About a month ago I received a call from a frantic bride who had started (with good intentions) to create her wedding invitations for her upcoming July wedding. Without having a solid design in mind, they consulted with many members of their family to come up with the perfect idea. Unfortunately having too many inputs and not enough patience or decisiveness the couple sought out help from a local designer. Me :) At our consultation they handed me a stack of photos, and vellum overlays for 200 invites and using what I had on hand I came up with the design above. Thanks to my new awesome assistant Margie, we had these finished in no time and the couple was so grateful! The lessons to be learned from this story are for all you do-it-yourselfers out there; 1. Start your projects with plenty of time! 2. Have a firm solid idea before you start anything. Sometimes your original vision won't play out well when executed, but at least you have a foundation to start on. Be flexible when it doesn't go according to plan. 3. When seeking advice, stick to asking just a small handful of folks that you can count on to be honest and objective. 4. It doesn't hurt to seek advice from a local designer. I'm always willing and glad to give free advice, so I'm sure that others are too!
