lisa - invites can be really simple or really complex. it all depends on what you want from it! i did two very different invitations for two weddings as they were at the same place almost exactly 12 months apart - ours was the second wedding (we met at the first), so wanted it to be completely different (and it had to outshine the first one - it was OUR wedding!)
so, for the first one, the couple had two kids, had been living together for 8 years or something, so they needed nothing. they had a Wishing Well (i created a unique wishing well poem for them). Carboard in deep purple (upright), wishing well poem printed on silver paper (cut using a fancy cutting edge on a guillotine) and then the formal invite on pink paper, cut slightly smaller and with a fancier edge, attached only at the top in a thin strip so that it folded up. the invite was very informal, and was worded as such. these were folded in three, sealed with a sticker and addressed directly onto the cardboard with silver pen. the place cards for the guests were made with the same carboard base, and silver paper with the name printed on them. fairly simple.
for ours, we were having a still fairly casual outdoors wedding, but we wanted it to be a little more "professional" - and i guess we wanted our wedding to be very different so that there weren't comparisons (iykwim?) had deep blue cardboard base, sideways, folded in three. on the left hand side, there was a pocket, made with the same blue card - in that pocket, we had our own version of the wishing well poem on white vellum with gold hearts - we fit 6 per page in printing! we also had in there a small RSVP card with a request for them to be sent back so we'd know who was coming!!
our invites were on the middle section - half the invites had a gold base with silver page over it (with the invite there) - the other half were opposite. i was being all fancy so attached everything with push pins and things! these were then attached onto the cardboard base with double sided tape so the back of the pins was invisible. it was then all folded into thirds and placed in an envelope for posting.
our place cards were much the same as the invites - each one was on a blue base, with either gold or silver intermediate, then the opposite with the name on it. for the bridal party, we had the two colors as intermediates, then the vellum with names on it - just to make them different...
i'm pretty sure i can put my hand on both invitations without too much issue - if i can, i'll take some photo's and put them on my website (once i've edited out names and addy's!) and let you know
if you need any help with invites, let me know! i loved doing my invites!
with your ceremony - make it what you and your DP want - your celebrant should be really open to doing it your way. we had three readings - one from the celebrant, and two friends we wanted involved in the wedding. we also exchanged roses as part of our ceremony - it had significant meaning for us. but even with that, our ceremony only went for 20 minutes or so (thankfully - it was HOT!!) - there are so many ways to make your ceremony your own - this is a huge day for you - you need to make it special!
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