The Post in which The STD Party Screeches to a Halt.
So I’ll just admit it.
I may have gotten a little ahead of myself and previewed our STD too soon. Yes that horrific screeching you hear is the sound of this STD party* coming to a grinding halt. Or maybe it’s that awful tape tearing sound as we put together yet another box…
So before we totally derail (um, we’re moving this week. enough said) I wanna share my dilemma and cross my fingers you have a few brilliant ideas or words of encouragement to help a girl out.
The problem (and maybe the solution) start with this delicious fabric:
I first came across this beauty while making my Valentine Swap Flowers and I. Fell. In. LOVE. I’m seriously leaning towards making every single guest at our wedding a “guest of honor flower” that will look a little something like these:
Anyhoo, maybe you remember my Bridesmaid Three-Way dilemma documented here and semi-resolved here? So this gorgeous fabric provides us with a beautiful wedding color palette and sets us up to have bridesmaids sporting dresses like these:
Le sigh. Um yeah. Love ‘em. Anyway my infatuation true love for this fabric knows no bounds and this weekend I did a little experiment and incorporated it into our STD labels. And that’s where this train ground to a halt. Have I overdone it? Do they look too primary? Too childish? Do they have just the right je ne sais quois? I just don’t know anymore.
Oh sorry- here ya go, our fabric inspired (i.e. scanned) wrap-around labels:
The real deal will be printed on kraft paper labels and the envelope is a delicous smoky black color that I was too lazy to get a really good picture of, but I think my real reservation is that I can’t get the stripes to print as vibrantly beautiful as the actual fabric or as this screenshot:
Is it my printer? Is there some tweaking I can do in illustrator to help correct this problem? Or am I just a crazy person who is obsessing over an envelope label? Be nice with that last one. For comparisions sake I’ll leave you with this last photo:
And two questions:
What changes (if any) would you make to the label?
Which direction would you affix the label- so that the wrap-around return address seals the flap, or ends up on the other side?
*I look forward to getting this STD party restarted! 
I think they’re perfect! I’m actually amazed that you were able to translate the look of the fabric so well. And honestly, while I don’t think you’re crazy, I think the colors look just as great on the STDs as they do on the fabric, so I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you.
As for changes, I wouldn’t make any. They look great just the way they are.
awesome awesome print
I LOVE THIS!!!
I think maybe you need to pack them away from a week and step away from the bridebrain insanity, because these are flat-out AWESOME (very befitting your name and wedding, I think). Please get the STD party started again. I adore the wrap-around on black and the fabric translated beautifully and the contrast isn’t childish AT ALL. And, if you had any doubts whatsoever, no one’s going to compare the STD color tones to your fabric. Promise. They’ll just think it’s a non-LGBT rainbow of colorful awesomeness. Which it is, albeit classed up by the black and design.
Thanks for all the praise and Becca thanks for the dose of sanity- we’re moving this week so it’s the perfect week to just step. away. from. the. wedding.
Kinda.
Thanks!!