I am constantly tagged as the "prepared" one in the group - the mom of the group who always has band-aids, tylenol, safety pins, etc, in her purse for anyone in need. So, it was no surprise to my friends and family that I took the job of wedding planning to be a swift process. Within 3 months I had 90 percent of my vendors secured, a tablescape, colors, dress, bm dresses, and the like. I prided myself on being able to find great deals with quality vendors and not mull over too many decisions, thus making myself go insane. Well - I have reached my first road block .... ENVELOPES! Well, Save the Dates, to be exact...or the envelopes that they go in, rather.
Back up: We recently booked our photographer Lisa Hessel and had our engagement session. I was blown away with the images and was eager to share them with our friends and family in the form of our save the dates. Easy enough, right? WRONG. Kodak had a lovely option for displaying said photos in their accordion fold card. We were so excited when they arrived in the mail last week, except for the fact that the envelope that accompanies the card is a "4bar" size, essentially something similar to the RSVP enclosures in wedding invitations. Seen here, at papersource.com
Now, I knew the cards were smaller, but with so many photos, I knew they wouldn't overwhelm our reader with giant photos of the 2 of us. I have since discovered that Microsoft Word does not print on any envelope smaller than 6" wide, and am now battling it out to get these printed with the needed addresses. If worse comes to worse, I will have to painstakingly hand address 85 STD's in my best cursive, ugh.
Thoughts? Is receiving a hand-addressed (non-calligraphy) Save the Date tacky? My mother said that all wedding correspondence used to be hand written, so it is in tradition.
Or - does anyone have any thoughts to save me from my 4 bar-sized-envelope-hell?
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