Wedding Invitations

I was raised in one of those quaint country towns where everyone knew, well....everyone. You couldn't swing a dead cat in the neighborhood Wal-Mart without hitting one of your neighbors or relatives. And there was no such thing as a secret, only gossip, and gossip was GOOD. I went to school with the same pack of kids every year and as a result have a handful of really good friends that I have known since diaper days.

Our town has grown tremendously since then, urban sprawl having consumed the better part of what once was orange groves and farm land. I can remember the day the 2nd Subway came into town and thinking what hot shit we must be to merit a SECOND Subway. It seemed like overnight an entire cropping of new subdivisions sprung up. And then apartments. Large gyms. New shopping plazas. A BLOCKBUSTER. And before we even had a chance to asses all the changes, they broke ground to build what is rumored to become the largest mall in Florida. Our town has received an enormous commercial face lift and while I appreciate the convenience of having my White Chocolate Mocha a stone's throw away, I sometimes miss the rotten oranges and smell of poo wafting through the air.

Out my closest and oldest group of friends, only three remain unmarried. And that number is about to be reduced once more. Veronica, whom I've known since I was a toddler (Seriously. Our parents went to High School together. The same High School that we then graduated from 20 some odd years later.) is tying the knot with another schoolmate and friend of mine. They are getting married this February. I'm one of the bridesmaids.

Veronica is this ridiculously artistic person who hails from an equally ridiculous artistic family who are almost all teachers in our public schools. Her mother and her designed the wedding invitations and as soon as I opened the envelope, I fell in love.



Never have I seen a more perfect wedding invitation. Isn't it adorable? It deviates so well from the typical stark white card stock with a ribbon on top. And best of all- it SO FITS Veronica. It's a perfect bi-fold representation of her personality and if I wouldn't have had to blur out all the wedding details on the inside, I would have opened it up and let you see just how awesome the entire thing is.

And naturally, because it was BIRDS!, I had to frame it.