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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.