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Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Invitation Card

Times really files…. started this blog almost a year ago, making hotel reservations. Before I know it, it’s 2 more months to the wedding.

Now it is time to start printing invites. We narrowed our choices to three.

First, A nice simple red card, with embroidery



Second, A semi-transparent card covering the invite, card in either ivory or red.



Third, Another semi-transparent card in either ivory or red.



The semi-transparent card may seem simple, but adding a simple Chinese button in the middle, it will look really exquisite. So I went in hunt for the Chinese buttons aka Chinese knots. I couldn’t find anything on the net, most were overseas manufactures, nothing locally. So I guess there is only one place that I need to go, 牛车水.




In the beginning, it was really tough. Two shops I asked, were not helpful and is unable to provide these buttons in two weeks. When I was about to give-up, I thought I’ll try my luck at a handicraft shop located at peoples park, Golden Dragon. As I didn't’ find much information on their webpage, I wasn’t hopeful. Surprise surprise, I can’t believe my luck, I found my perfect Chinese button, and they even have the quantity I need in a week time. This button is simple yet elegant. Some were too much, others were just too plain or even ugly. I simply like it simple and traditional.





This is it! Now we’ll have to figure out what to print and we are ready to start distributing our red bombs!



2 comments:

christinechoy_19 said...

Hey hey.. christine here..found ur blog :p looks so nice la..

Usually ur hotel will give u a template to print for the cards.. i got mine from my hotel and we edited from there.. printed the cards 1 month ago and just sent them out recently haha.. didnt want to do everything last min.I set my RSVP 2 weeks before the wedding, so tat i can call up to confirm if they never reply back to me..

Love ur pics..very olden classic look..enjoy the last 2 months of planning..we shld all meet up for xmas haha..

take care lereen :)

joeandlereen said...

Thanks! We are now finalising the template for printing, hopefully can collect them next week. ya...i agree, we should all meet up soon.

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