Wedding Blog

I have always been a big fan of paper: paper products, paper crafts, anything to do with paper! My neighbor growing up had a drawer in her basement that was filled with scraps of anything from construction paper to scrapbooking scraps and anytime I complained of being bored, Mama Cloud would send me over looking for a project.

It’s no surprise when we got engaged that I immediately had visions of paper projects dancing through my head. And what did I need to complete all of these fabulous projects? A Gocco, of course! I searched for weeks for a new PG-5 model at a reasonable price. This was right after it was announced that no more supplies would be manufactured and new machines were going for over $500 on eBay! I was not that desperate! I called Northwood Studios on a whim, knowing they would probably be out of stock (they now are completely out of all supplies as well) and to my surprise, there was ONE left! It was meant to be. A week later I was a proud new Gocco owner and have since done a number of small projects to perfect my skills. But this past weekend was the Gocco weekend to end all Gocco weekends. I decided all the projects I had planned on doing needed to be knocked out.

Up first: napkins.

I’ve wanted custom napkins since I saw Mrs. Cream Puff’s forever ago. I decided not to do random facts (they will show up elsewhere, though) just for the sake of my sanity. Instead we went with our new married monogram. 999 napkins to be exact (I accidentally tore one when opening a package to ruin the perfect thousand). Over-ordering much? I didn’t want to risk running out and it really didn’t seem like that many until they were everywhere! Luckily Mr. Cloud was home to be my liner-upper, making the whole process much faster!

This was round two. We did half at a time and this is only two of many covered surfaces… they really were everywhere…

Next were our thank you notes. This is a Mrs. Cream Puff spin off too. Even though I have a huge paper love, I also realize how much we are really wasting for the wedding. What better way to combat that at least a little bit? Plantable paper! I purchased the paper in large sheets from Green Field Paper, and cut them down to 4 bar size cards. Granted I haven’t tried to plant any, but truth be told I kill all plants, so me trying to grow something probably wouldn’t be a good judge of the paper’s ability. But I love the way they look, and matched up with pretty green envelopes from Paper Source is perfection!

It took a LOT of cutting..

Good thing I have TiVoed General Hospital to entertain me while I Gocco! Oh, you wanted to see the end result? I have to keep SOME surprises for the guests who might stumble over here!

We did a few other projects, but they just might be a little gift or two for a few people who tend to peek in on Weddingbee from time to time, so you will have to wait for another post to peek at them, too!

What is your favorite-have-to-have crafting tool?