The DIY dummie attempts her engagement invites... kinda...

so after we decided to have a chinese dinner for the engagement party, i started thinking about what this invitation is going to look like... and being since it's gonna be chinese dinner i wanted something that will reflect my culture and the event but at the same time have a modern and contemporary twist, after deciding on the elements i wanted, i turned everything over to L.

i got to admit i'm a very lucky girl to have a number of talented friends...my awesome friend L is one such friend...he's an amazing artist, graphically and classically (you know the good old fashioned kind with paper and pencil)...i digresss...so when he volunteered to design the engagement invitations i immediately jumped at the chance to have something truly unique done for my party! after going back and forth several times with the wording, this is what the jpeg version looked like:

The best part about this was that because L designed it for me, i was able to print these right off my laser printer on precut card stock/invitations i purchased at staples for 25 bucks...all together my first wedding project saved me mucho moola! SCORE! thank heaven for talented friends :-)

finished product printed on ivory cardstock:

thanks L! you did an AHHHHMAZING job, i love it and we received many compliments on them too!!