Ever felt like you were the child and your kids the parent? That's what's just happened to me ....
No. 1 daughter is getting married next June and I've been asked/volunteered to do the wedding stationary. The Save The Dates were duly done (mind you - one for each person attending not one per family/couple - lol). When we went shopping for the stuff for the Save The Dates, we also got the papers for the invitations and there they've sat waiting patiently ....
The pressure has been building up regarding the invitations and last night I had a bit of play - messing around with church rubber stamps and the brayer and stuff. Today, I totally cleared up upstairs, abandoned everything I'd done last night and came up with the basic design ....
It's made of copier paper because I haven't got any A3 card right this minute (oh yes, and take no notice of the punched edge on the left of the photo - that was just me playing about). It's a three panel foldy- uppy type wallet with a flap. I used scraps from my box, rather than cut into the papers we'd bought for the purpose ....
And this is the closure. It's designed to slide on and off the wallet - but she wants it fixed to the card 'so that it doesn't get lost'. Quite frankly, does it matter - lol? As long as everyone sends back their menu choices ....
The prototype was fairly well received apart from one tiny detail - no. 1 daughter has decided that she no longer likes the papers she chose and I bought - and there's a lot of sheets of 12"x12" in the carrier bag, I can tell you.
So - it's off shopping again to buy sheets and sheets of Bazzil green and pink card - which I wouldn't have to buy so much of this time round, if she hadn't made me make an extra fifty Save the Dates - lol.
God help me if anything is crooked - lol ....
At this rate, it would have been cheaper to get the things made by someone else ....Having said all that -this little lady made me smile ...
2 comments:
O my goodness... Those invites are works of art. And I want your godly one... How nice that they can stay over with you. My grandbabies are in Belgium and it breaks my heart! I will have to visit you more, so I can enjoy your little'uns...
We made the invitations for my daughter's wedding this summer. Its a big job but so rewarding when its done.
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