The Programs

The couple planned their wedding in seven months with the help and inspiration of the bride's mother, who lives in Florida. Friends and family also helped the couple stay on budget, folding invitations, stuffing envelopes, tying programs, building topiaries, and setting up tables for the event. An interior architect with an eye for design, Arin was especially thrilled with the invitations, which incorporated the wedding's summer color themes of yellow and green. By this time in our planning, wedding etiquette was out the door, says Arin. Not only was Emily Post rolling over in her grave, we were rewriting our own rules on what's proper and poised, funky yet fabulous! We wanted the invitation to set the mood for the whole event and be characteristic of us -- bold and different. The result was a multi-part package of cards -- a quadri-fold invitation, an RSVP postcard, hotel information, directions, and a small map -- secured with ribbon and sent in a chartreuse vellum envelope.