Sarah

Looks like a beautiful location!

Oooh Christine i want that printer! I do everything on my laptop and have now moved the printer to the dining room table to save time from running up to the office to print all the time. I'm sure Jeff can't wait until our house gets back to normal! I have an old HP 890C that has served me well for probably close to 8 years now. It got me all the way through nursing school! It has it's issues from time to time, but I'm hoping it will get me through the wedding and then we'll invest in a new one.

Quote: Originally Posted by sanchez0014 WOW!!! Your invites look great!!! I just ordered card stock and envelopes for my STDs and you have really inspired me. When I am ready to start my project, I would like to pm you to find out how you set everything up as far as alignment goes. No problem- just let me know what you need...

Those are super cute Christine! And what a fun idea...wine tasting for a Bachelorette party will be a blast!

Quote: Originally Posted by A10CALGAL The embossing is amazing! Seriously Sarah, you are DIY outta control! I am so impressed with everthing you've managed to turn out in the last few days! Question I've been meaning to ask you _ what font is that?? lol thanks Christa- I have been a little out of control lately... I use Scriptina and Angelina for most of my projects. I used Allegro for the Thank you tags on the fans, and our names on my invites.

Yay! That's definitely the hardest part. Now you can get to the fun stuff! Congrats:)

Quote: Originally Posted by Christine what is the font you use...its so great. Thanks! I use mostly Scriptina and Angelina

Karla I am in awe- these are phenomenal!

What a bummer! At least now you know and can fix it before your guests really have to start making arrangements...

I'm going to put together welcome packages and send them out about 2 weeks before the wedding. This will include a welcome letter, useful tips and maps, the Spanish Words and Phrases sheet, the luggage tags I made, and the Wedding Timeline (also a DIY from Aylee's website). I still have to make the timelines and the welcome letters. Almost done...although, somehow I'm sure I'll come up with something else. Tonight I want to attempt to make monogrammed candles for my tables...we'll see how that goes...

Karla those are awesome! You did a great job designing the enclosure cards. How creative- the colors are fantastic too. Perhaps we should start the BDW invitation business....

OK, here's my last project of today. This one is just a mock-up because I'm still not sure how I want to do the font and wording, etc. But, I thought since I actually had motivation to make stuff today I'd go for it... I made these using paperandmore.com's A7 Backing Card Enclosures, $29.99 for 50 cards. A7 Pearlescent Metallic Backing Card Enclosures, 5 Colors - Paperandmore.com I put a sheet of champagne cardstock inbetween the card and the vellum. This look is pretty much exactly what my announcements will look like. I'm also making the same menus for the welcome dinner at Portofino, but I'm still debating the menu for that at this moment...

Quote: Originally Posted by akh not sure Paul can top that one - i really do think he might laugh, or probably look confused. lol I think Jeff will do the same thing! lol Although, if I even got half of Andre's reaction out of him I would consider myself a success!

Quote: Originally Posted by JANET1111 OMG hilarious! even more animated than I imagined!!!! Also? Andre is a cutie! Maybe we should make a book of him looking at the book.... haha I second that...Lenita- you got a hottie! OMG these are awesome! Now I want to change my mind and give mine to Jeff right before the wedding so Juan can get his expression on camera!

Quote: Originally Posted by Christine Sarah what are you doing for annoucements? If I am sending invites to everyone, I don't have to do annoucements afterwards right? Right. I only wanted to send my fancy invitations to people who were actually coming. Part of this is probably due to the fact that my friends and family have put me through so much trauma by all backing out on me that I don't want them to have the fun stuff. Isn't that mean? Jeff's sister isn't even getting one of these... **evil laughing** No, seriously we just decided we wanted to spend the money for a few really nice invitations, and send simple announcements to all our other invitees that we know aren't coming. Jeff also really wants an AHR and I totally don't. Supposedly that info will go on the announcement, but I'm dragging my feet because I don't want to do it. They will be a simple red cardstock with a vellum overlay. Basically it will look like the center invitation part of my "real" invites. Of course I will post pics when I actually get around to making them...

Quote: Originally Posted by MagsieMexico Oh my goodness, i was just thinking that it must be SO MUCH work to do these, but so worth it because they turned out great, but then saw you have 17 guests which makes it a bit better. Great work! I really like them a lot, some great ideas for me when I get there. I'm sending out only 12 of these total- thank God! I'm sending out about 80 announcements, but I haven't gotten to those yet!

