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Mrs. Ladybug (formerly Miss Ladybug), New York/Philadelphia Age and Occupation: 31, Full-time blogger from 7 pm to 12 am Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Playing video games while I blog from 7pm to 12 am Engagement Date: August 2005 Wedding Date: April 15, 2006 Venue: Ballroom at the Ben, Philadelphia About Me: I am the 2nd of 5 girls. Yes, you read that right, 5 girls. I don't know if there's anything interesting about my wedding that I can tell you but I was proposed to twice.
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DIY SAVE-THE-DATES

January 12th, 2006 @ 9:18 pm by Mrs. Ladybug

I finally sent out my save-the-dates. Woohoo!

I sent out my 2nd deposit for my reception hall. Woohoo!

My minister won’t marry us unless we take pre-marital courses which means we have to go to church. Boooooo. (I’m joking! I’m joking! God I’m sorry. I joke.)

I ordered these from paper-source. I thought they were $3.00 each so I ordered 70 but when I got it I realized it was $3.00 for a PACK of 10. Which means - I can’t do math - but I do know I have a whole LOTTA envelopes to send back.

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These were actually 19×25 sheets so I had to cut them down to 5.5×4 for my pictures.

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I ordered these 8×11 magnet sheets. They’re thin enough to feed through the printer.

note: If you’re gonna do this make sure you feed it a sheet at a time so they don’t stick to each other and you end up damaging your printer. 1 pack comes with about 5 sheets so I was able to fit 4 photos on each. I don’t remember how much the pack was but i think it’s about $6/7 something a pack. You can get these at staples or any office supply store.

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My magnets! Aren’t they pretty? It’s an evening shot of Philly but in a sepia tone. If you find a photo that you like on line, copy it, then paste it onto word. Once you do that, double click on the photo and it’ll give you a choice to write on the picture itself or next to it.

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Next cut the photos out with the paper cutter. Make sure that you line it up correctly so that you don’t ruin all 4 magnets.

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I printed my photo on the off-white sheets. I did this because of the older generation guests. I don’t want them to open the envelopes and see the magnets and be like “Um who the hell is so-&-so and so-&-so?” A lot of my relatives know me as Senna and not Susan. Plus the added bonus is that it’s a funny picture.

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I ordered an envelope liner kit from paper-source so my sister came over this weekend and helped me cut these out. I love the paper, also from paper-source. They rock!

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Insert the liner into the envelope and use double sided tape just on the flap part of the envelope to make it stick to the envelope.

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I was worried about people cutting the envelope open at the seam instead of at the point. Why? Because the bottom part of the liner isn’t taped on, so I bought glue dots at AC Moore to seal the deal.

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I didn’t really like any address labels that were out so I printed mine on thicker paper, cut it out with my paper cutter and then used double sided tape to stick on the envelope.

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Tada! The finished product. I loved the stamps we got because it looked very vintage.

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Christie

Hehe hey girls. Great, great, great, great, great site! I would probably get these people’s address’s off your website. There are freaks out there. ;-)

-Christie (aka “WeDavidandChristine…”)

 

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Mrs. Ladybug
Mrs. Ladybug

Mrs. Ladybug (formerly Miss Ladybug), New York/Philadelphia Age and Occupation: 31, Full-time blogger from 7 pm to 12 am Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Playing video games while I blog from 7pm to 12 am Engagement Date: August 2005 Wedding Date: April 15, 2006 Venue: Ballroom at the Ben, Philadelphia About Me: I am the 2nd of 5 girls. Yes, you read that right, 5 girls. I don't know if there's anything interesting about my wedding that I can tell you but I was proposed to twice.

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