DIY Photo Invitations **edited with final choice**

[talli_1985]

These invitations have been dreamed of so many times, and re-made !

Our wedding is in August this year and I`ve been trying to think of a way to incorporate my severe attachment to my camera into our wedding plans.

These are a couple of mock-up invitations we`ve done so far (There are loads more but these 2 are the best)
They are going to be 7x5 photos with stickers on the back with all the information on.
Our colour scheme is a really lovely purple so I`ve edited the colours etc to get this into the photos, I`ve also been looking at some really cute recycled purple envelopes to fir 7x5 photos. £12 for 125

I love them so much ! Let me know what you think,

I love the cleaner look of this version,


But then I like the personal touch of this one,


 
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This is the one we decided to go with in the end, I ordered them last night

I`ll post some piccies when they arrive 

[denym_vashti]

Congrats!!!!     I love the idea of photo invites.

[dizzydog]

These look really awesome! So much better than the usual boring invites 

Just one comment - the "your" should be You're! 

[BunnyTuTu]

Congratulations What a fantastic idea, I assume it's yours and your fiancé's hand? I love the colouring on the invitations.

*Just a side note if either of these are the final draft ... it should be you're invited, not your invited.* (sorry I'm a spelling/grammar freak)

[mandanak]

Nice! ;o) I love the hands-to-heart image. Yay! Nice, simple photo, and I like how it looks kind of like an old-timey film, with a hint of grain and the rounded rectangle shape.

Not quite sure what *all* the differences are between top and bottom photo -- I see a difference in font color, and the photo on the bottom seems brighter -- that's all I see, tho. (are those the two photos you meant to compare? sometimes there are photo hosting issues.) I think I prefer the brown font color to black, if that's one thing you're choosing between . . . it feels warmer and friendlier to me. Love the light purple with the brown.

I *love* that font, too! It's scripty and looks like "wedding" but it's still modern-looking and informal. AND easy to read! Nice job.

But please, for the love of Pete:
previous posters are correct: replace the "your" with "you're", AND also the "its" with "it's".     (don't be offended, it's a pet peeve. )

Other *minor* text things you might want to look at again before printing a bajillion of them and sending them out (since I do this sort of designing-and-proofreading thing for a living):

     -   "21st August 2010" sounds awkward  -- to ME (but that's also my part of the world -- from your post you seem to be in England, where dates go in the European order) -- In my neck of the woods, I might write "21st of August," or "August 21st" -- If you're in a British-speaking place, maybe ditch the "st" and have it read "21 August 2010"

             BUT, I'm not as familiar with date-writing standards in the not-US. So feel free to ignore me.

     -   In the last line, if you're going to capitalize the W in "We hope you can join us!" then you need to put a period after "Details are on the back." (Otherwise it looks like you forgot an important part of the sentence about details. And then people might be going, "Details are on the back, and --what? Where? the back of what? What details? NooOOOOOOOO!" Can't have that, can we?)


Hope this is helpful! I love the idea of photo invites, and always a fan of the DIY wedding stuff. Best of luck in your wedding planning etc!

[jericho]

Cute idea! I love the juxtaposition of the simple heart made with your two hands with the enormous message of your love for each other.
Also, I like that you used your names on the second invitation, but like mandanak, I like the brown font better.
As an editor, I agree with the grammar suggestions posted so far, with one small addition: "its" should be "it's."
Congrats on your marriage!!

[talli_1985]

LOL

HOW on earth I ever got an A in English I`ll never know !!

Thanks for the info on the grammer

[KarenLouiseM]

I love the hands/heart thing - very sweet.  And the purple is very pretty.

Only suggestion I have that hasn't already been mentioned is that if you hold your hands the other way (index finger is point of heart, thumbs are at the top) I think it looks more "heart-like"