Invitations Arrive!!!

Erik got back from California Saturday afternoon. He also brought the invitations with him (picked them up from Chris on his way back). I'm not sure if I was more excited to see him or the invitations. I'm embarrassed to say that it was probably the invitations! (Love you, E — I promise). I wish I could post pictures, but I can't yet! I promise I will in about a month when they go out. I'll just say they turned out wonderful (one minor thing I'm not a big fan of - but I'm not going to say so you don't notice!). It was my mistake, not Chris so don't think he didn't do anything less than an excellent job!

The colors of the invitations match the blue envelopes we purchased from Paper Works perfectly! I'm sooooo happy that we didn't go with the plain white envelopes. They are okay for the reply cards and the thank you cards, but they just weren't nice enough for the actual wedding invitations.

Right now, I'm trying to manage my stress as we approach finals. I'm not doing the best job ever but I am taking my time addressing envelopes. I'm doing 5 a night. It's a very manageable amount and makes me feel like I'm doing stuff. Erik is still finalizing the accommodations/ directions inserts. Once those are complete we are going to start stuffing the invites. Erik's jobs will be to stamp our address (using our new embosser! - See above for picture) on the backs of the envelopes, to stick the mailing labels onto our response card envelopes, and to put stamps on all of them. When we get to stuffing the invitations, I'll be numbering all the respond cards and putting that into my spreadsheet just in case people forget to write their names. Apparently, this happens. Silly guests!