxious to see pictures in my entire life! It was the first time I've ever been photographed semi-professionally. I mean, how often do you have a legit photo-shoot, especially one where you don't get to see the pictures automatically when you're done? I am going nuts! I suppose I am guilty as charged as being one with my generation: needing instant gratification.

Instead of a snapshot or two of our amazing photo shoots (yes, we did TWO!), I have a picture of a package that came to my school today from my mom:

Exciting, HUH?! This is the background color of the save-the-dates, as well as the envelopes. This color is the closest blue I could find to what I was going for, and Matt and I are both really happy with it.

As if we didn't already have awesome friends in Korea (re: Toby, our photographer for the engagement shoot), our South African friend Claire is a graphic designer and is putting together a design for our save-the-dates! We're meeting with her and her sister (who is also a designer) this coming weekend to see what ideas they've come up with. While Matt and I had a good idea of what we wanted, these girls know the programs and have the creative, designer flare that we need to make them look more professional. If not for them, our save-the-dates would have looked rather elementary. Thank goodness for talented friends!

So things are looking REALLY good in the stationary department. After months (seriously) of talking about these darn things, we're finally getting them off the ground. Paper is here, envelopes are here, pictures have been taken (we'll be using one from the shoot in our save-the-dates) and the design will soon be finalized. Awesome!

It feels incredibly good to get going on the actual nit and grit of wedding planning. You can only make so many lists, draw so many sketches, calculate so many numbers on so many excel spreadsheets before you just want to explode with frustration. Let's just get this show on the road already! Next week we should have an ACTUAL save-the-date that we'll get printed, with hopes of getting them off and mailed before November. Here's to wishing!

Another awesome thing: our 3 year anniversary is 2 weeks from today!