The Invitations

Not usually the first place to start, but when you've got mostly everything planned out there's nothing with building your way up to the fun stuff. For the invitations, I'm looking at following the ribbon and bow theme, with ivory, or red coloring and calligraphic writing. We've agreed on one thing so far, the envelopes will be wax sealed with a custom press. As for what it will say? Probably our first initials,  or maybe something else. We haven't gotten that far.

Many invitations that have to do with red are gaudy and absolutely cheap looking. The ones I've chosen have a vintage charm and don't go too overboard.

These two are easily my favorites, the ivory following more with the theme and offering a more coordinated look, while the red being a bit too much, yet still a consideration.

This invitation has a bow as well, and rounded corners which really flow with the vintage look that I'm going for. Again, I feel the red may be too vibrant and too much.

These envelope choices both have a lovely vintage appearance to them, with the red following the theme, yet the ivory feeling more classy. It's still undecided, but again both have a certain appeal I like very much, as long as the postal service can keep their stuff together. Considering we're discussing a red wax seal, I feel as if the ivory will work better.