It’s my turn.

Holy. Cow.

So… as it turns out planning a wedding requires A LOT of decisions (I can hear the “Duh, Shannons” from here).  Though I’ve been a wedding photographer for over 8 years at this point, without ever having a wedding of my own I don’t think I ever could have truly appreciated just how many decisions and thoughts and ideas and dreams go into your big day. Don’t get me wrong, I have always had a deep appreciation for all the little details, and I definitely note them… but finally being in your seat brings those details into a whole new light.

My newly minted fiancé and I are starting this process for our own wedding.  And it turns out the first step to giving your family, friends and guests all around the feeling you hope they experience at your wedding starts at the first small detail – The invitations.  I always had in my head that I would want to be the one to create the designs and invites as well as all the printing.  But, as it turns out…life doesn’t stop and allow me all the extra hours I need to make that happen!  So after doing some soul searching and diving into the deep caverns of the massive world of weddings online, I came across a little gem called Basic Invite.  And by little gem, I actually mean massive helpmate.  Basic Invite is a place for brides and grooms alike to visit and create the beautiful printed products (including custom wedding coasters?! How cool!), custom wedding websites, and even stunning keepsake guest books, they have been dreaming of… but it is actually easy.  Starting with the big ideas like color all the way down to the stunning foiled scripts they offer… you really can create exactly what your heart is hungry for.  I’m going to be honest, I never realized how many different pieces I would have to translate my invitation design onto…but Basic Invite makes it easy and automatic. It truly is the best website for wedding invitations that I have ever come across.  They have over 1000 Wedding Invitation Sets that include everything from save the dates to wedding invitations and enclosure cards, wedding menus, wedding programs and even matching thank you cards!  And, they make it easy for your guests too with their new Seal & Send Wedding Invitations.  These are an all-in-one wedding invitation with a tear-off RSVP postcard included inside.  That definitely can help make wedding-planning life a whole lot easier.

 

I have to be honest, it’s not even the designing that turns me into a procrastinator… it’s the tedious work of addressing things that makes me want to take a nap.  With my future husband comes a daunting but exciting guest-list of over 300. I knew I would need help with this part but I didn’t know how I would get it.  I figured I’d be bribing my best lady friends into camping out in my living room with lots of pretty pens and even more wine.  Well, it turns out that it doesn’t have to be as daunting as I initially thought.  Basic Invite also includes a FREE address collection service to request your addresses with just three simple steps: you share a link, collect addresses, and get FREE ENVELOPE PRINTING.  Plus, they offer over 40 different colors of envelopes alone and will send you samples to feel and touch and fall in love with before you fully commit.  Seriously. Amazing.

How do they even do this?! It’s clear!

Matching websites? Yes. Please.

 

So here I go. Diving in. And, dare I say it… I am actually excited! I mean, just look at these… how can you not be excited?!

Be sure to check out Basic Invite and join me in giving them some love and thanks for making this process so much more enjoyable and also just to keep looking at more stunning pictures.

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