Because we were getting married in Hawaii, we decided to incorporate a pineapple motif into our wedding suite, and in our wedding decor, because pineapples are a symbol of warmth and welcome, something that reflects the aloha spirit of the Hawaiian Islands and the feeling that we wanted to convey to our guests.
After doing a fair amount of research online and making a few visits to shops that design and print invitations, I had decided to customize our invitation suite online at zazzle.com. I loved the simplicity of the pineapple and design of the invitation suite. To make it more personal, I adjusted the fonts on each piece and the wording on our invitation. I completely designed and customized the save the date and MA reception cards.
We used coordinating navy belly-bands (a very odd name for a paper product) to bundle up each piece of the invitation suite using our initials on the front and enclosed them in coordinating envelopes. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a picture of those.
What I liked about using Zazzle is that all my edits and designs get saved, so I could play around with a few different layouts and font styles and compare them and choose the type of cardstock. They always have promotions going on, so I waited for promotions that offered 30-40% off invitations making them really affordable. Where there was an issue was with their quality control – I had to request multiple reprints of our invitations because they kept printing crooked. The third try was successful, fortunately, because I started to question my decision. Second, I printed the mailing addresses on all of the envelopes and the higher quality paper I chose was not compatible with any printer I tried (Laser and Ink Jet), so I had to order a lower grade paper for our envelopes in order to print them at home which wasn’t a big deal.
I should add, this is not a sponsored post as Zazzle doesn’t know me beyond being the customer that had to contact customer service a few times to get a printing issue resolved. I just wanted to share my experience, particularly because I loved the option to customize and the price was great.
