A Little Thank You

I had a blast over the weekend hanging out with my best friend Tasmine.  We worked on making thank you cards for her wedding.  It has been a year since we made her wedding invites together.  I can't believe how the time has flown by.  It is always nice when my non-crafty friends want to do a project.  When these little projects come up, I finally get to share my favorite hobby with them.

Saturday we went to Michael's and picked up some plain black cards on clearance.  They were embossed at the bottom with two lines and came 6 to a package with envelopes included for $0.99!  Score!  We picked up some American Crafts Silver Glitter Tape, recollections pearls and an EK Success Paper Shapers Layer Punch.  On Sunday we got together to actually make  all 42 thank you cards.  We stamped the couple's initials with some letter stamps by MSE on the smallest layer of the punch shape.  Then we put everything else together.  My small Xyron sticker maker came in very handy for those little pieces.  The $1 pink Revlon tweezer I bought that I thought would come in handy one day with my crafts, really helped me with adhering those tiny pearls quickly.

For the inside of the thank you card, we stamped a castle from an old Stampin' Up! set in Desert Sand Memento Ink and then stamped a Stampin' Up! sentiment over top in black.

We wanted to keep the theme from the original invitations (on a budget) and I think these ended up matching pretty well.

Love Gives Us A Fairytale

Happy Monday! It is day one of my vacation. Yay! Staycations are a wonderful thing. Day one I have completed two things on my list of to-do's. Grocery shopping and laundry, check! I also made a card last night...one of the benefits of being able to stay up late. This is a card I made for my best friend as a congratulations for her wedding. Her wedding is royal themed and Princess Tiana was on her Save the Dates. She even has this cute little Tiana doll that she takes around with her. I think it is a form a stress relief. My friend even looks just like Tiana so I thought this was perfect.

Supplies- Princess Tiana coloring page, PTI Lavender Moon cardstock, Best Creations Powder Blue Glitter Cardstock, Kaisercraft Magic Happens Topaz patterned paper, Want to Scrap Pearls, Nestabilities Label 1, Silver Spica pen, Copcis: C00 C1 C3 C5 B0000 E11 E1 E21 E23 E25 E27 E29 R21 R22 B23

Wedding Mania Continues...

Hi everybody! I know I have been pretty quiet lately. I am suffering from always a bridesmaid syndrome. I am in two weddings this year, one in June and one in July so I have been busy busy busy with my bridesmaid's duties. One actual fun duty is that for wedding number two I have been asked to help make the invitations. It is a bit last minute so I am feeling the pressure on this one. Here is the prototype invitation I have come up with so far. It is just a rough draft based on what the bride specified that she wanted. (Gate fold enclosure with a ribbon band and lots of embossing inside and out. She wants custom silver glitter lined envelopes too- oh what a joy those will be to line!). I still need to get some fancy script monogram stamps for the letters on the front, but overall she likes how this turned out. Can wait to make 100 of them!

Cardstock- Paper Source Black and Soft White

Stamps- Stampin' Up Friends 24-7, Baroque Motifs, MSE funtastic letters

Ink and Accessories- Ranger Bridal Embossing Powder, Stampin Up Black Embossing Powder, Versamark Dazzle Ink, Icicle Stickles, Papersource Bluebell satin ribbon, SU! Square punches

NSR- Non stamping related...Wedding chat...

My Post Today is Non-stamping related but just as fun...today is all things Wedding!!! I have spent the entire weekend reading bridal magazines and surfing the web for ideas. I have 4 weddings coming up, none of them mine of course as I am always a bridesmaid...never a bride. ;0)

I have two showers coming up in the next 2 months, and two destination weddings as well as one wedding planned for next year. I am going gown shopping Saturday with a bunch of my besties for Marle's dress. I decided I should do some research and pick out at least a few suggestions so I will not be that bridesmaid that just wrinkles her nose at all the options and doesn't have anything constructive to contribute to the process.

Here is my top pick for a bridesmaid gown...Marle is thinking about purple....so when I saw this I thought it would look cute on everyone...

WTOO- Style 731 in Violet Bridalgownsbyroma.com 973-777-9344

I like this style for a formal night time wedding....

Jim Hjelm JH8057 Ivory Silk Faced Satin bridal ball gown, strapless asymmetrical draped bodice, double bubble pick up skirt, chapel train

My favorite dress is the one at the top of the post. David Tutera by Faviana...Olivia

Here is the back.

This dress is so simple and elegant! I just love love love it.

I Do I Do
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35 South St
Morristown,NJ, 07960
Phone: 973-993-6215

Sybil by Maggie Sottero

Slim line gown with sweetheart neckline and corset closure. Diagonal ruching throughout the bustline is accented with jeweled detailing at the empire waist. Gossamer Chiffon moves and flows throughout the gown with graceful lightness.

JSM1228 Maggie Sottero
One-piece, strapless, A-line gown with zipper closure. A dash of sparkle highlights the neckline of this Delustered Satin gown, and a vintage inspired floor-length lace jacket makes an unforgettable impact with shimmering beaded embellishments.

Wedding Shower Invites Part 3

The Wedding Shower invites are finally done! Here are the vertical style in all their glory.

I ended up with an extra card and stamped image from the first horizontal style half of the invites so I made one more version below:

Finally here is the Bachelorette Party insert for the top portion of the inside of the vertical invitations. A label will be placed underneath with the Bachelorette Party details.

Now I can move on to finishing up my Mother's Day cards!

Wedding Shower Invitations Part 2

Here is the second installment of the wedding shower invites that I promised, except it is a little later than intended. That heat wave over the weekend really slowed me down. My friend Rhiannon also designed these as well. She went through every flower stamp I had searching for just the right flower and ended up picking this one from the Eastern Blooms set.


Recipe: For the Bride and Eastern Blooms stamp sets, Pretty in Pink, Shimmery White, Brushed Silver cardstock, Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon, Silver Brads, Cloth flowers, Pretty in Pink Ink, Silver Encore Craft Ink, Dazzling Diamonds, Clear Embossing Powder, Stampin Dimensionals, BigShot Top Note Die

We are still trying to come up with a design for the inside for the Bachlorette Party invite. TBC...