Engagement date: October 13, 2005. Wedding date: January 21, 2006. Yep, you read right, we had just over three months to officially plan the wedding. Everyone thought I was crazy or pregnant, or perhaps both (I was, and am, neither!).
I knew that a year engagement would not work - I was doubtful that I could go through a year's worth of planning without becoming a bridezilla. Trevor and I thought a winter wedding would be fun, so we set the date (to a few people's chagrin I must admit!).
Two days after getting engaged, I was off to Victoria for three weeks to begin my studies at Royal Roads University - I am completing a Master of Arts in Professional Communication - the program is delivered online with two three-week residency's. So, Trevor was responsible for getting some of the plans started. His jobs: finalize the invitations, book a DJ, give the photographer a deposit, and rent tuxedo's.
We were thoroughly impressed with our invitations - they were beautiful and created on time by Evergreen Stationers. Thank goodness Trev read the proof a few times though - for the three times that my name appeared on the invite, it was spelt wrong once. Big tip here - we saved a bit of money by assembling the invitations ourselves. They were easy to put together, just putting an embellishment on (one of those do-dads that goes through a punched hole and then clasps to the other side of the paper like a duotang does) and then gluing the top piece of the invite to the bottom piece. While this wasn't a big deal, in hindsight I would just pay the $50 to get the store to assemble the invites.
So, Evergreen Stationers gets my recommendation!
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