Monday, January 12, 2009

Back that ask up (STD - almost there)

My computer is squeaky clean and I have completed three versions of our save the date card. It's not enough that I took the photographs and designed it; oh no, I need to add a little something extra to the card because I'm crazy like that. What will it be? A calendar sticker, a ribbon our name and date written on it, the string and label of a teabag? Hmm, no. I haven't figured that part out yet.
Focus -I need to get the card to the printer so please help me choose the back design!

Here's the front:

Concept: The first night David and I met, we went to a cafe/restaurant, The Steps of Rome in San Francisco. Since we've been friends forever, we wanted to focus on friendship: friends who are chosen family, friends who become husband andwife :). Tea is a symbol of friendship so that's the cups with our date, the names on the hands are pretty self explanatory.
A few pieces of trivial trivia:
-we did not plan on wearing the colors of our mugs. we hadn't even seen each other that morning.
- the poster to the left is a vintage Absinthe ad. One of our signature wedding cocktails is named after a popular brand of absinthe called "Green Fairy". There will be NO real absinthe near our wedding!
- I wanted to use our palms of our hands as a symbol of fate and our future.

Here's the back:
v1:

v2:




v3:



1 comment:

Cyd said...

Hey, Marnie! I am partial to the second version. I'm not sure why, but the centered layout seems to have more impact. But at any rate, either option is great and I love them all! I love the unintentional matching sweaters and mugs!