My printer broke while doing the invitations

SFAR89 Posted: Oct 19, 2008 07:26 PM

My printer broke while doing the invitations

So , I had a completely horrible weekend. Besides personal issues, I had my printer completely spaz out on me.

I am pretty computer savvy, and I figured I would be able to just print the envelopes on the computer. I have done all sorts of printing , photos, invitations, and other projects before on it. I didn't see why this would be an issue.

So bottom line is, my printer kept shutting down and jamming the paper, and I got pissed off.

I wound up hand writting the envelopes as best as I could. (My mother has really nice handwriting, so she helped).

What I want to know is, do you think this is really, really tacky???

I mean, people are just going to throw them out anyway. I HAVE to send them out this weekend or else we will really be cutting it close.

Should I reall worry? Or should I just chalk it all up to technical malfunctions and be happy I got it done?

Jennmolloy Posted: Oct 19, 2008 07:32 PM

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First off I am sorry you had a crappy weekend!!

I don't think that it is tacky at all. My mom has really nice handwriting so I am going to have her address my invites to save so money.

SFAR89 Posted: Oct 19, 2008 07:36 PM

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Posted by Jennmolloy

First off I am sorry you had a crappy weekend!!

I don't think that it is tacky at all. My mom has really nice handwriting so I am going to have her address my invites to save so money.

Seriously, you just made me feel 1,000 times better lol

THANK YOU!

mf2009 Posted: Oct 19, 2008 07:37 PM

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awww I'm sorry sweetie! And stuff like this always happens when you under the gun on time.

As far as tackiness, in my opnion having your mom write on the envelopes is fine. This is your wedding and the invites should be the least of your worries, they are just going to be thrown out (no offense) anyway so no need to fuss too much over them, just get them out as soon as possible.
Hope things go a little bit better for you this week.

MnM182008 Posted: Oct 19, 2008 08:05 PM

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I am sorry you had such a bad weekend. I've been going through ridiculous printer problems, I actually went and purchased a new printer and I am still going insane with trying to print my envelopes. So I am going to hand write mine. Its too late for me to do anything other than hand write them. I think its fine to hand write them its an invitations its not the most important part of the wedding.

Kricket212 Posted: Oct 19, 2008 08:07 PM

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I am with you......they will go in garbage anyway.

Im a Pepper Posted: Oct 19, 2008 08:07 PM

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Sorry to hear about your weekend and your printer. Don't give too much thought to the envelopes... I'm sure no one will even notice!

SummerBride10 Posted: Oct 19, 2008 08:52 PM

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That scks that your printer broke- but don't worry about the envelopes- people will throw those away. No one ever pays gives a second thought to envelopes.

xxpazzaxx Posted: Oct 19, 2008 08:58 PM

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try kinkos or stamples..you can print there

bridej9 Posted: Oct 19, 2008 10:21 PM

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Honestly, it looks beautiful when they are printed but people will never ever ever remember that their invite was handwritten. Ever!

mrsjpc3 Posted: Oct 19, 2008 10:25 PM

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we had serious printer probs when doing ours too. We opted for labels, which came out great, but we had to buy a new printer. Seriously, no one will even CARE that they were handwritten... they are going in the garbage.

sharivera Posted: Oct 19, 2008 10:38 PM

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This is not tacky at all..my friend just got married..her envelopes were hand written - neatly and it looked fine... i just opened and ripped up the envelope anyway :) Her place cards were also handwritten neatly...noone is going to think anything if your envelopes are hand written.. no worries...

CC11208 Posted: Oct 19, 2008 10:51 PM

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I think handwritten envelopes are beautiful. If you think about it, before printers, invitations were always handwritten.

Sorry to hear about your printer problems. I know how annoying and frustrating that can be, especially when you're on a deadline!!

hunterstorme Posted: Oct 20, 2008 06:03 AM

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No worries - not tacky at all. Just let it go.

You just gave me the idea to consider hand-writing mine, or at least signing it somewhere to give it a personal touch. Now that I think about it, everything computer-printed seems so removed.

BAL5-9-05 Posted: Oct 20, 2008 11:02 AM

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I wouldn't worry....just write them....

christine2010 Posted: Oct 20, 2008 11:09 AM

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sorry to hear u had a bad weekend.
i don't think its a big deal if you ended up handwriting your invitations. some people pay a lot of money to have someone else hand write there invitations.

pa56 Posted: Oct 20, 2008 12:14 PM

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I wrote some and printed some. I even had custom stamps on the outer envelope and NO ONE noticed!! So my advice is do whatever is best for you. 99% of the people will not notice the envelope or addressing style.

HappyPlanner Posted: Oct 20, 2008 02:04 PM

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not tacky at all.

i hand wrote all my invite addresses with script. as long as it's nice and neat, it should be fine.

i know it takes lots of time to make labels and hand feed through printers, but i personally like handwritten style..it's more my taste...and more 'personal to me'

im sure ppl will disagree but just my opinion!

gluck with it!