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so i am very dedicated in that i am doing the calligraphy for all the invitations. i have been doing calligraphy since early high school, but i am taking on the task of learning this new font that is painful and a pain in the a$$. and now my arm is going to fall off from all the practice!!! so for all you brides who did the envelopes yourself, how long did it take you???
wow....cant believe u are doing it yourself...I would get started NOW if i were you!!....LOL
i am. i'm being very adventurous with the invites. i am making all the invites, the stds and reply cards too. i even lined 96 envelopes with wrapping paper. i am friggin exhausted. but i am unemployed, looking for a teaching job and working a couple of nights a week and compared to what i used to do, i am up for the challenge. but i don't know how long this will last!!!
Since your unemployed want to address my invites for me?
Let me know how this goes for you. I have been doing calligraphy since high school as well and figured that I would address all of our invitations as well. Which font are you learning?
I did them on the computer...I have terrible handwritting...I couldn't imaging doing them by hand...congrats! Please post pics when you're done.
Posted by cocoa
i am. i'm being very adventurous with the invites. i am making all the invites, the stds and reply cards too. i even lined 96 envelopes with wrapping paper. i am friggin exhausted. but i am unemployed, looking for a teaching job and working a couple of nights a week and compared to what i used to do, i am up for the challenge. but i don't know how long this will last!!!
omg, i measured the length of my envelope, which was about 7'. then i cut the roll that was 28' give or take an inch into smaller 7 inch rolls. then i took the roll and put it into my envelope, pretty side up, cut it where the point of the flap was. then i folded down the paper along the part you lick and cut those pieces off so it was triangular like the flap. then i used a glue stick and glued the paper to the flap. i will post pics when everything is done. it took about 3 1/2 hours to do about 95 envelopes. but the paper was about $1.50 a roll at party city and i bought and used 3 rolls! each roll did about 30 envelopes! it is unique, b/c the paper is a foil applique paper, if that makes sense.
Are you handwriting the invitations also?
HELL NO!!! thought about it, but i'm not THAT insane!!! however, i think that i may print out the wording and then hand write our names on the invitations . still toying with that idea.
Cocoa, I am so impressed with your creativity and talent. Even if I had the time to do this stuff, there is no way I would be able to! I have terrible handwriting and am completely uncreative, so I have a lot of admiration for the do-it-yourself brides!
thank you! however, there is something to be said about paying for it all...sometimes your sanity is worth it!
i'm going to try to keep it small b/c i think that my handwriting looks better small. but i have seen some beautiful envelopes where the address takes up practically the whole thing. some have like an inch of space between the name and address and city/state lines. i'm still playing around though!
