It is finished! Well the wedding invitations at least. Adam and I spent over 30 hours making our own invites. We had a pretty good system going. Adam was on the stamping and embossing glitter while I ran the embossing heat tool. I have such an amazing fiancée who is willing to spend time, with GLITTER all over his face, hands and clothes, to be all artsy to make our invitations.
Some people may call us crazy but we did save on money. Now people argue that the extra cost would have been worth the amount of time (30+ hours) we spent but for Adam and I it was a good chance for us to have quality time (something that is difficult long distance). Would I do it again? ABSOLUTELY! Would Adam? When I asked him, he also agreed it was worth it.
So how does one make wedding invitations? Here is our steps laid out...
1. Print the invitations
2. Cut the three pages in the proper size (Special thanks to Bridget Wass and Alex Ling for their help with cutting as I was not able to help, you guys rock!)
3. Punch holes in the invitations
4. Stamp with clear embossing fluid, and sprinkle glitter
5. Solidify the embossing with heat tool
6. Cut the ribbon for the invitations
7. Tie the invitations
30+ hours later and they are finished.
2 packages of white card stock............$16.00
6 containers of embossing powder........$30.00
Stamps for the invites...........................$8.00
Embossing Heat Tool...........................$16.00
8 spools of ribbon................................$15.00
Spending 30+ hours making unique invitations with the one you love..... PRICELESS
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