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We have a paper cutter at my work I can use. I just need some practice. My ends are always curved.

The 4x8 cards from vitaprint are actually 3.74" x 8.27". I have a sample that I've layed on top of a 4x8 christmas card. If I chopped 1/2 inch off the bottom, it would fit nicely on a piece of 4x8 cardstock. Do they sell 4x8 cardstock pieces or do you buy sheets & cut them? I'm going to order the 10 free 4x8 invites & see how they look. I'll be sure to take pictures. I'm getting the matte finish, because the 4x8 cards are not available in linen finish. I pulled out my sample notebook & I think the matte finish will look really nice.

Quote: Originally Posted by Christine they have those scrapbook photo things, they are like stickers you put on the back of the photo, its so much easier than glue I'll have to check out the craft stores. I'm not so crafty so I don't know what's out there.

I've been avoiding the social events. Sometimes I get together with friends instead & workout. I've gone to a few of them, but I tried to stick with stuff I don't feel so bad about. At a party saturday I had chocolate covered bananas. I also eat somthing healthy before going so I don't pig out on all the bad food. The holidays are really tough.

Quote: Originally Posted by Heidi I'm uber late to this, but Morgan I love what you came up with!! LOVE the look of the black background! Thanks! It was definitly a BDW collaboration. I'm thinking about just printing a few with vistaprint to see how they look. The first 10 are free. I'm looking for a cheaper upload deal. If they look nice, I might just stick with that. I'm not good at cutting a pasting. I usually get glue where I don't want it & I never cut straight lines. Even with a paper cutter.

Quote: Originally Posted by Melissa Radolli I guess I am opposed to save the dates b/c of the amount of information and detail that is being included on the boarding passes - two passes with the information - our travel agent, and our wedsite etc. which is simply the same thing I would include for the invitation. I was originally going to use these as save the dates but then I realized that I would be sending the same info twice with the invites and the STDS. The STD can just have the date & website so it's not so redundant. If you don't want to send STDs it's deinfitly not madatory. You could even do a reverse thing. Send the invites now & then send a reminder-like thing later incase you are worried people misplaced everything. Maybe a newsletter.

It's already on mine I bought a $4 container of cleaner at heltzberg diamond. I drop my ring in for a few minutes & then brush it clean. its crazy how much it sparkles after that.

I just started questioning my dress yesterday.

Quote: Originally Posted by Melissa Radolli True - But people still want all the info now which is sort of annoying - and I really don't want to send save the dates - I guess I could send out the invite in late-Jan early Feb and make the RSVP date later - and hope that people book sooner than later.. Why do you not want to do a save the date? I didn't want to because I didn't want that extra expense. I found out I could make 100 postcards for $11. Postage was only 26 cents. So I went ahead & did it. I'm glad i did, because now I know I've done enough to inform everyone. I put the webaddress on the postcard. All the details anyone could need are on the website. The other reason I didn't want to send STDs is because I did't want to seem pushy. I ended up wording them so people know there is no pressure. I just didn't want to shock people with "save the date- mexico." I am surprised people haven't booked yet. Just my family is booked and that's because I did it for them. Everyone talks about it, but no one does it. I was worried, but then i realized i've done all I can. I update the website on a regular basis & I sent STDs in August. It's fine with us if only our family goes so we'll just wait & see for everyone else.

Quote: Originally Posted by MorganShae yeah when i view at 100% it still looks bad... it is driving me nuts.. because it looks sooo good as a pp slide but i can't figure out how to maintain that quality to send somewhere for printing purposes. How do you save it? I right click & chose "save as picture." If that doesn't work, you can email me your powerpoint & i'll email you back the .jpg.

I just remade it in lumapix & then exported it to a .jpg. It looks just the same. The text gets darker. I realized that your text got more messed up than mine. When you zoom in on it does it still look bad? Sometime text will look funny, but if you zoom all the way in it looks perfect.

Quote: Originally Posted by MorganShae Hi there! I haven't posted in a while because my DW kinda fell by the wayside and we are getting married in Texas now (which is fine, it is all going to work out) but I was inspired by this thread while I was working on my STD/invitation situation. What do y'all think of this.. any feedback appreciated. Also, I tried to figure out how to order these through mpix as a 4x8 card but it looks like it is making me select a template... any way I can just order this as a card instead of just a photo. And, when I saved it as a jpeg it seemed to diminish the quality of the picture and the fonts. What should I save it as to submit to mpix for the best quality?? Thanks soo much for your help. Looks great. I also noticed changing it to a .jpg didn't look as good. I was going to recreate it in lumapix or photoshop and see if it looked fine. It might just be saving a picture in powerpoint. I havent been able to figure out how to order a 4x8 picture with Mpix.

many hotel renewal of vows packages are really inexpensive. The package usually includes all you would need. It shouldn't cost a lot if it's jus the two of you.

Quote: Originally Posted by Christine were we out of gifts? Is that why some wouldn't send? no it just said I had the names wrong. But I double checked the spelling. I'll try again. I needed to head of to a christmas party. maybe I just did something wrong.

Thanks everyone! I just sent a round a drinks to everyone who helped me make my invites. A couple wouldn't send.

Yay! We have a winner! Thanks again everyone. I will print a few testers soon, but it will be a while until I print them all.

On last contender-skinnier picture on left, thicker picture on right. Thanks everyone! I really do love them.

Quote: Originally Posted by StephanieMN They look great! I like the first one of the 4 your posted but like it more with the color. You did a wonderful job!! Thanks! Here it is in color. This might be my favorite too.

These are the postcards I made for OOT bags. Same picture.

Does the text finally work? I think I'm textually challenged. I like the color too. The picture will look more like a painting. It's hard to see because it's so small.

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride have you decided to keep the photo black and white? I haven't tried a color photo with a black background. I really liked the colored picture (probably because I just love seeing the turquoise water). I still plan on playing around with photoshop for picture options.

Here is the file if anyone wants to play with the options. morgan's invites.ppt