Invitations- The Korean Way

So there seems to be a trend as we are planning our wedding.....personalization is not the Korean way.

When I visited the wedding hall and asked if they could change the ugly red ribbons to at least a crimson or some other color, they said, "no, that is the only color."

When we asked if bridal shops would alter my dress, they said they only do their own. And they only do anything for you if you want the full package.

We went to an invitation printer today and we got just about the same thing. After telling them what we wanted they said it would be over 300,000 won and then-'Here are the sample books, pick one out and we will print on them in black ink.' HA! Then we were told of another printing place that could possibly do the job for us.

My original invite is two layers. The top layer a transparent rice-type-paper with a drawing I had done and our invite info on it and below a green bubbles layer......well turns out to print it, it will cost us around 250,000 won for 100 invites without envelopes.

So unfortunately for those who will be attending our Korea wedding, you will have to settle for a lovely Korean style wedding invite, a little remniscent of American weddings in the 80's. Still they did have a few lovely options and at prices as low as 500 won a piece with envelopes; that is hard to beat.

So dear budget, you are getting in the way of my perfect wedding, but then again, it wouldn't be a wedding in Korea without being told you can't do it your way :)

However this is good news for those non-do-it-yourselfers. You have a price range from 500 won to about 2,800 won an invite, most of them lying somewhere around 1000.

Still it is a bit relieving to know that I don't have to do anything myself.....yet.