Man of Honor Jeremy might kick my ass or resign once he reads this post, but I hope he understands.
Until very recently, I have been 100% committed to the idea of "Send 'n Seal" invitations.
How cute are those right? And they are environmentally friendly too--no superfluous inserts to get lost, not to mention up to 3 envelopes if I was to go completely formal--envelope with the address, envelope inside that containing the actual invite suite, and one more tiny envelope to send back the RSVP card. No way. I was not going to destroy the earth with a bunch of useless paper--the RSVP is a postcard that is simply detached and mailed all by itself. Not to mention the EXPENSE of all of that!
Then, a couple months ago, I realized that the chances we can use a wax seal on the invited was slim. I really like wax seals, and they would so go with out theme.
But it was okay because I could use the seals on our programs! As we started the process of testing the programs, we realized that wouldn't work very well. So I resigned myself to not having a wax seal.
Late last week, I thought about the possibility of our invites coming open unless we also sealed the sides, which would mean ugly tape or buying extra, clear, seals for the sides and I began to ponder the idea of envelopes--we can still use the above invite, with the tear-off RSVP card and stick the whole thing into a single envelope, right? I imagine the cost exchange being fairly similar when you account for both price and labor. The environmental factor can be off-set by using recycled envelopes, making envelopes from paper we already have--and the impact of plastic seals/tape is likely to be similar to that of envelopes? I just don't know. My inner perfectionist is battling my inner environmentalist.
Invites still have to be made, and no matter what, we're using that format, even if it is put inside an envelope, so there's time, but not a lot, because we want to put them in the mail in July. So really, it's not a ton of time depending on how long they take to get made.
Until very recently, I have been 100% committed to the idea of "Send 'n Seal" invitations.
How cute are those right? And they are environmentally friendly too--no superfluous inserts to get lost, not to mention up to 3 envelopes if I was to go completely formal--envelope with the address, envelope inside that containing the actual invite suite, and one more tiny envelope to send back the RSVP card. No way. I was not going to destroy the earth with a bunch of useless paper--the RSVP is a postcard that is simply detached and mailed all by itself. Not to mention the EXPENSE of all of that!
Then, a couple months ago, I realized that the chances we can use a wax seal on the invited was slim. I really like wax seals, and they would so go with out theme.
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Late last week, I thought about the possibility of our invites coming open unless we also sealed the sides, which would mean ugly tape or buying extra, clear, seals for the sides and I began to ponder the idea of envelopes--we can still use the above invite, with the tear-off RSVP card and stick the whole thing into a single envelope, right? I imagine the cost exchange being fairly similar when you account for both price and labor. The environmental factor can be off-set by using recycled envelopes, making envelopes from paper we already have--and the impact of plastic seals/tape is likely to be similar to that of envelopes? I just don't know. My inner perfectionist is battling my inner environmentalist.
Invites still have to be made, and no matter what, we're using that format, even if it is put inside an envelope, so there's time, but not a lot, because we want to put them in the mail in July. So really, it's not a ton of time depending on how long they take to get made.
The clear sticky dots we used were actually perforated in the middle too so it made it easy to just slide your finger through to tear. We have a bunch left if you want them.
ReplyDeletePS this is Erin