I have never done wedding invites in my life apart from
loads of cards. So preparing around 200 invites was a bit worrying, though taking inconsideration to keep the budget low as possible and also with a simple creative
design too.
So we came up with
an idea to compliment the wedding souvenirs they had already made up themselves.
and as they used jute
we wanted to incorporate jute
as well in the invites and
possibly in the other things.
This time of year is the peak season for weddings on the island with many beautiful settings and ideas. Weddings are something big with as many as 300 people which most of them would be relatives.
All I needed was card stock, embossing folder, lace, jute rope,
distress ink, a stamp and satin flowers and of course a bow maker to make my work more efficient.
So as I had all the materials at hand I started working on the
largest project of my life .
We choose cotton lace which is very similar to bobbin
lace. To give it that aged shabby look we dyed it into instant coffee something I learned from the net. In the
past I used tea but I prefer coffee for that aged look that I wanted . The dyeing process was
not in my hands, J
actually Desiree` the bride had taken up the job to colour lace.