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Mrs. Lox, Baltimore Age and Occupation: 33, Government Worker Fiance's Age and Occupation: 35. IT Consultant Engagement Date: May 8, 2010 Wedding Date: May 2011 Venue: Vandiver Inn About Me: I’m an East Coast gal born and bred and a suburban brat turned city rat for the last year. Now Mr. Lox and I enjoy walking all kinds of places, having the coolest things around in our backyard, and especially our garage parking. I love gadgets, toys, Ben & Jerry’s Chubby Hubby ice cream, monkeys, and our insane cats. I’m a blonde by birth and a redhead by choice. I’m that girl in the cubicle farm with all the cool toys and the file cabinet covered in magnetic poetry. I still use smiley faces in my emails, whether people like it or not. This is not the first rodeo for Mr. Lox nor me. And together, we are planning an intimate afternoon wedding on a budget we can afford by ourselves.

STD Saga – Part 1

January 18th, 2011 @ 9:39 am by Mrs. Lox
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This is a story about my STDs. (And for reals, am I the only blogger who can’t type that without snickering? Because I do. Every. Single Time. STD STD STD! *snort*) However, before we get to that, it is a story about my very first Etsy Alchemy request.

I had it in my mind that I wanted a monogram for our wedding. But, as you may have already ascertained, I am not an artsy type. I do not do graphic design. In fact, until just the other night I didn’t even know we had a working color printer in the house. (OK, OK. That one is Mr. Lox’s fault. But it’s true.) So in order to get a monogram I had to beg someone to make it for me. And then bribe them for it. With cash. Clearly Etsy’s Alchemy was the answer. I had also noticed that a certain theme had emerged in some of the items I have already ordered. As I am not one to fight with destiny, I hopped on the theme train and ordered up a custom monogram that follows the theme. Having said that, I now introduce our custom monogram!

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Our monogram courtesy of Etsy seller tuccipaperco

At first I wasn’t sure about it. So Mr. Lox and I considered it carefully for about 60 seconds. Then he declared that he liked it. And I decided it was, in fact, made of awesome. And I paid the nice Etsy seller, and I got my file in my inbox. And the rest, my dears, is history! OK, really recent history, but still. Obviously the real version does not have smudged bits. Sorry about that.

High off of my first Alchemy success, I quickly created a second request. This time for a custom stamp. But this time it was a private request issued directly to a store owner I wanted to work with. And the end result is a lovely stamp made of that monogram.

Then it occurred to me…embossing! A stroke of genuis! I shall emboss this stamp. Somewhere. Perhaps on my STD envelopes? Who knows? Stick around to find out, though.

Have you used Etsy’s Alchemy yet? What pretties have you had made for you?