Want to Catch My STD?

I know you do...my STD's are finally getting sent out!  They're not perfect, there were some glue stick mishaps, but I think they're good enough.

Note: all photos listed are personal photos

The envelope:

I had originally had higher hopes for the envelope.  I thought I would screen print and then emboss a tea cup on it.  Actually, I was planning on embossing the full address, but to be honest, I just got lazy, and I figured I'd save the fancy stuff for my invitation suite.  Besides, no one looks at the envelope.  I don't even look at envelopes, so why spend hours upon hours personalizing something that will go directly in the trash?  I also nixed printing on the envelopes, because I think I have been scarred for life after having to do that when applying to colleges.  I don't care what anyone says, it is NOT easier than just writing out the addresses.   When I send out the formal invitations I will use some sort of faux-ligraphy, but, again, I just wanted to send these suckers out ASAP.  I think my VERY imperfect and slightly askew cursive works just fine.

I used black Paper Source A6 envelopes and wrote with a gold fine tip metallic marker I found at Michael's.  For the stickers, I bought some cool polka dot textured paper at Michael's, designed the Open Me in Gimp, cut them out using a round punch, and sent them through my Xyron sticker machine. 

The liner:

An Issue With STDs...

No, I don't have a venereal disease.  This is an issue with Save The Dates, which I suppose is a better issue to have.  This post could also be titled, how I came up with my crazy wedding theme.

Before I delve into this story, I'd like to say, great minds think alike...my little (in my sorority) and I came up with the same theme independently.  In the beginning when I had first solidified my theme, it was Mad Hatter and hers is Alice in Wonderland.  Sigh.  Her wedding is 2 months before mine, so I have been a bit apprehensive that we'll have the exact same elements.

The good news is that she is getting married in her backyard, so her wedding will have a much different feel than mine.  I decided to forge on with my theme, and hope that our different tastes would prevail, and that our weddings would still be different.

But yesterday, her STD came in the mail.  First, I'll show you the file that I had originally designed for my STD:

Yes, I am marrying someone and yes, there's a reason for the awkward spaces.   Mr. Biscuit's name and our website have been blocked out :).

I need a Hankie

So I've been thinking a lot about my invitation suites/Save The Dates, and I purchased a Cricut and a Yudu screenprinter in order to construct them.  Originally, I thought I had it all covered...my STD would have the date coming out of the side a la this:

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Cute, huh?  And for my invitations, I bought chipboard and was going to bind it together as a book, with the cover covered in fabric.  Lofty idea, I know...but I think it's cute.  Here's a sneak peak at the idea for the first page: