invitation ideas...

so far this blog has been just a place to bounce ideas around. i have a lot going on in my head, and i talk about them frequently, but if i don't write them down somewhere, they'll be forgotten faster than i can remember what i was even thinking about. and since i type MUCH faster than i write...well, ya know. :)

so we went to christmas cottage this weekend, and i ran across a booth that this one lady had with stencils. ok, let me back up. i always liked the thought of maybe creating my own invitations (yes, i know...VERY time consuming) using some kind of stamp. well, i just don't want them to look cheap if the ink isn't correctly balanced or i can't get them correctly centered - stupid stuff like that makes me nervous. ha! anyways, this really nice woman had these stencils, using the same ink that you would for a stamp. any color, of course. and with this stencil she took a paintbrush, dabbed it on the ink pad, and then filled in the stencil. they were so cute!! i'm thinking about giving it a try. i know that i could get the ink fm michaels or somewhere of the sort, and i could potentially order the stencils online if they don't have those too. it's worth a try, right? i guess i'd better get started now if that's what i want to do because goodness knows how long it will actually take to get them done, but also how much money i could save in the process. which with the budget we're trying to be on then any money saved is a good thing! even just to do a monogram or a heart on the envelope would be cute, i think. we will see! more to come when i actually put some of these ideas into practice...

on another note, i had a absolutely fabulous, well needed weekend. first, i found out one of my dickson girls is pregnant, so congrats!!! and it was great getting to hang out with my dc ladies friday night. long overdue and tons of fun. and then last night tom took me out to dinner at the fabulous mere bulles in brentwood. it was so nice to just get out and enjoy being together. we definitely don't get to do that often enough with full-time jobs, carpools, opposite schedules, and busy lives. today has involved lots of wedding contemplations, episodes of the first season of fringe with my sister, and just enjoying life.

to do:
-get MORE supplies for stenciling project
-cut tissue paper sometime soon for test project
-find cheap yellow plates to make stepping stones for the ceremony (anyone have any they want to get rid of?)
-figure out a list of stuff i need to start working on!

until next time.