I’ve posted this somewhere before, I think, but I took a crummy cell phone picture of it and so it looked really fuzzy. This was our wedding invitation. Yep. We were one of those couples: Here we are! Look at us! But, honestly, I pored over books and books of invitation samples with all the flowers and all the embossed this and engraved that and random bits of tissue paper thrown in and I just didn’t understand them, basically. I could not choose from the choices before me. So good ol’ C stepped up to the plate and said, “Let’s just go take some pictures of you guys.” I had to be convinced because I hate having my picture taken. I can relax more if I trust the person, but I generally don’t like it at all. Still, he talked us into it, took a bunch of black and whites, we liked this one, and that was the front of our invitation. We used a kind of rough paper with an off-white border around the photo and our names underneath it. Other than that, that’s it. No poems, no flowers, no embossing. Just the subtle timeless message: “Do you recognize these people? At all? No? Well, they’re getting married. Please know they had a traumatic row about whether or not to invite you and you almost didn’t make the cut. But, ta-da! Here’s your invitation, lucky duck! It’s only fair to say, though, that one of them might still be bitter and pouting about inviting you, so it would go a long way if you could give them a nice non-toastery gift and/or a wad of cash. (Just something for you to chew on there.) Also: Please excuse the bride-to-be; her head has been colonized by Tribbles. Also: Please appreciate the poetic intensity of the groom-to-be; he has paused pen in hand from his epic poem to be captured thusly. We look forward to your present.”
Have I told you lately that you’re one of the funniest people I know? And I only sort-of know you. But you really are.
I am trying so hard not to laugh at my desk right now. . . “subtle timeless message”. . . “non-toastery gift”–hee hee.
Am I in trouble if I say I kinda *like* your hair there? I don’t find it tribble-suggesting in any way.
I think the picture is totally “Awww.” And it’s a great idea, although nowadays the only time you see a couple’s picture is on those “Save the Date” magnets/reminders/binding-once-you-get-them thingies.
I love your elbows being on your knees. It’s so sweet and genuine and non-silly-wedding-posey.
Did I mention that it’s a quill pen? Seriously, folks, this is a hell of an epic. And afterwards he’ll pick up Glamdring and go on a quest. Isn’t that worth a couple of our formal place settings?
Marisa — Actually, it’s more wedding posery than you might think. We were leaning against a pillar or something, as I recall, gazing into our gleaming future, blah blah.
Kate P — I gotta say: I really liked my hair at the time, but I feel it’s kinda dated now. Back then, though, I thought it rocked. 😉
Hey….I think I was wearing that same sweater in my engagement picture!