pearlescent or matte invitations?

I think a good thick paper stock is what makes a good invitation.

Personally, I prefer matte. I have seen both done in classy ways.

It could be a generational thing, as I think Matte is classier! But i'm sure both will be lovely.

Personally I prefer pearl ones but it's all down to individual taste. My advice is to make these minor decisions alone. If you run everything past your mum you're going to find the whole process a lot more stressful. Use your mum to help you with decisions you find harder.
If you prefer matte invites choose them without referring to anyone else.

As long as it's good cardstock, I don't think it matters.

Our pocketfolds are pearlescent and the inserts were printed on gloss card. This was to make our homemade invitations look less like something we had whipped up in Word.

I think you should go with your gut. Have you ordered sample of both to compare?

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Did you make yours in Word? How did you make them look pretty and have you got a pic?

I fibbed slightly, I actually used the publishing software I use at work.

But, you could totally have made ours in word lol

I downloaded 2 fonts for this, Champagne & Limousines (plain) and Serious Sally (fancy) from dafont.com

The swirls were from google and I just changed the colour.

This is our suite all laid out: