So, the price of postcard postage went up 1 cent (by the way, there's no longer a "cent" symbol on keyboards?!) on May 11. We postaged our RSVP cards for 27 cents, but it now requires 28 cents for them to reach us. Please add 1 cent to your RSVP card before sending, and/or contact us by phone or email to accept/regret. Sorry!
PS: Many people have expressed a desire to hold on to the cards rather than mailing them back to us, because they're so pretty. While we think that's awesome, we also want you to know that we are planning to have coasters printed with the same design available at the wedding, so if you are attending you'll have another chance at a copy of that image for your very own.
Originally created to keep friends and family informed about the 2009 Garnevowels nuptials, in 2011 this blog was repurposed to showcase our growing family.
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Directions to the farm
We meant to include these in the invite, but since we'd have to have the rundown from Eau Claire, from Wabasha, from the airport, etc... Well, we didn't quite get around to putting all that together.
Then we were going to post the directions here online, but we realized that we didn't want everyone in the blogosphere (ha! OK, just wanted to use that word) to know exactly how to get to John's parents' private house.
So instead we'll be emailing out directions to attendees as it gets closer to the date, and/or you can call or email us if you'd like to know more in the meanwhile.
Then we were going to post the directions here online, but we realized that we didn't want everyone in the blogosphere (ha! OK, just wanted to use that word) to know exactly how to get to John's parents' private house.
So instead we'll be emailing out directions to attendees as it gets closer to the date, and/or you can call or email us if you'd like to know more in the meanwhile.
Saga of invites
Almost all invites are done and out as of yesterday, and should be making their way to you soon! (Those couple slackers who haven't gotten us your addresses yet, please do so ASAP.)
As mentioned in an earlier post, the invites were designed and printed by our friend Allison Baer, one of Courtney's coworkers at Tacoma Art Museum. Allison is the artist behind Lettuce Press in Tacoma, and the proud owner of a 1907 printing press that she keeps in her living room. She did a lot of work this past week, and Courtney helped some, to get 100 or so poster-invites, matching envelopes, and accompanying RSVP postcards 2-color printed on aformentioned press.
Here are some pictures of the process:
Allison's printing area in the livingroom; mixing the ink. Allison mixed the blue to match exactly with Courtney's wedding dress, and the green to match the chartreuse envelopes we ordered.
Courtney and Allison operate the press; Allison tools with the plate for the invite.
The invites and RSVP card after the first round of ink -- just the blue. We did them all on white paper, then realized the blue looked even better on the chipboard (the cardboard material), so we made some on that, too. Luckily the green came out better on the original white, so it all worked out best in the end.
...And the final products, coming soon to a mailbox near you!
As mentioned in an earlier post, the invites were designed and printed by our friend Allison Baer, one of Courtney's coworkers at Tacoma Art Museum. Allison is the artist behind Lettuce Press in Tacoma, and the proud owner of a 1907 printing press that she keeps in her living room. She did a lot of work this past week, and Courtney helped some, to get 100 or so poster-invites, matching envelopes, and accompanying RSVP postcards 2-color printed on aformentioned press.
Here are some pictures of the process:
Allison's printing area in the livingroom; mixing the ink. Allison mixed the blue to match exactly with Courtney's wedding dress, and the green to match the chartreuse envelopes we ordered.
Courtney and Allison operate the press; Allison tools with the plate for the invite.
The invites and RSVP card after the first round of ink -- just the blue. We did them all on white paper, then realized the blue looked even better on the chipboard (the cardboard material), so we made some on that, too. Luckily the green came out better on the original white, so it all worked out best in the end.
...And the final products, coming soon to a mailbox near you!
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