It has been invitations non-stop for the past 5 days...
Friday night Samantha, Casie, Laura, Taryn and Jun came over to help with the invitations. We had some dinner first... salad, shoyu chicken, rice and asparagus. Taryn brought over some wine so we cracked open that too.
Everyone had a job... Taryn had the embosser and did all the envelopes... Casie put stamps on all the envelopes... I glued all the invitations and Sam assembled them on the enclosure. Jun and Sean were in charge of putting the rhinestones on the flowers. I also got recruited to rhinestones when Jun & Taryn left and Sean took a "halo break". Laura came over afterwards too and was also on rhinestone duty. Meanwhile, Sam and Casie numbered all the reply cards and put them in order.
I had read a handy tip on one of the websites saying that many people forget to write their names on the RSVP card so it's a good idea to pencil in a number and keep a list with the coordinating names and numbers for reference when you get them back. Hopefully this will be a God-sent because it definitely took some extra time to do and have organized!
That night after everyone had left and gone to bed, I started folding the vellum and taping our monogram on it to hold the enclosure in place. I did the first stack of 30 then was off to bed. Saturday, Sam and I went looking for our pink tank tops for the girls and still had no luck :( You would think this to be a really easy task but we are just not having luck anywhere! SO puzzling!
When I got home from dinner I worked on a few more then took a nap with Sean. I got up around 10:30 pm and worked til about 2 am , finally finishing all the vellum wraps.
Sunday, Sean and I went to pick up some calligraphy pens and headed over to his parents house. Marily was to teach me to address the envelopes! Well, she gave me a little example and then got started while I practiced on a sheet. I figured I should just dive in as we had 150 to do... I got started around 3 pm and worked non-stop. They went to dinner around 5:30 and before I knew it they were back and I was still in the same spot. I literally worked from about 3 pm- 11:15 pm, minus a 10-15 minute break to scarf down some Thai Curry that Sean went to pick up for me. We called it quits at 11:15 even though I was determined to finish. Instead, we headed back over around 7 pm yesterday and finished addressing everything and then stuffing each one into the right envelope, cross referencing our list. I did have to order another pack of enclosure and envelopes and am waiting on that... hopefully it does not take too long to come in. Today I finished with all the envelopes that I had and took them all in to the post office. Once I get the other stock in the mail I can finish Kyle, Jenny, Scott and the Smiths... I think that's it.
Can I also just ask WHY the post office people are always sooooo rude and grumpy? I was so nice to the lady because I knew I was going to be asking a favor, but she was just so short and rude and snippy! So annoying! I had a few questions about postage to Japan and increments of stamps and it was always a snippy comment like "that's what I just said". Not to mention she was wrong twice!!! I asked her nicely if there was any way to hand cancel the postage (I read that in my wedding book by Mindy Weiss so that it doesn't smudge all over my nice envelope and stamp) and she replies "I can leave a note that's it" and walks away for like 5 minutes when we're not even done yet! I brought a box of candy to kinda bribe them to do it and when I leave it she's like "ohhhhh thanks"... HUMPH you grump!
I'm so exhausted... I just want to lie on the couch all week and never move... I think I'm skipping my work out at the gym today. I've been good...
Friday night Samantha, Casie, Laura, Taryn and Jun came over to help with the invitations. We had some dinner first... salad, shoyu chicken, rice and asparagus. Taryn brought over some wine so we cracked open that too.
Everyone had a job... Taryn had the embosser and did all the envelopes... Casie put stamps on all the envelopes... I glued all the invitations and Sam assembled them on the enclosure. Jun and Sean were in charge of putting the rhinestones on the flowers. I also got recruited to rhinestones when Jun & Taryn left and Sean took a "halo break". Laura came over afterwards too and was also on rhinestone duty. Meanwhile, Sam and Casie numbered all the reply cards and put them in order.
I had read a handy tip on one of the websites saying that many people forget to write their names on the RSVP card so it's a good idea to pencil in a number and keep a list with the coordinating names and numbers for reference when you get them back. Hopefully this will be a God-sent because it definitely took some extra time to do and have organized!
That night after everyone had left and gone to bed, I started folding the vellum and taping our monogram on it to hold the enclosure in place. I did the first stack of 30 then was off to bed. Saturday, Sam and I went looking for our pink tank tops for the girls and still had no luck :( You would think this to be a really easy task but we are just not having luck anywhere! SO puzzling!
When I got home from dinner I worked on a few more then took a nap with Sean. I got up around 10:30 pm and worked til about 2 am , finally finishing all the vellum wraps.
Sunday, Sean and I went to pick up some calligraphy pens and headed over to his parents house. Marily was to teach me to address the envelopes! Well, she gave me a little example and then got started while I practiced on a sheet. I figured I should just dive in as we had 150 to do... I got started around 3 pm and worked non-stop. They went to dinner around 5:30 and before I knew it they were back and I was still in the same spot. I literally worked from about 3 pm- 11:15 pm, minus a 10-15 minute break to scarf down some Thai Curry that Sean went to pick up for me. We called it quits at 11:15 even though I was determined to finish. Instead, we headed back over around 7 pm yesterday and finished addressing everything and then stuffing each one into the right envelope, cross referencing our list. I did have to order another pack of enclosure and envelopes and am waiting on that... hopefully it does not take too long to come in. Today I finished with all the envelopes that I had and took them all in to the post office. Once I get the other stock in the mail I can finish Kyle, Jenny, Scott and the Smiths... I think that's it.
Can I also just ask WHY the post office people are always sooooo rude and grumpy? I was so nice to the lady because I knew I was going to be asking a favor, but she was just so short and rude and snippy! So annoying! I had a few questions about postage to Japan and increments of stamps and it was always a snippy comment like "that's what I just said". Not to mention she was wrong twice!!! I asked her nicely if there was any way to hand cancel the postage (I read that in my wedding book by Mindy Weiss so that it doesn't smudge all over my nice envelope and stamp) and she replies "I can leave a note that's it" and walks away for like 5 minutes when we're not even done yet! I brought a box of candy to kinda bribe them to do it and when I leave it she's like "ohhhhh thanks"... HUMPH you grump!
I'm so exhausted... I just want to lie on the couch all week and never move... I think I'm skipping my work out at the gym today. I've been good...
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