Invitations and Postage

Acc0rding to most every website *cough THE KNOT et al.* I shouldn't even be thinking about ordering my invitations until six months before the wedding. Yet, I should have a firm color scheme and an overall theme in mind. What better way to show off both than with a decent idea of what I want my invites to look like, hmm?

My invites may look smashing, but what about the silly postage? Little bells or "YAY OUR WEDDING" don't really appeal to me, neither do random celebrities... Here are some good alternatives:
And, just because I am absolutely crazy and it fits with my color scheme anyway, wouldn't you love to see me use Eid Mubarak stamps? really? because I would. I would fricking keel over and die a happy turtle if I could use these stamps. Eid in Arabic simply means "holiday" and mubarak means "happy". I'd like to think of my wedding as a Happy Holiday. So pretty....
But that probably won't fly with my father. *sigh*. Still, lovely calligraphy work.

Wait, they're bumping the rates another two cents come May 11th? are you serious? I guess that's why they say wait until six months before so you don't do something ridiculously impulsive like buy enough stamps for the save the dates, invites, rsvp cards, and thank yous all at once... oops.

Just kidding.