I RSVP to Emily's Wedding
Hi Emily,
I got your beautiful wedding invitation today. In anticipation of your question - what did this invitation say to me? - I thought I would get a head start and send my thoughts proactively, since I know you have been really concerned about this.
The invitation screamed "elegance," of course, but also beauty, and love, and power, and sorrow, and redemption, with only the tiniest and most welcome note of schadenfreude. The juxtaposition of the cursive and print fonts was a refreshing reference to the dichotomies of male/female, yin/yang, etc that the wedding will explore. I'm intrigued, and also inspired.
The autumn leaf theme made me think of my own mortality, but in a good way. Given the inevitability of death, shouldn't I make time for the joyful events in life - events like Emily and Daniel's wedding? The cream paper evoked a blank canvas upon which all your hopes and dreams as a couple can be written. And finally, the website said to me that these are two people who wish to disseminate information, but not so badly that they're willing to pay for a .com domain name. It brought me back to the heady days of corinneandjustin.info.
I hope that's what you guys were going for - because otherwise, oh my God, how embarrassing! Also, I can't make it. We were invited to another wedding on the same day, and they went with letterpress. I'm sure you understand.
Warmly,
Corinne
Posted on Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011
