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I am now the proud owner of…
A Cricut Expression complete with the Sure Cuts A Lot program!!
I bought it the other night on a whim with no project in particular in mind. While it may not have been the wisest purchase, (especially when I have to pay a $260 dollar speeding ticket next month), I was SO EXCITED to get it home and start cutting. I’d only heard great things about the Cricut, and I was sold.
On my drive home I tried to come up with a worthy first Cricut project and I decided it would be the perfect tool to make our Save The Dates. After all, I had seen some pretty adorable STDs made using a Cricut!
Finding inspiration in Mrs. Cupcake’s cut-out invitations, I came up with a design for our save the dates that I really ended up liking!
(Tutorial coming soon!)
This is four pieces of paper all together. The design itself is cut from the top sheet with scrapbook paper behind the date and regular ol’ inkjet paper behind the cute little window. I ran it all through my handy-dandy Xyron and sandwiched it all together with a solid piece of cardstock on the back (that I also cut with the Cricut… it’s great for accuracy!).
The top portion is intentionally left empty for an extra addition that’s in the works. I can’t wait to show them to you once they’re finished; they’ll be so adorable you’ll proooobably explode!
When they’re all ready to be shipped off, they’ll be placed in these super cute envelopes from PaperSource:
With an equally cute, but yet-to-be-designed, address label.
I’m pretty excited about them. They’ll be the first wedding idea that I’ve come up with that I’m not changing! I can’t wait to see what they’ll look like fully assembled and to get them sent off to our guests, hopefully by mid-late October.
So, what about all of you? Were any of your wedding projects inspired by a fancy-schmancy-crafty gadget?
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Very cute — curious to see what’s going to go on the top portion! 
I love them! Great choice … I MUST have a cricut … I’m convinced!
I have been wanting a Cricut forever! I think I’ll ask for one for Christmas to justify the expense! Super cute STDs!
How fun! My fiance and I were playing with those envelopes yesterday at Sam Flax, actually.
I must be so pathetic. I bought a cuttlebug and a cricuit when I first got engaged. I even bought accessories. I’ve played with the cuttlebug, but alas, the cricuit is still sitting in its unopened box in the living room.
Has anyone had any experience with the non-Provo Craft program to create more complex designs? I think it uses vector graphics from illustrator.
@iswimibikeirun: You can use any program that saves as an .SVG (scalable vector graphic) file. I’ll be posting a tutorial on how I used Illustrator in conjunction with SCAL soon!
We used those same envelopes
Awesome job with the cricut!
wow, you put the cricut to great use right away! looks great–can’t wait for the tutorial.
Wow! Great job on your first cricut project! Photo on the top? Or something WOW related?
I am in love w/ your colors and jealous of your Cricut 
@iswimibikeirun: I bought a Cuttlebug and a Goco when I was first engaged and they are BOTH still in the box!
Yuppers… we used the wedding to justify a cricut as well - being inspired by all the bees.
I use a program called Inkscape (free download) to create the SVG files used by Sure Cuts A Lot. Learning a bit about inkscape really helped.. I used it to create our own maps. The tutorials you can find for illustrator will work almost the same for inkscape - both programs have similar commands.
you mean to say these are going to get even cuter? is that possible? i can’t wait to see what will go on top!
Those look so great! And I am so jealous of your cricut….hhhhmmmm… how can I make that a needed expense?
@Mrs. Espresso: Think about everything you can use it for in the future! Christmas cards, birthday cards and invitations, personalized stationery… baby announcements : ) In the long run, it’ll save you money!
I love the colors and that they’re a little different…great job so far!
Gosh, everytime you and the rest of the bees post something so adorable it makes me want one of these that much more!
I’m going to ask my FI for one for Christmas Eeeek I love your colors & the paper you used for your numbers! They look great…
I am way jealous….I’ve been wanting those for awhile now!!! Your save the dates turned out very cute, I can’t wait to see what you have planned for the top. Love the envelopes, by the way.
i love your colors, envelopes, and your date (my birthday!)
Your Save the Dates are adorable! (And match my wedding colors exactly!)
Oh… and YAY for Central Cali brides!!
(I’m in Porterville, just 45 minutes southeast of ya!)
Oh, I’m using those same envelopes (in silver) and can’t wait to see what your labels look like. I started addressing some by hand because I couldn’t think of a better way to do it other than clear labels which are pretty boring.
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Miss Dachshund, Fresno, CA
Age and Occupation: 24, Legal Office Assistant
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Computer Technician
Engagement Date: April 18, 2009
Wedding Date: May 2010
Venue: Victorian Gardens of Two Sisters
About Me: I’m a 24-year-old Californian bride-to-be who found love in the most unlikely of places - an online video game! I’m a farmer’s daughter living in rural Central California, but will always have a special place in my heart for the city. My future husband is a 27-year-old extraordinarily tall, exceptionally cute, and undoubtedly Canadian boy who was able to sweep me off my feet and take me for his bride. I love color, folksy songs that make me smile, interior design, kettle corn, my one-year-old puppy, Juno, and my fiance, of course! We’re planning a DIY garden wedding with a laundry-list of projects, all while dealing with the bureaucracy that is American Immigration!
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