RSVP Confetti

© Carla Thomas 2005

A wedding invitation.

This wedding invitation invites guests to be more involved with the wedding by creating their own confetti from the invitation itself. Throwing confetti is celebratory and decorative. It communicates joy by giving life to lifeless objects. To reply to a wedding invitation involves a lifeless action of 'tick the box' or 'delete as appropriate'.

The invitation is made of thin-layered tissue paper with the details of the invite printed on the top layer. Underneath the layers are perforated in simple patterns. If you are able to attend, tear along the perforations to create your own confetti in preparation for the wedding. If you are unable to attend you can still participate in the celebrations. Instead, tear it up and send it back in the envelope provided for it to be used at the wedding.

The gesture communicates the answer through what is returned. In both cases the fabrication of the confetti is unique to the guest who is invited.