A new project

In preparation for this whole wedding thing, we've delegated responsibilities to each other in a very Marxian system of wedding planning. Naturally, invitations fall squarely into the category of my abilities. The obvious thing for me to do would be to go to the print shop and whip something up. I just couldn't think of what. So I spent an evening drawing ideas, and came up with something that I liked.
Something that requires me to design my own typeface.
Yeah, I know.

This is a great project. I spent 12 hours working on it yesterday, taking a quick break to ride my bike to school so I could practice for an hour before the building closed. The idea is not for the letters to be perfect; I still want the project to look hand-drawn, so rather than "fix" my drawings so they're perfect in one of my computer programs, I'm keeping them basically as they are. How am I going to print this? I'm still thinking about it. There's the option to make a plate and print it from the letterpress, but of course that's not the only option; I might also get them printed onto a high-quality paper, and then letterpress some color over them. Oh, we'll see.
Here's the original drawing:

Realized yesterday I'm following in my father's footsteps - he also designed a typeface for their wedding invitations, which they silkscreened at their house in Pacifica, then hung on lines in the living room. I would say mine is more "modern" than theirs, but it was the 70s, after all.

I know, there are easier ways I could be doing this. Like printing from lead at the shop, for example. But I could also just make the drawing, hand-letter the whole thing, and then go from there. But this way, I'll have the letters... I don't know. Don't try to dissuade me. I'm having fun.

By the way - it was 28 degrees (-2˙C) here last night. COLD!!