Justifying gocco purchase = gocco everything in sight until it pays for itself!
Here are the personalized note cards I made for all seven of my shower hostesses. With that many people to gift, it was tough to come up with something easy and affordable. I hope they like them!
Step one: with this much stuff on one screen, gocco foam blocker is your friend:

Step two: paper your house (and force your roommates to eat on their laps):

Step three: conserve ink by scraping it off one name and onto the next as you go:

Step four: step back and admire your work:
Adorable vintage typewriter, idea copyright Miss Lovebug:
Step five: pretty up the packaging:

Breakdown:
75 Plum A2 flat cards from papersource: $9.75
75 Superfine White A2 flat cards from papersource: $9.75
1 gocco screen, 2 gocco bulbs: $6
Ink (although I already had it and there is a ton left): ~$6
Total cost for 20 personalized notecards for each hostess (10 each of the flower design and the typewriter design): $4.50!
Great minds think alike! I’m going to make personalized cards as part of my BM gifts with my gocco… Yours are lovely.