WEDDING GOSSIP California Bride 1 13259 views

Leigh is six planning weeks away from planning her big day in Scotland, all organised from across the pond in California. This week Leigh discovers sending invitations is not as easy as receiving them.

Something about receiving a weddding invitation makes your heart jump and the back of your neck go all tingly. After sifting through bills and advertisements, there’s something very special about discovering an ivory envelope bearing your name and opening it to discover a ribbon emblazoned invitation requesting the honour of your presence at so and so’s wedding.

In the 'good old days' weddings were announced by the town crier - how simple! Now the options are endless. You could choose to make your own or pick a ready-made design. Then there are the many embellishments; ribbon, diamantes, vellum overlays…the list goes on.

In the end, I chose a simple ivory printed card with a leaf design in chocolate - and foolishly thought the hard part was over. Firstly came the heated discussions of whether Dad’s ‘good’ friend whom we hadn’t seen for over a year should be invited to the whole thing or just the reception. Crisis resolved (he was invited to the reception) I was able to begin the long job of addressing the envelopes. Calligraphy, even with a fancy pen, is not as easy as it looks. But the most stressful point came when after sealing all the US envelopes (complete with a stamped RSVP card) we discovered that stamp prices were due to go up by one cent the next day. Cue frantic opening of the invitations to add said one cent stamp.

So, after all that, it was with mixed feelings that I posted our invitations this week. I was almost sad to let them go, while realizing with a jolt of excitement that once they were found, mixed in with the bills, the countdown would really begin!

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Next week: Leigh checks out the local dance school.