Beach Wedding Invitation
Today I received a small white package sent first class mail. As I picked it up it made a beautiful light jingle. “What could this possibly be?”, I thought to myself. I opened the package and found a small clear bottle filled with sand, shells, light blue and royal blue scrunched streamers and most importantly a tightly wrapped scroll. I knew right away that this was the wedding invitation of my very good friend Dominique and her fiance Ashley. I knew it was going to be in Aruba and that it was going to be a beach wedding, so I put two and two together pretty quickly.
What a beautiful, crafty, and creative wedding invitation. I hope to soon get married and I often think of different options for wedding invitations. Personally I think that paper invitations are very expensive and after the wedding they simply get thrown out, well hopefully recycled. I just think it’s such a waste of money. As I try to plan how much I need to save up for my wedding I think I’d rather save the money on invitations and put more towards the actual ceremony or the gifts that I will give my wedding guests.
Dominique and Ashley admitted to me that they only saved a small amount of money sending out these kinds of wedding invitations, but they wanted to send out something unique and creative. They also got to work on them together, which I think is a wonderful way to start the creative collaboration of your wedding with your partner. This invitation was way more exciting to open than any old paper invitation I’ve ever received.
I pulled out the cork and wondered how I was going to get the scroll out, because it was a little bit shorter than the bottle opening. Then I noticed a little piece of twine that was sticking out of the bottle. I pulled at it and realized that it was attached to the scroll. These girls are so smart! The twine was one piece that was wrapped tightly around both ends of the scroll. I had to use scissors to cut it open. I unwrapped the scroll which was of thick quality and really had to be held open firmly or else it would shoot back light a rubber band into its rolled form. The edges of the invitation were burned to give it that treasure map look and the writing was in an elegant quill pen style.
Not only is this invitation beautiful and memorable, but it makes me really want to go to this wedding. The amount of creativity, care and love that they put into making this invitation makes me think that they are doing the same for their wedding. It makes me feel that it will be a very special event.
Knowing that Davis and I live in Los Angeles (most of their guests will be coming from NYC) and that there is a very good chance that we will not be able to make the wedding because of the distance and cost, I feel touched that they took the time to make me one of these “message in a bottle” invitations for us. I feel that they really want us to be a part of their special day. Seeing this bottle sitting on my desk will be a constant reminder and I think it’s going to make me try harder to make it to Aruba.
I think that was their plan all along! God women are smart! Yes, by the way Dominique and Ashley are both beautiful women, which is another reason I’d like to make it to this wedding. It might be my only chance to experience such a one of a kind event. I hope we’ll be able to swing it. If not I’ll always have the invitation. I will never throw it out.
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Ella you are amazing! Thank you so much for this beautiful post in your new blog! I love the pictures! Hope you can make it.