Groom is from Japan and most of his family does not speak English. And apparently it’s weird to be decorating with cherry/plum blossoms in late spring. So as much as I love the cherry blossom invitations, I needed to cook up another batch for the groom’s family.

Ta-da!

Apparently traditional Japanese wedding invitations are written like a letter (not to mention the potential pitfalls in returning reply cards from overseas), so we nixed all the enclosures and made it into a folder.

This chiyogami paper is also from Paper Source, the Yuzen Oriental Fans Wine and Persimmon. The ribbon is the same 1/4″ satin ribbon, but in Moss. Paper and ribbon colors are closer to what’s pictured above than on the Paper Source web site. The backing materials and envelopes are the same as the other invitation.

Almost all of our invitations have gone out now and I’m actually kind of sad. I really like making pretty paper things!