Map Struggle

The original map

It took me three hours just to tweak a semi-detailed map for my wedding invite. Why? Because I am totally clueless on what program to use. I feel that Microsoft Word still rules and " Cut" and "Paste" are the only two things I need to accomplish this task. Totally wrong. I used the text box and the insert bar. Hmmm...

Check out how my Map Card for the wedding would look like.

The tweaked map (not much of a difference eh?)

Another thing: As I was trying to attach the map I made, I discovered that I am not able to download the document because it's not in jpeg format. Ho-hum...

Samples

This should be in Aqua

For months now, I've been looking for the perfect place cards for the tables of my wedding reception. I've looked everywhere and even tried doing the place cards at home but I wasn't satisfied. After browsing through several wedding invitation websites, I came across the White Aisle. The online Martha Stewart inspired shop specializes on wedding invites, bridal accesories, calligraphy, and almost anything that deals with wedding design and accesories. One thing nice about this shop is that they have the vintage style in them. Their invites are coordinated by theme and color so you can match every invitation you have with the place cards, table cards, menu, and program of your choice. The designs they have are very simple yet artistic and their rates aren't that expensivetoo.

White Aisle

This should be in aqua

Since I'm having orchids as a centerpiece, I decided to have the "summer " theme. Basically, the design is just orchids. My color motif is aqua/tiffany blue. My save the dates are aquamarine, my favors are aquamarine, my invites are semi aquamarine and my bridal party will be wearing a semi aqua-marine motif. I decided to get the summer theme in aqua color so that it gets to blend with everything.

Samples of White Aisle's work

A week ago, I ordered samples consisting of a place card, a table card, a menu card, and a wedding program. When I got the package they were all in different colors and none of them were in aqua. I knew about the possiblity of this happening because they mentioned that samples being ordered will just be taken from present orders they have which were in stock. Since their website mentioned about the vintage feel, I noticed that the edges of every card they had were "torn". The torn effect their products have though make it look like the make is of poor quality (this is my opinion).

Somehow, I expected more in terms of workmanship. I guess that's the con of ordering online. They all look nice at first but when you get a hold of it , you end up disappointed with what you see.

The entire thing was a so-so. I still love the orchid design that they have and I really doubt if I'd be able to see something close to it. The poor workmanship evens out with the amazing orchid design... so okay, they can be forgiven.

YES, I'm still ordering it inspite of... and despite the...