At last.....

Our Thank you cards will be going in the mail, at last! You are probably thinking to yourself, "Umm..haven't you been married for over 4 months now? Shouldn't these have already gone out?" Well the answer would be yes and yes! Unfortunately, someone had offered to make the Thank you cards for us and kinda flaked. So I decided to make them myself. However, I had to wait for the photographer to send us our pictures, which turned out to be longer than I would have thought. So....finally, I asked the photographer to email me this picture so we could start getting them printed and...the rest of the pictures arrived a week later, check fb for the goods! So, Scott and I set on my final DIY project connected to the wedding. I must say, I love how they turned out and it has been fun working on them with Scott. Especially since he was living here in WA during all the fun wedding planning and missed out on alot! ;) He loves me!

So, first task was designing the photo card. I searched all the recommended sites, but ended up with the old standby, Costco. They made our Save the dates beautiful so I knew they would do the same for our thank yous! The design I wanted was no longer available, so my crafty mind went with this plain one and decided I had enough materials leftover from the wedding projects to jazz it up! Scott and I got 100 cards printed for under $25, envelopes included (and these don't cost extra postage-bonus!) We picked them up, loved them then headed to Michaels to buy the "We tied the knot" ribbon. We actually didn't set out to buy that ribbon but loved the look and decided to splurge ($1.99/spool, 2 spools.) Finally, we went to Office Max and bought large, white address labels to write our thank you on and affix to the back of the card (under $20!) The rest of the materials I had at home (glue tape, scissors, stamp, ink, embossing powder and heat tool-remember my exciting trip to Paper Source in April, here in Bellevue?) I will say it is time consuming, but def worth making them ourselves. We saved at least 50% if not more than the other guy was going to cost and the time Scott and I got together making these alone was worth it!

I measured out the ribbon so it would curl under each side just a little, used the glue tape to tact it down and Scott worked his magic on stamping up the back. It took a little perfecting, as picture paper and heat don't mix. All and all, we are very happy with the finished project and hope our guests enjoy what we think is a unique thank you!

So my gracious, generous guests...be watching your mailboxes for yours! They should go out this weekend! Thank you for being patient with us on getting these out so late!

Jer 31:3 The LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Sweet!