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Hours of slicing invites while hunched over took a toll on my lower back, but I’m not complaining. I had a system going—I could have sliced and diced allll night. When I took a break after cutting the invites, directions, and accommodations, I sat back to revel in what looked like the aftermath of a tornado. There was so much paper scrap! I gathered everything together and tried to get up to grab my camera to take a picture, but soon realized that sitting Indian-style for so long made my legs numb and I almost fell over, like the time Barney Stinson ran the marathon and his legs stopped working on the subway (BTW, after 99% of you guys swore that the show How I Met Your Mother was “awesome”, I bought all three seasons. I am now not only obsessed with the show, I have to say that it’s “legendary”!) .
My legs dead, all I could do was reach over to grab my phone and I managed to take these low-resolution pictures:
I know there are a lot of DIY invite makers out there, so I thought I’d ask you.
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I am quite the hoarder, too. I promised myself I would hold onto them until the wedding was over. If I couldn’t use them by then, I didn’t need them.
Sure enough, once the wedding was over, I threw out a whole pile of skinny cardstock.
Great to hear you’re caught up on HIMYM! Wooo! 
You could use them for bookmarks or gift tags. Just a few ideas off the top of my head! Good luck!
Your invitations are “legen…wait for it…dary” here girl! Can you at least recycle the scraps if you can’t reuse them? That might assuage your hamster guilt.
What about some thing like this:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_6&listing_id=19598751
or there is always decoupage
Guilty as charged. I hoard them, too.
I love that show! As Barney would say… SUIT UP!
Not sure if you posted about this already but what are you doing about your weddding flowers?
I really like the gift tag ideas!
You could make ornaments like GT did here: http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/12/10/wedding-ornament/ but it’s not quite the same because it’s just plain paper.
Maybe you could use them to decoupage a card box?
You could set them out for your guests to write you words of wisdom or use them for a wishbowl?
I have to say your invitations are legen- (wait for it) dary.
LOVE BARNEY! So glad we convinced you to watch How I Met Your Mother
Also LOL @ hording like a hampster - I also have this problem.
I was thinking about this just last night. I’m keeping them for now. If I don’t find a use for them, they’re going to get recycled.
Your invitations are gorgeous BTW
Totally loving the invites so far. I love the orchid line drawing - so chic and feminine!
Ah, yes… I remember the cutting… Congrats on finishing! They look great!
I struggled with what to do with my scraps. In the end, I found a way to re-use the whole sheets that had errors on them in our centerpieces (which requires a lengthy description), but the cutting scraps were recycled.
Your paper is so glittery. I’m thinking it could be pretty shredded and used as either (a) gift-packing material or in gift baskets (maybe for your BMs?) or (b) inside clear glass globes as Christmas ornaments (a la Mrs Green Tea). Or perhaps you could “scrapbook” them into your Thank You notes?
I like the idea of making it all into confetti - if your venu allows you to throw it, then I say why not?
Can you get a small heart hole punch and just punch it out while watching “How I Met Your Mother” over and over and over??
There are so many great paper mache projects that you could do with your scraps whether it be wedding related like creating your own unity candle holder.
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_candles/article/0,,DIY_13748_2269476,00.html
I am sooo with you on the back pain, and YES, I kept the scraps too, ha ha! We ended up using them to write names on for a reception game we played, and I will also use some for borders or something in our scrapbook (my scraps were purple).
My mom is an art teacher so she’s always saving scraps of everything! You could make your own paper from that paper! I’m not sure what the whole process is, but you basically mix up some water and torn up scraps of paper into a pulp. Then you use plastic mesh (you can find them at any craft store) and spread lumps of pulp across and smooth as much as you like, then let dry. After they’re a fun rough texture. You could even mix in different colors of paper and have interesting patterns. Now you’ve got cool paper that you can use for all sorts of other craft projects!
i STILL have scraps laying around, i used them everywhere. projects would come up and i’d try to use what i can. from tags to backings for little monograms to TY cards. it just feels like such a waste to throw it all away when they’re so pretty!
This is unrelated to your post, but I just wanted to share with you that I also hired Cly as our photographer for our wedding and am in LOVE with the pictures!! I just go the proofs today and remembered that you hired them too. If you’d like to see a few of my pics, I can share them with you! =) I’m SO happy with my pictures!!!!
@Miss D’orsay: oh my gosh, that is gorgeous! i’m definitely making that! i think i even saw a butterfly punch at michaels the other day!
@Hyewon: yess yess please do share them with me!!! i’d love to see them!!! and i’m so glad you’re happy with your pictures. i’m very excited that i’ve hired them!
if you need my email address let me know!
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Mrs. Martini, New Jersey
Age and Occupation: 30, Telecom by day, Superhero by night
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 32, Investments & Finance by day, Hip hop dancer by night
Engagement Date: May 24, 2008
Wedding Date: March, 2009
Blogging Since: August 18, 2008
Venue: The Venetian
About Me: Things that make me happy: Haribo Happy Cola gummies, TV shows on DVD, buying books although I never read them, 80’s rock ballads, ramen, and of course Mr. Martini! He is the calm, logical and number crunching finance guy. I can’t even multiply double digit numbers in my head and I am so indecisive that trying to choose between light green or slightly lighter green paper stresses me out (Wedding planning is going to be soooo much fun). We both find great joy in nabbing great seats at the movie theater for a blockbuster movie on opening weekend, and we are both absolutely crazy about snowboarding. And he loves to cook, I love to eat!
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