That which we call an orchid, by any other name...still looks weird on my envelopes.

Ok, I think I'm starting to go a little crazy with the wedding details. You see, my FH and I have managed to finish (mostly) our save-the-dates (herein referred to as STDs as I'm too lazy to type it all out) and now just need to address millions of envelopes, affix postage to said envelopes, and send them out.

Problem is I don't like the postage stamps Canada Post offers.

I know that no one will really care what the postage looks like...but I will. We spent hours putting our STDs together. We had a photoshoot, learned how to emboss, printed each card in our malfunctioning printer, cut to size all the photoshoot photos, designed and printed all the little STD stickers (which took hours because Avery templates suck) and used bucket loads of double-sided tape to stick everything together. I don't want to ruin all my hard work with this:

Image via Canada Post

I know they're not horrible, but I hate them. They'd be perfect for a pink, tulle wedding. But my wedding is modern and black and white.

What I want is these beauties:

Image via Picture Postage

Custom postage. You just take a photo (we could use one from the photoshoot), upload it to the Picture Postage website, choose a frame and the format (i.e. number of stamps/sheet) you want and ta-da!!

Now, the only problem is the price. I'd need about 30-40 stamps for my STDs, 50 stamps for my invites, 50 stamps for the RSVP cards, and 50 stamps for the thank you cards. So 200 stamps, or 5 sheets (40 stamps/sheet).  That works out to $201.50, whereas regular postage would only cost $114.00

My FH doesn't really want to go this route, as he thinks it's silly to spend an extra $100 on something that most people won't notice. But I love them.

So, what do you think? Dole out the extra $100 to have stamps I love? Or go with the orchids, and hope no one notices?