When it comes to the our Invitations, we only had three rules: 1) They should be designed by my sister Ate Jo-an. 2) Should NOT be too formal! So not us! 3) Should have some cozy in the rain theme, and of course in our wedding colors Pink and Navy.
We trusted my sister completely on the layout and design. I just sent her some pegs i got online, gave some ideas on the layout of our photos, and also emphasized that I really wanted to incorporate the Cozy in the Rain theme so I sent her pics of umbrellas, coffee mugs, and pink boots. :)
She wanted the layout to be sort of like a Windows page wherein there will be tabs/windows at the bottom where you will see what page you're at. She had a Home Page, a Who's Who page and an RSVP page, and she sent me this initial pic to show the tabs she was referring to:
We trusted my sister completely on the layout and design. I just sent her some pegs i got online, gave some ideas on the layout of our photos, and also emphasized that I really wanted to incorporate the Cozy in the Rain theme so I sent her pics of umbrellas, coffee mugs, and pink boots. :)
She wanted the layout to be sort of like a Windows page wherein there will be tabs/windows at the bottom where you will see what page you're at. She had a Home Page, a Who's Who page and an RSVP page, and she sent me this initial pic to show the tabs she was referring to:
The following are the initial designs/layout she sent me for the first page (after I told her I wanted more pics in front hehe) :
Until I realized I really did not want it to be too formal with the blessings of parents thing (no offense to anyone!) and so I decided to come up with my own wordings..
Yup, my proud contribution is the wordings: they are 100% MINE :D Being a frustrated writer the wordings are quite important to me; I wanted them to be fun yet heartwarming and not too tacky.. And I think I did a great job ;)
Also I wanted the Home Page to be just our monogram, and some wordings until I remembered one of our most loved verses from the Bible which got us through our dark sad days apart (when E had to come in Dubai and I was to stay in Manila)...
Then came the You're Invited page as per my request, so 4 pages na sila.. Lotsa revisions, and here are the final designs and layout.. Exactly how we wanted them to be!
the Home Page with our monogram and fave Bible verse
the You're Invited page (notice our insignia on top right and boots/umbrella on left side!)
the Entourage (Who's Who) page*with Twin Towers Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Hotel, plus more visible raindrops :)*
my personal fave the RSVP page*we changed the RSVP name and number to mine*
my surprise! the Location Map from Graphizar!*yipee i'm wearing pink boots!*
We put them inside navy blue envelopes which I got from Magrudy's and we used a pink tulle ribbon to wrap around them. Hon printed our monograms on stickers to be used as seals on the envelopes, and I used a pink gel ink pen to write each guest's name :)
Here are our finished products, all printed from home! Completely DIY talaga, yey! :P
The best invitations EVER! Thank God for my sister! :D 
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