Quote: Originally Posted by anacgarcia OMG you girls are so crafty!!! I wish I could do something like that!!! You could totally do this Anny, I just don't know if I'd want to if I had to make as many as you would! It's kinda easy to go overboard on this DIY stuff when you only have 17 guests:)

Quote: Originally Posted by Christine they look great. I like all the brads and the sparkly look to the paper. and the ribbon in front is great. we have a band going around ours and there is a little circular thing with our monogram on it to cover the place where the two ends meet? could you do something like that if you are still unsure about the brads. That's a good idea Christine. I think that's what Ann did too. Hmm....back to the drawing board!

Quote: Originally Posted by Natalie M Sarah, I love them!! They are so cute! I Really like everything! I don't think the ribbon looks bad at all. I'm doing these as well, I just haven't started yet. Now I'm very excited seeing yours! thanks for sharing! They look awesome! Make sure to hit Christa or me up for the templates when you start...saves alot of formatting time!

Quote: Originally Posted by Fotini THose are so cute, and i may have to steal the wording you put on the labels Help yourself! I either got it here or the knot somewhere...I can't remember!

I'm just checking off one thing after another off the DIY paper projects list this week... I made my programs using Aylee's template. Here's her website: aylee. I used the same metallic crimson and metallic champagne paper that I've been using for everything else. For the front and back petal, I used Fiskars Texture Plates to emboss a filigree design. The wording is on the champagne petals. I opened the program in the opposite direction for the pics so the last names are covered... I also took inspiration from Rebecca and made Thank you tags for the white fans from Whiteaisle.com. I will put these at each place setting.

Wow, it seems like this was the weekend for DIY projects! Ann & I must have been on the same wavelength or something...lol Anyway, here they are at long last. I seriously need to get these out in the mail this week, so I'm hoping FI will like them when I show him tonight. I'm a little undecided about the ribbon on the front, but everything else I'm pretty set on. Nonetheless, please leave honest feedback and comments as I've only completed one and am still able to make changes! I have all the paper cut out and ready to go, so if this passes FI's inspection and you all think it looks ok it will be very simple to assemble and get in the mail... Thanks to Christa for the inspiration and templates- you're a lifesaver Christa! The pictures don't show the colors very well, so just in case you can't tell, it is all metallic paper- onyx metallic pocketfold invitation from cardsandpockets.com. I bought metallic cardstock from Discount Wedding Invitations, Vellum Paper, Vellum Envelopes, Card Stock Source - Paperandmore.com and cut my own mat, invitation backing, and insert cards. The metallic mat is crimson metallic, the invitation backing and insert cards are champagne metallic and everything is printed on platinum metallic vellum and attached with miniature silver brads. The envelopes they will be mailed in are champagne metallic and the response envelopes are crimson metallic. I'm hoping to get into a calligraphy class at Michael's this Saturday so i can address them a little fancier! The part I'm not sure about is the ribbon. I had the hardest time finding something to match. I really wanted red, but have exhausted every craft store in Lansing trying to find something that would work. Finally, I decided to go with Ivory metallic wired ribbon from Hobby Lobby. I have folded the ribbon over and made a band using three miniature silver brads. I didn't like the way it looked tied at all, but if anyone has any suggestions of how to do something different or better with the ribbon on the outside I'd love to hear it! Edited to add: Here's what I ended up doing for the front...

Thanks for the DIY info Ann- I love the ripped edge and band. I still can't believe you made them yourself!

I also said "and guest" on my STD's because I wanted people to plan appropriately!

Quote: Originally Posted by akh Let's try this instead ... Wedding Invitation Welcome Dinner Invitation RSVP for ceremony (on one side) RSVP for Welcome Dinner (on the other side) Wow Ann- you made these? The first time I looked I totally thought you ordered them from somewhere! You did great! You asked for opinions so here's mine: I think the palm, the starfish, and the umbrella all on the wedding part of the invitation are a little much. Just my opinion, but I would maybe pick one design and carry it through, or at least pick one to be larger or more dominant. I like all three of those designs, but if i had to pick a favorite it would be the palm, followed by the starfish, and finally the umbrella. But, this is totally my opinion of how I would do them different. They look great just how they are, so take it or leave it! We're going to have to start a Martha support group pretty soon...we're all going DIY crazy! OK: edited: I looked at them again and what I would do is put the palm and the starfish on both invitations, then on one side of the RSVP I'd do the palm, and on the other side the starfish. There- was that opinionated enough for you? lol, sorry I got a little carried away!