Invitations

I decided to start with our invites for the first "Wedding Wednesday" post since A. I LOVE LOVE LOVE them and B. I think they set the tone for the whole wedding (which is what they're supposed to do, right?) and really give you an idea of our wedding "style".  I looked at tons of invitations, from shutterfly to weddingpaperdivas to etsy but couldn't find anything that fit us - I loved my friend Jess's invites, which had their initials carved in a tree, but couldn't find an "ocean" version.  I also really liked the "story" type invitations, like this one, so I decided to try writing one for us, and I ended up really liking it!  Just one problem - I have zero artistic skills, especially on the computer!  I knew I would never be able to figure out cool fonts and adding in pictures and formatting and whatever other fancy things are involved in making such a thing - so I enlisted the help of my good friend Travis (who was in the wedding) and he designed our invitations for us - seriously, if you saw the document I sent him of my "mock up" and what he turned it into, you would know how awesome he is :)  I think he should start up a custom wedding invite shop on etsy - it could be huge!  If you would like to enlist his services, let me know, I might be able to hook you up!  It turned out to be the perfect invite for us, and like I said, really set the fun, laid back vibe of our wedding.  We got so many compliments on the invitations, it was crazy!  Everyone loved that they were different, unique to us, and told our story.  Next week I'll tell you how we printed the invitations and what the back looked like!  Now without further ado, here is the front of our invite: