NC Bride To Be: Envelopes

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Invitations: Ready 2 Go

Labels: Belly bands, DIY, Envelopes, Family, Invitations - Saturday, March 20, 2010

Thanks to the help of 4 sweet women and two little boys, my invitations are stuffed, sealed (and will be stamped Monday). I can't tell you what a relief it was to get those things ready to send out. I often wondered when I read other girls' posts about their invites if they could really be a labor of love; absolutely. They have certainly been a labor of love and I'm kind of sad to see them go but very excited to make the wedding official to all of our guests! As I sit here typing this, I'm excited to start seeing the RSVP's come in and begin imagining with whom our special day will be shared.

I'm sure my future mother-in-law (pictured above) will be thrilled to see that I posted this picture of her :P

Lisa, Angie, Cindy, Nikki, Ty, & Zack...I appreciate all of your help (and putting up with my picky ways) Thursday evening and trust me...I will appreciate your help when it gets down to 2 weeks until wedding time and you're all helping make tissue paper flowers!!! :) I love you guys!

Checkity check check!

Labels: Bridesmaids Dresses, Envelopes, Favor Tags, Invitations, Tulle Poofs - Tuesday, March 09, 2010

I have more to share than the exciting news that my bridesmaid dresses are in but I can't share it just yet! I also have pictures to show you and checks to share, but for now you'll have to wait!

Here I am again, back to share pictures and checks!!

I tried my hand at making the tulle poofs in my bio...not as easy as I had planned but they're made exactly like the tissue paper flowers I'm making. They will look nice hanging from the windows in the fellowship hall!

I started and finished making the tags for the favor bags we decided to go with instead of doing a candy buffet. They were super easy and I was completely finished with them in a couple of hours. My mom had a really cool tool that I was able to attach the tags to the bags with. I'll post instructions in my bio later.

Here we have the cricut cutting the brown squares that go on the belly band to keep the invites closed. It was very easy to have the cricut cut these, I printed our monogram on ivory paper and placed them atop the brown layer with the ribbon between (no pictures of that just yet). The belly bands are taking longer to make than I expected and I don't have but 1.5 weeks to finish those so I can mail the invites the week of March 22.

And here are the invitations that went in the mail today. I only mailed out the invites for those who are invited to the rehearsal dinner. All the rest will be going out in about 11 or 12 days. I honestly can't wait to see them go.

Invitation Victory

Labels: DIY, Envelopes, Invitations - Tuesday, March 02, 2010

::sigh:: I'm please and thrilled to inform all of my bloggie friends that I have accomplished a HUGE DIY task. Last night I finished printing the envelopes for my invitations!!!!!! The invitation process has been a very huge work-in-process for months now. The last thing(s) to be completed for these babies is to put the RSVP cards inside each invite, close them, tie a piece of ribbon around them, maybe add a monogrammed square atop the ribbon and stuff them babies in an envelope!

I have mostly enjoyed this process, but I will be ecstatic to throw them in the mail box (and by throw, I mean gently & carefully carry them into the nice man at the post office so he can just throw them in a bag!).

I do have to apologize to my bloggie friends as I have been lacking on not only posting here but also putting pictures with my posts. I'm taking the pictures, but somehow they aren't making it from my camera to here. Maybe I can get caught up on adding pictures tonight.

For the girls on theknot who have May weddings drawing ever so close, (ever so quickly!!!) I think we need to take a day away from planning and relax. I feel like I should be finished planning by now, after all, I did start planning over a year ago. Once these invites go, it'll be all DIY decorations till the wedding! :)

So Close I Can Taste It...

Labels: DIY, Envelope Liners, Envelopes, Gatefold, Invitations, Must Take, RSVP Postcard, Vistaprint - Tuesday, February 16, 2010

I am so close to being finished with assembling these invitations! I have about 60 more to assemble and I can get that done pretty quickly if Hobby Lobby would call me back letting me know if they have my paper in yet. ::Sigh:: I can't wait to be finished with them and get them in the mail, out of my sight & reach. They have been a labor of love! I hope to get my RSVP Postcards from Vistaprint this week so I can start printing the backs of them. Then I'll be printing envelopes, lining the envelopes, then stuffing them. Oh yes...it's so close I can taste it!

Planning/DIY Withdrawals

Labels: Countdown, DIY, Envelopes, Graduation, Liners, School, Wrapping Paper - Monday, November 30, 2009

Wow...I'm very wedding planning boring right now :(

I was hanging up some laundry this evening after I finished my LAST Advanced Accounting assignment this evening and seen the wrapping paper that I will be using to line the envelopes. It seriously gave me DIY projects & overall wedding planning withdrawals! Two weeks from today, I should ::fingers crossed:: be free from all school obligations, as I should have walked across the stage as I graduate with my Bachelor's in Accounting.

Envelope Lining

Labels: Cards and Pockets, DIY, Envelopes, Liners, Wrapping Paper - Friday, October 02, 2009

While I was in the mood for some wedding stuff this afternoon, I also got out the wrapping paper my mom and I bought to line the envelopes with. I was kind of nervous after I realized I have ivory envelopes and the paper was white. After completing one and seeing it in day light, I think it looks fine. I think for the rest, I'll change the direction of the liner so that the writings/graphics appear as if you were reading a book. I'm pleased with the outcome!

DIY Envelope Liners

Labels: Cards and Pockets, DIY, Envelopes, Invitations, Liners - Sunday, May 24, 2009

Tonight (when I should have been doing my Cost Accounting h/w) I decided to try out some envelope liners on the samples I ordered from Cards & Pockets. I'm so excited about getting started on these once the invites get here (ordered May 19)! Of course I have photos!