The Invites Are On Their Way

Just a quick update to let you know that the wedding invitations went out yesterday! It felt so good to get those all wrapped up and out the door! I can't believe that I have been working on that project for over a month! You don't even want me to count how many movies I watched while I worked on them.

I have been running around like crazy the last two weeks and unfortunately my body can't keep up. I woke up feeling so sick yesterday! Hopefully I can get a little rest this weekend before it's Monday again. I have so many projects left to do!

I will be back to post photos of the invitations. I know you want to see them! But I want everyone who is waiting to get theirs in the mail to see them first!

Wedding Journal: October 30, 2007

Wow! It has been a busy week and a totally crazy month! I can't believe it is almost November! I still have so much left to do. Here are some updates:

I got a lot done on the invites last Sunday while it was snowing. I had all of them just about finished by the time Kim came.

My totally awesome soon to be sister-in-law, Kim came to visit me this weekend! We had a wonderful and busy time together! She was looking forward to seeing the gorgeous Rockies, but because of the fires in California, they were covering in a terrible smoky haze.
My bridal shower was on Saturday and it was fabulous!!! The hostesses really out did themselves and I had a wonderful time! It couldn't have been more perfect. I have lots of great photos to share, but first I will share some photos of the card sets that I made for each of my nine hostesses.
Kim and I went to The Bridal Collection after the shower to show her my wedding dress and for her to try on the bridesmaid dress. Kim also tried on some wedding dresses that she looked great it!! It was so fun. The Bridal Collection called me to today to let me know that all of the bridesmaid dresses have arrived and I can't wait to see them! Now we are just waiting for my dress!

Kim and I got all of the wedding invitations finished on Sunday night! It was such a great feeling. Now I just have to print the envelopes, stuff and stamp them and they will be on their way!

I also got hair appointments scheduled for myself to get my hair colored and a trial run of my wedding hairstyle done while I am in Texas for Thanksgiving. I can't wait!

There is still so much left to do! 66 days to go...

Bruised Palms

Bruised palms equal really awesome wedding invitations!

So, on Friday night, I spent 2 1/2 hours punching out circles for the bands on the wedding invitations. Unfortunately, I now have bruised and swollen palms. But the invitations are looking great! Mom and I went to a twelve hour crop yesterday. I was sad that I was not able to scrapbook, but I put together some really cute presents to give my bridal shower hostesses. I can't wait to show you after Saturday. Those took me longer than I expected, so I did not get as much done on the invites as I thought I would. But the list is getting shorter. Today we got our first snow, so I am staying house bound to work on the invites. I am hoping to get them finished by the end of this week! Left to do on the list...

...cut 188 Couple Cards.
...glue 188 photos onto the Couple Cards.
...cut 188 Reception Cards.
...stuff 564 cards into 188 invites.
...cut 188 black bands.
...score 188 black bands.
...glue 188 white circles to 188 silver circles.
...glue 188 assembled circles to 188 black bands.
...print 175 envelopes.
...stuff envelopes.
...stamp envelopes.
...mail wedding invitations.
...PRAY FOR KAYLA'S HANDS TO FEEL BETTER!

Danielle Young Creative Team

Wow! This month is going by way too fast. The month is over half way over and I just finally changed my calendar from September to October.

I haven't had a chance to share yet that I was invited to be a part of Danielle Young's Creative Team!

I am so very excited to get to use her awesome digital scrapbooking products. I finally got a chance to sit down today and make a page with her new kit, Everyday Blessings which will be in her OScraps shop on Sunday! I hope to do a couple more pages by the end of this month! (click image to see larger)

Weekends Aren't Long Enough

This weekend I could have used two extra Saturdays! I began the huge project of assembling my wedding invitations this weekend. Wow, and it is a huge project! With just under 200 invitation to be made, I really had my work cut out for me. I started last week by printing all of the various pieces that would be used for the invitations. By Friday, the pile looked like this:
By Sunday, that pile had only managed to turn into this:
It took me the whole weekend to just to cut and score and begin gluing together the 380 red pieces of paper.
The next steps for this huge project...

...finish gluing together the dozens of red pieces of paper.
...cut 188 Couple Cards.
...glue 188 photos onto the Couple Cards.
...cut 188 Reception Cards.
...stamp 188 Reply Cards.
...cut 188 silver mats.
...glue 188 inner pieces to the silver mats.
...glue inner pieces onto the red invites.
...stuff 564 cards into 188 invites.
...cut 188 black bands.
...score 188 black bands.
...cut another 66 silver circles.
...punch out 188 outer circles.
...glue 188 white circles to 188 silver circles.
...glue 188 assembled circles to 188 black bands.
...print 175 envelopes.
...stuff envelopes.
...stamp envelopes.
...mail wedding invitations.
...PRAY FOR KAYLA TO FINISH!