Last night at 10:00, Steve and I went to the printer to look at our proof for our wedding invitations. I figured it would be a five-minute "check." We stayed almost an hour.
Bill, our printer, walked us through the printing process in great detail, showing us the press machines and the ink rollers and the corner-rounder that will all make our invitation come alive. It's amazing when you start to learn about the water that off sets the oils in the inks, the cornstarch that helps dry them so the pieces won't stick, and enormous size of the paper rolls that they use.
We also compared and changed a few color elements, added a layer of patterning to our thank-you cards, and changed the background percentages on the RSVP card.
Bill is planning to enter the invitation in some awards shows, so that was pretty exciting to imagine.
Next week, we finish and print the custom-designed map insert, pick up the envelopes from the calligrapher, buy a bunch of stamps, and then have a several-hour assembling session to get each little invitation packet ready to go in the mail by August 13.
This has to be my favorite part so far. Tablecloths and centerpieces are fun, but the written, printed word has always held such a fascination for me. We asked Bill if we can keep our ink plates that will actually be used to create the invitations. He laughed and insisted we wouldn't want them, as they'll be all messy at the end of the process. I told him he has no idea how nerdy we are about this stuff and we'll happily frame the messy plates with ink stains as a reminder of how much fun we had with this process!
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