Weddingbee Blog

Shortly after becoming engaged I became obsessed with Weddingbee (who am I kidding, I found it while I was waiting). It was the happiest unintended wedding site find I could have made. I found myself drawn to the DIY goodness of bloggers’ featured weddings and was inspired and reassured I could do the same with our own wedding.

I had always envisioned DIYing as many aspects of our wedding as possible, but feared that in the end it would look too crafty. I loved the thought of designing and printing my own invites, but feared I would miss out on the pro-quality. That is until I heard about a neat device called the Gocco, which is basically a mini at home screen printing kit. Unfortunately, the Gocco was discontinued and with supplies becoming scarce it wouldn’t be the best investment. I felt like my dreams were crashing to the floor. That was until I came across Miss Duckling’s post about this great new gadget called Yudu! It could be the perfect answer to DIYing my own invites and I am very excited to say I finally ordered mine!!!

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I have heard a lot of pros and cons regarding the machine, but am confident with the new finer screen I won’t be running into too many issues.

I found these pros and cons most often:

Pros:

• it is convenient
• it has a large print area
• you can reuse the screens
• you can use other suppliers inks to save on cost

Cons:

• it does take up space
• refill supplies can get pricey
• fine detail may not come through on paper (though the new finer 220 mesh screen is supposed to solve this)
• you need to make sure to follow the directions precisely

I haven’t listed all the pros or cons I have come across and am pretty optimistic that this will be the wonder product everyone is raving about. My optimism has been reassured after seeing a few Yudu created projects:

From Erin Bassett’s Blog: Printed on cardstock using the 110 screen

And here is another example of work from J. Caroline’s blog

and these great Save the Date Hankies featured on Style Me Pretty

I am pretty darn excited to see what I can do with the Yudu!!

Have you found yourself indulging on crafting equipment for DIY wedding projects? Did you find your purchases were worth the $$$? Do you Yudu? Are you just as excited as I am to see what I can come up with?