I’ve received several comments and emails requesting the coat check tag and sign templates I mention here, so I thought I’d post them here so I don’t miss any interested parties.
Coat check tags
InDesign CS3 template (4.7MB)
PDF template (0.3MB)
Signage
InDesign CS3 template (1.1MB)
PDF template (0.1MB)
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I’ve been agonizing over the programs for a couple of weeks now, but I’m close to being ready to print. In the meantime, I thought I’d share my favorite inspiration images… Stationery and dresses are the two things that make me wish I could get married (to the same person, of course!) over and over and over.
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I know that everyone is blogging about Erin today, but how can you not talk about these? So gorgeous.
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Inspired by an entry on Style Me Pretty, I had to make coat check tags. I just had to. I’ve repeatedly referred to it as the most frivilous of all my DIY projects, but I am not ashamed. They’re sweet and lovely and simply must be.
I designed the template in InDesign using our invitation typefaces (Adobe Garamond and Burgues) and colors, and I printed them on Eames Furniture Weave 120#, the same paper I’m using for the escort cards and table numbers. I went ahead and printed them on my Canon PIXMA, as I have other things for the wedding. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how well that little guy does. This coming from the girl who wanted to have every single little thing letterpressed… It’s a big step for me to use an inkjet for these things. I cut the 96 of them down to size with my Marvy rotary trimmer.
In the middle, I swapped out the cutting cartridge for the perforation blade so the ticket can be easily torn off the bottom. Then they were ready for the X-acto and metal ruler to trim the corners.
My mom let me borrow her Crop-a-dile for setting the eyelets. Between the X-acto and Crop-a-dile, my hand was a permanent claw by the time I finished these up at 3:30 a.m., but it was so worth it and way quicker than setting the eyelets by hand. If you use eyelets very often, I highly recommend shelling out the $30 for one of these. The 1/8″ eyelets I used came in a package of 100 for $3 at Michaels.
Then I just trimmed and knotted the embroidery floss. A couple of photos of a finished tag…
That same night, I also printed off some coordinating signs for reserved seats, the escort card board, and the card trunk.
If you’re interested in the InDesign CS3 template for the tags or the signs, leave a comment or send me an email and I’d be more than happy to send them along!
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Just minutes ago, I finished printing, stuffing and stamping our invitation envelopes. They’re going to the post office today! Yay!
(Not the best photo, but what can you do at 2 a.m.?)
I was less than thrilled when my invitations first arrived. Honestly, less than thrilled is a huge understatement. I immediately emailed my matron of honor, despairing over how disappointed I was, and then I promptly mailed a couple to trusted advisors. Everything was done to my specifications — down to the PMS colors — but it didn’t come together the way I envisioned. I felt like the paper (that I raved about back in October when I picked it out) didn’t complement the delicate, intricate design at all. Well, Rebecca encouraged me to run with it, and my Granny said it was “the most beautiful wedding invitation she has ever seen.” (And she’s not biased at all — ha!) I got a couple of bids on doing a reprint and then decided to put the invitations away for a couple of weeks and reassess. When I got them out this week, I had way more perspective. They aren’t what I expected, but now I can see beyond that to recognize that they’re unique and beautiful. Crisis averted.
We used heart stamps on the save-the-date cards, but this time we were able to use the new Oregon statehood stamps. I wish we could’ve used the same stamps for everything, but I was way too excited about these to pass them up.
Now, on to crossed fingers (for the RSVPs that I hope start rolling in!) as I start on ceremony programs, welcome bags, and other last-minute projects…
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The day before the Super Bowl, my mom and I were working on snacks for Super Bowl Sunday while we cut out some cartouches with her Stampin’ Up curly label die and Cuttlebug. Well, actually, it worked out that my mom did most of the die-cutting:
And I made these (and went just a little overboard on cake batter):
We had two sets of cartouches to cut out. One set, on Eames Furniture Weave 120# cover stock, is for escort cards and table numbers. (I wanted to do it all with the Arturo soft white, but I couldn’t buy any standard-size sheets of that paper [like 8.5"x11"], so I had to choose another paper for some of the details.)
The others, on various scrapbooking papers, are for the bags that will hold the favors.
The process was straightforward, like any other die cutting. It’s all about having the right tools. And, of course, my mom has that covered. I should take photos of her scrapbook/stamping studio sometime… It’s pretty amazing. But anyway, I digress. Despite my great DIY ambitions, my home toolset consists of an X-acto knife, two hole punches, a sewing machine, and a rotary trimmer, so mom came to the rescue.
Then all you need to do is trim down the paper to fit in the Cuttlebug… (I find it necessary to clarify that she did not cut her finger during this bout of craftyness… That was a fajita-related injury from the night before.)
And run it through:
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