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Yes and no...the colors yes, the themes, no. But a lot changed from when I designed the STDs to when I designed the invites!
I plan on it. I designed our entire suite of paper goods (invites, STDs, escort cards, menus, table numbers and programs). I think it's really up to you. We did so because it will help to set the tone for the entire wedding and carry our theme throughout.
This is a good question! I am also interested to see what people say. A friend of ours said he would design a motif we could use for the invites and stuff, but I have a feeling he is not going to deliver in time for STDs. Plus, I saw some online that I really, really like.
I'm working on our STDs now. I think the only thing that will match will be the color scheme.
Do what makes you happy. :)
No. We thought of Save the Dates as being more fun, less formal. We wanted them to have a Paris theme (as they are only going out to the Americans - the French really wouldn't know what the heck a STD was), but Paris will not be the theme for the actual wedding...Also, we didn't want to give away our real theme and color scheme this early in advance.
Sort of -- we are getting married in the mountains with a simple/country vibe. Our STDs were post cards (with one response as "yeehaw! we wouldn't miss the greatest mountain celebration of all time!"). We included a photo magnet of us during the proposal (in a canoe). I used VistaPrint and maybe spent $80 from start to finish for 150 STDS.
I love our invites - we did handmade, plantable paper booklets (incl. weekend itinerary, maps, and invite) and made them very rustic. Our response cards (again, vistaprint postcards) had a mountain background. We used a non-profit from Chicago (awesome and inexpensive!) called WomanCraft (womancraft.net). There's some photos on our blog: kenandanna.blogspot.com. This was a little more spendy -- close to $350 with postage.
I guess they didn't "match" but the theme was consistent.
Nope! I agree w/Miss Paris; we thought of the SaveTheDates as more fun. It allowed the FI & I more creative freedom. And the FI offered to do the SaveTheDates and I must say he is coming up with some nifty unique ideas!
Our invitations and all other paper goods will follow the same design that I came up with though.
Nope! We are looking at the STD's from Felix Doolitle (www.felixdoolittle.com) but we are thinking of having very formal, traditional invitations.
hehe, nothing in our wedding is going to be too matchy matchy!
Nope. I wanted something that would "stick" in people's minds so I designed STD magnets through MagnetStreet.com. When it came to the invitations (which I just got from FedEx - yes!), we had changed a lot about out theme, etc., so they're different.
Our STDs are Christmas themed, to hopefully help people remember that the wedding is in December. The invitations are not Christmas-themed, but in the same colors as the STDs.
Our STD's were really fun and casual, and the invites a bit more formal, but in the same vein, colors, and theme.
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Ours matched in terms of color scheme but not in design.
Our save the dates were more fun and casual but our invitations will be more formal..
I think either way is fine, whatever floats your boat!
Good luck!
Yes, our STDs and Invitations do match. They are the Falling Petals theme from WeddingPaperDivas.com. I tried to make it easy for myself and luckily I found the ones I wanted.
I don't plan on matching our STDs and invites. The save the dates are going to be way more informal; just a photo we're sending to our loved ones :)
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No, ours did not match. They both had a rustic nature-inspired mountain wedding theme, but were nothing alike.
@ ademarta - would you mind posting pictures of your STDs and invites? It sounds like we're having similar weddings and I'd love to see your paper. Thanks!
They matched in color and kind of in vibe, but not theme. The STDs were considerably simpler and more modern? The invites still have a modern touch but is a little more charming, focus on details that showed personality.
Personally, I found that over time I didn't really want everything to match perfectly. We're basically running with the same color scheme and feeling throughout everything from the STD to the escort cards and a very simple recurring balloon motif, but some things will be more vintage, some will be a touch modern, some will be elegant, but everything will coordinate and hopefully mesh together on the day of in a really personal sort of way.
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did y'all match your save the dates and invitations?