I’ve been busy preparing for my cousin’s wedding invitation this past few days… scouting for materials and come up with lots of design concepts until I finally got the combination of what it takes for a presentable invitation. I’m glad that when I showed the mock up of the wedding invitation to my cousin, she easily appreciate it and her friends too… it inspires me the more to continue working on it.. hehe..
a quick preview to my cousin's wedding invitation - not finished yet.
My objective is to create a wedding invitation with a personal touch, and below is my basic steps to finish this project:
- Research. I do research and read some articles on how to create a good wedding invitation.
- Design Studies. I do not have to stick to one design only but to gather lots of designs from the net and even in the wedding shops around the mall… I don’t like to carbon copy the designs I saw from the magazines, internet and stores, instead I use them as a pattern for me to innovate.
- Final Design. After I gather all the designs that passed my concepts, I come up with a combined innovative wedding invitation product base on my theme and my cousin’s preferences of course.
- Canvass Materials. I got my final design mock up on hand, now it’s time for me to canvass to different paper shops to scout for materials that I need… ribbons, papers, beads, etc…
- Costing. I go back to my table and compare notes, these are the prices and material details I gathered during my canvassing of materials… here, i got an exact idea as to how much my wedding invitation cost. This step helps me not to over purchased materials that I don’t need and mind the budget. (my cousin has a limited budget and I have to respect it, so this is hardwork and challenging.. hehe)
- Purchase Materials. Since I now have the idea of how much it cost and how many pieces of papers, ribbons and beads I need, then I can shop easily.
- Wedding Invitation Work In Progress. Now I got to the final activity and that is to convert my mock up to a final wedding invitation! Exciting!
I love doing stuffs like this and even if my cousin give me a very limited time to work on her wedding invitation, I don’t find it a problem instead I enjoyed it… all with a personal touch… 
But sometimes, guys does not recognized this occasion, but it is important for most women. When I greeted him first with the thought that he forgot, I beamed when he asked if we are going to celebrate 2 anniversaries as a couple and that he is quite confused because he only marked the wedding anniversary, haha… well, maybe I am just too corny tagging and commemorating these 2 dates that linked us.
