Bevin M.


Age: 25
Affiliation: Agnostic Reform
Occupation: Doctoral Student in Clinical-Forensic Psychology
Wedding Date: December 2009, Miami, FL
About Me: I will admit that I am your classic "Type A" or "Obsessive Compulsive Personality," but I refuse to be a Bridezilla. I know what I like and don't like but I am also a creative individual who often gets caught in the "paralysis of analysis" of decision-making. Since starting my wedding planning, I have come to learn that there is a psychological aspect to it. The psychology of who sits where, what colors to use, what type of dress, etc. Try to figure out the psychology behind my wedding...my future non-Jewish husband and I are attempting to create a DIY Winter Wonderland on a December evening in Miami, Florida! Can you hear the "oy vey"?

Pocket of Cuteness

Posted by Bevin M.

After 18 hours of stuffing and stamping on a busy weekend, the wedding invitations have been mailed out! Being able to put those babies in the mailbox and cross them off my long “To Do List” after two years of engagement was nothing short of euphoric.  When I first started looking at wedding invitations, I fell in love with the pocket-fold style and knew I had to have it. Then I discovered the price tag associated with most purchased pocket-fold invitations and decided this was a perfect DIY job.  With lots of help from one of my bridesmaid ’s (who happens to be a graphic designer) and Cards & Pockets, an amazing website for DIY brides that  I found chock full of invitation materials, I was able to create my pockets of cuteness!

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Finished “pocket of cuteness” invitation

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Close-up of invitation

My wonderful graphic designing bridesmaid created the snowflake design on the invitation which has the Star of David as the center of each snowflake! Each pocket-fold included the invitation and four inserts: Travel, Map, Directions and a RSVP postcard. While the majority of the creation of the invitation was a labor of bridesmaid love, I took on the task of creating the wedding map.  After searching for designs and discovering websites dedicated to creating such maps, I decided to, of course, DIY! Considering my future hubby is sort of a map aficionado, he helped me draw out an abbreviated version of southeast Florida and then we got to work picking clip-art images to make the map “cartoonish.”  The finished product took us a couple of hours (only because we are both perfectionists).  So, without further ado, our wedding map!

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2 comments

1 Laura { 10.21.09 at 3:39 pm }

Congratulations on sending out your beautiful invitations! I know that euphoric feeling — I just sent ours out on Saturday, and it was such a relief, like this thing is really going to happen:)


2 Cantor Debbi Ballard { 10.22.09 at 8:57 am }

Bevin,
So excited to see your blog here on Jewish Wedding Network! And of course – super excited to be part of your very special day! Love the invitations! They certainly are pockets of cuteness!
Deb


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