Invitations: Reactions

Our wedding invitations went out almost two weeks ago. Needless to say we have had some great reactions.

One of Mr. Fiance's co workers came up to him and the conversation went something like this:

Co-worker, "Hey man. I am surprised you can even afford to do anything!"
Mr. Fiance, "Huh? What are you talking about?"
Co-worker, "I got your wedding invite! I opened it and had to keep opening it because there was so much stuff in there. It looks like you and your fiancee are spending a ton of money on the wedding. That's what I mean."
Mr. Fiance, "Dude, she designed those at home, had them printed at a copy place and then she, her mom and her friend put them together. It cost like $250 total..."
Co-worker, "Really? She did a nice job. I thought you had ordered them professionally and cost like $600. I feel like sh** now because our wedding invite was a single sheet of paper..."

Not that I meant for others to feel that way but from this particular co-worker, I feel its the highest compliment possible.

Most females say that the invites look "cute" or "adorable" which is also nice.

The best compliment so far came from a friend of mine in Colorado who is also getting married. I hope she doesn't mind that I directly quote her from our Facebook conversation.

"It looks amazing. You could do it professionally. You blew mine out of the water. I didn't really want to put mine together like yours, but now i regret it!"

To those of you who are weary of doing your own invites, these are the reasons why I loved doing my own. If you do them well, put the time and energy into them, people will appreciate them beyond the typical "Oh, that looks nice."

Coming later: the long ago promised wedding wall update! Its coming tonight while Mr. Fiance is out with his potential groosman. Yes, that's right - we are four months out from our wedding and we are still waiting to ask the last groomsman. Proof that while we are pro-active, somethings still slip through the cracks.