My boyfriend of 2 years and I celebrated our wedding in a 4-part event across 2 cities.
The engagement - the only part in Mumbai was hosted on my father's farm, some 100 km from the city. He had recently designed and built a 2-storey house on the plot, and I convinced him to host this 200-odd people gala there - not only because they needed to see how beautiful he had made it, but also because conventional weddings in halls are not a good look for me.
For this, I insisted on creating invitation cards with my basic knowledge of Autodesk Sketchbook and Photoshop, and with the blessings of all the talented designers I have had the privilege to work with and learn from. That's quite a handful of work, even for a 4-month sabbatical.
As a digital copywriter, I tried to make as many invitations for sharing on WhatsApp, and with personalised content. Still, most had to be printed, and happy to report, they were received with a lot of love.
These are the invitations for the event at the farm.
Invite 1 - Close family
Aai and Baba refer to my mother's mum and dad.
Ammavan is Rohit's granduncle.
Invite 2: These are my favourite.
These went to our neighbours
Invite 3: to the larger family
Most people would be visiting the farm for the first time, and we had to ensure that they don't miss the ring ceremony. This indicative map was a great help for them.
Invite 4: The names of the invitees were written in the order of age/generation, couples - ladies, then gents
Invite 5: This was the Whatsapp forwarded to all my mum's school friends, the first letters of whose names anagram to AWESOMES. How cool is that?
Invite 6: Yes, I drew the flowers. Given that the itinerary for the day as well as the map had to be shared with the families, these invites had content utilising both sides.
Just a colour variation of Invite 6 that I had to keep to a minimum because mum's got something against grey.
The events in Bangalore included a sangeet, the wedding ceremony, and the reception party. I decided to call only my closest friends (98% of my ex-colleagues from the award-winning Webchutney team), and give them a brief the way they know it.
Nearly all of them turned up.
That's it.