Friday, July 10, 2009

Sloughing thru Invitation Making....

Ahh...the good times of making your own wedding invitations. Some family asked me "Why do you want to torment yourself like this?" I had to admit that I've got this horrid habit of needing to personalize EVERYTHING I touch. There was NO way I was going to pay $1000 of dollars for a letterpress design that I didn't design myself! (I'm a designer...I have NO excuses).

The following are pics from the full steam ahead session:

Why pay $3 a lined envelope, when you can cut pretty paper yourself and have slave labor glue it? I did a ton of research and located the best envelope at Envelope Mall and the pretty paper came from Joanns!

I found that tape glue is FANTASTIC and glue dots suck butt. I also found that alcohol helps the gluing go faster.Kitties DO NOT help. Especially when the lick paper and play the game "everything looks better on the floor". Bonus!: No one complained about the pet hair in their envelopes!Each piece of the invitation was meticulously printed on cardstock & cut out by hand! (Never believed I was anal until now!). If I get married again? I'm sending out invitations over evite.
Next posting: The design files & finished product!
(previous reject invites)

4 comments:

  1. I can definitely see where booze would help! I think I'd be hittin' the liquor! I'm sure I'd have some wonky ass invitations in the end though!

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  2. wholy schnaz, you cut the cardstock for the invitations yourselves!!!???? good grief. That totally deserves a ride on an elephant!

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  3. Slave? I was a slave?! So that explains why I was chained to my chair and why I didn't get a beer!

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  4. 'Cuz: Amen sister! I find booze helps a lot of things! Sewing, Cooking, Day-Jobs. Ya know, the usual!

    DiG: Elephants and maybe a massage!

    M: Wha??? Who let you escape??!!!
    I have sewing projects I need to start!

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