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Ok, so here is the first invite our invitation lady has come up with. I like it but I need your honest opinions.
Do you think it looks a bit childish?
We are doing daisies for flowers and I thought that the phrase, he loves me, he loves me not would be cute to incorporate.
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My personal opinion? I think incorporating your flowers is a cute idea, i would lose the border though and i think that might be just enough, because the daisys already add sooo much color. I really think they are cute, though!!
I love your idea and the design is tre sweet! The only thing I would change if it were my invitation, I think I would try for a different daisy design...I think a tighter-designed, prettier daisy would really take the invitation to the next level but even if you leave it as is, it's sooooo pretty and I love the concept!
I also second removing the border!
I wouldn't say that it's childish, but definitely less formal. I think if you are going for a more informal wedding it would be fine.
Can I offer one suggestion? The thing that throws me off is the number of colors at play. Between the colors in the borders and the colors of the font and flower, it seems that there they are all competing with each other. Do you think you could maybe focus on two colors instead?
I just thought that the phrase was way sweet since we are doing daisies. I wanted something sweet and romantic.
Too cute! I third removing the border and agree with trailmix on having a tighter daisy. But I love the idea of the "He loves me, he loves me not"!
She would do them as layered cardstock. So would it be best to just have the shimmer white cardstock over the silver and leave the pink out?
It's very cute ^_^ I don't know though... I guess just from glancing at it, I would have thought it was a baby-shower invite or a wedding shower invite, not the invite to an actual wedding. Though that's just me, and hey it's your wedding, do what you think reflects you and your FI.
I have an idea to do a popcorn bar as your wedding favors because it's very me and my fi and one of my co-workers didn't like that idea and my other co-workers was like yeah come on think about us, it's not like the wedding has to be all about you (in a joking way). ^_^
Maybe we could do the pink and green alternating with the words on the side.
This is her first design for me. She said she has some more. I just need to tell her to do something more formal or what not. She is awesome to work with.
i like it! BUT you asked for honesty... i do think its a little childish. I think that maybe a more elegant for and a daisy that's not as whimsical might look a little more "wedding-y"... if that's even what you are looking for! it's YOUR wedding so its really up to you! just remember- your invitation is a "preview" of your wedding day =] good luck!
I just emailed my invite lady and asked her for a preview of the others she has in mind. I also asked her for some maybe a little more formal.
I don't like the "He Loves Me, he loves me not." Do you really want "he loves me not" on your invite? Even if it's small? And the flower stem with no petals at the bottom is kind of sad.
Also- the "He loves me" is kind of one-sided, like it's all up to him.
I like the colors and the daisy, but I would lose the "He loves me/not" and the stem with no petals.
Very cute idea. the pink border is a bit much, but great invitation focusing on your theme.
It sounds like you are working with a designer, but this design looks amateur to me. I would ask her to keep working at it until you are happy - ultimately YOU are the one she needs to please :)
I do like it & initally I thought the pink would be too much, but since its going to be layered cardstock, it actually will prob be missing a little umph if the pink wasn't there.
I LOVE the petals on the side, very creative. But, I would leave the naked flower off.
Also, if you are looking for something more formal, I would look for a more modern picture of a daisy. Right now its very whimsical, and if you had a more modern or abstract drawing it would instantly make it more formal.
Just to give you an idea of what I mean (and this may not be your taste) but here are some quick examples of IMO a more formal looking daisy. I think that more abstract pictures are more modern & formal, but eh it could just be me :)
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I too initially would have thought it was for a bridal shower. However, if you're having a casual wedding, it totally hits the mark. But if it's going to be pretty formal it doesn't quite fit. I love the daisy theme though!
I like the overall idea of the invite, especially the falling petals on the side. It's really cute. To me, I feel like the illustrations look a little childish, and that maybe picking a different daisy and petals would help. I think AnnieAAA's daisy examples look nice.
I have to agree with some others..I thought it might be a bridal shower invite at first! The layering may help some though, if you were going to layer the cardstock, and a more traditional daisy image. Though if you're going for whimsy and pink/green, I think it fits!
I would say design wise the two things I don't particularly like are the fact that there's a lot going on--the "he loves me/not" down one side and info down the other are very busy! And the font in the info doesn't match anything else--it doesn't match the font going on and the color would look better in darker green?
That said (sorry curb your enthusiasm fans!), If you like it, it doesn't matter a darn thing about what I think!
I think a less cartoony drawing would make it seem more wedding-ish. It all depends on the feel of your wedding. It is a casual backyard-type wedding? Or a brunch? Because that is what the invitation design indicates to me. If it is a more formal affair, I would reconsider. The invitation should reflect the mood and atmosphere of your wedding.
I personally think that the design works better for a shower or other wedding party invititation. I'm not sure that it works for a wedding unless the wedding is a very casual affair.
I think it would look great with the text centered with a less-cartoonish flower at the top, and the "He loves me, he loves me not" centered on the back of the cardstock.
Ok, so here is the other design she came up with. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this one!!!!
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I like the second design much better. It's much more elegant and still very sweet!
Love the 2nd one!
I agree the first one is very casual and would make me think of a shower or party invitation not a wedding.
Yeah Mrskisstobe! Those are lovely & give a much more formal feel!
You said you wanted honesty . . .
I agree with bluebutterfly. I love pink,but I think that's a bit too much pink. Also, when I think of daisies, I think of white with yellow centers . . . when they're colored, I think they're fake or dyed. I think it'd be beautiful on a shimmery white or pearl cardstock with either black or yellow ribbon/accents.
The inital design would have been also great for a save the date!
I'm assuming Pink must be a color of your wedding? I like the 2nd one's but they don't have the "He loves me... He loves me not" incorporated like you wanted at all. I think you should do what you want. I think that I would go with a more realistic daisy like the 2nd one & mayb see if another color (black & white & yellow) could work better. But I would stick with what you want & like. Including your saying that you wanted
I like the second design, but is your FI okay with the pink? If he is, that's awesome, go for it! My FI would probably have a cow. lol.
So I showed him the invited last night and he really likes the second but does not like all the pink. I love love love pink but it's his day too, so I am going to see if she can do the invite in black and white and silver and then just have the daisy pink.
What do you girls think?
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