Keeping it in Perspective

My wedding day is approximately two months away and I guess you could say that I'm starting to freak out!  As usual, I'm obsessing over minor details, in this case, the invitations STILL.  When I got home from work this morning, I went to bed like a responsible night shifter, but then four hours later, I woke up and immediately got on the internet and began looking at all my bookmarks for wedding invitations...  And that brings us to the present!

I just checked my email inbox, and one of the silhouette artists that I contacted (the one I'm most impressed with) is available on my date.  Awesome!  Even if I don't have a vintage style wedding at the lighthouse complete with a piano rag processional, I think this would still be a really neat detail for the day!  Theme, shmeem!   Sometimes in life I have a tendency to want everything to be all matchy-matchy (from clothing items to my desire for the wedding invitations to be in the colors of the wedding), and matchy-matchy may look nice, but it often misses the point!  Here's an example:  Ask a three year old to dress himself, and chances are he will pick out things from the closet that make him happy or that feel nice against his skin.  He doesn't care that stripes don't go with dots, or that three different shades of blue can be a bit much!  He picked out his clothing, he's feeling good, and isn't that enough?

I need to adopt a similar perspective.  My wedding is not going to be a celebrity event featured on the pages of People Magazine.  Martha Stewart is not going to be dropping by to get ideas for her next magazine spread, either.  And truth be told, the guests probably couldn't care less what the invitation looks like.  It will arrive in the mail, they'll rip it open, they'll think "nice invitation" for all of thirty seconds or maybe they'll immediately set it down and let out a groan at the thought of having to go shopping for yet another wedding gift.  It probably won't get a second thought. 

Why not invest my wedding dollars where they'll count?  Having a silhouette artist at the wedding has the potential to be special for everyone.  It will give me a unique keepsake of the wonderful people who came out to celebrate with me, and it will give my guests something to take home that reflects who they are...  Instead of yet another dust catcher emblazoned with our names.  I mean, come on...  Do people really need a tin of mints with my name on them?  Probably the best wedding favor I ever got was a bag of ground coffee--  we drank it. 

So I think I will book the silhouette artist.  It's expensive, but I think it's money well spent.  I will also hereby cease with all worries about invitations.  People will get what they get, and they'll like it gosh darn it!  Or they won't, but anyway, it's time to move on!