I got some feedback on my July 8 blog entry about being more eco-friendly when we send out Wedding Invitations. Or any invitations, for that matter.I'm afraid I missed the point of Peggy's comment which was, "Good info.
Or design a digital invite??" I answered,
“You're right Peggy. If one knows Photoshop or another graphic software program, laying out cards, etc. is much easier than in a text editor. But if you're not a graphic geek, you can still make your own professional looking invitations using a simple text editing program."
Duh ... I guess if Peggy had explicitly said, "Or send a digital invite??" I would have gotten her point.
A more direct nudge from Noreen made me see the green light. Noreen said, "I wonder if you could go paperless and save a tree ... just send the pdf of the invitation?"
Then I realized that, in fact, more and more of my customers are already sending green invitations. They pay me for my design time, the pdf or jpeg and a number of hard copies.
Hard copies go only to those who don't use e-mail and members of the family who will want to keep the invitation as a souvenir.
Most people throw out paper invitations after the event anyway. Hopefully some of that paper gets recycled; but most of it probably doesn't.
Thanks for the wake up call, Peggy and Noreen.
For a great way to really go green, check out www.myinvitationlink.com. Users can create digital video wedding invitations (paperless) without sacrificing elegance.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
John
Very nice site. Thanks for the link John.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of 'green' digital invitations, Eileen! So, I am really pleased that you are helping to inspire people to do this! :o)
ReplyDeleteEileen,
ReplyDeleteI can see how my comment confused you! : )
We did a whole green wedding month back in May at Tree Hugging Family. One thing we discussed is that if you must have a paper invite, then try at least avoiding the RSVP card by having guests call a service or you to accept or decline. You can include the number at the bottom of the invite.
Thanks for the mention.
Thanks, Noreen.
ReplyDeletePeggy that's a great idea! I always thought the whole package for each wedding invitation was a bit over the top: envelope inside of envelope with yet a little RSVP envelope inside. And then there was the little useless but pretty piece of tissue paper.
Even if people would send just the invitation card in a plain envelope, a gazillion trees would be spared. Well maybe not a gazillion ;-)