They are in the mail...

I dropped the invitations off in the mail. They have been a work in progress for the last few months and finally they are free! I mailed them off about 2.5 months in advance. If you read my rant below about the post office you will know why they were sent out two weeks early. But without any further ado here they are...

I decided not to use an outer envelop. I loved the color of my pockets so I rather use that. But I also personalized the rsvp cards. I used punches on all the corners and I wanted to continue that delicate look on the lables that I chose. I wasn't able to find anything that really matched so i came up with my own labels. I loved them!


Ahhh...a job well done!

Going Postal

UGH!!! That is all I have to say about the post offfice. I finally finished my DIY invites and took one to be weighed at the post office. And guess what??? They have new rules regarding pockets. I was planning on mailing them out in three weeks but due to the additional cost they are hitting mail boxes by next friday. What are the new rules you ask...
1. Stamp prices are going up
2. Pocket thickness has changed (less room than before)
3. 4 bar rsvp sizes need to right on otherwise, you guessed it! They will be charging you more now.
4. Invites need to be bendable or they will be considered ridged and an extra cost will be added.
5. Additional cost for plastic slip covers. I don't know if this is a new rule or not but just thought I would mention it.
Total cost $0.87 (my invites were 2.5 oz) If I would have waited the cost would have been $1.75! I saved almost a $1.00 per invite! Crazy! I will have pictures next week!

Stamps

Now that my DIY invites are almost complete I have started to think about my stamps that I want to use. I personally never thought of this as an issues until my friend Kori got married and then she was obsessed with all thing wedding. So now I have prepared myself for the postage rate change. But I don't think the post office has prepared themselves. I looked on USPS and they have the ugliest stamps available...I can have the forever stamp with the romantic liberty bell

Or how about the flag stamp with the baby poop tan background...

If I were a huge star wars fan I would do this...

I am just hoping they will get the wedding stamp with the new rate together by June.

If they don't have a better stamp option I may just make my own photostamps.com