Sample Invitation

So Sarah and I just completed the next step to the invitations. Our paper and monogram stamp came in the mail; so we tried to make a sample invitation to get an idea on what it should look like, and to foresee any problems in making it. It's a good thing we did because with our first trial with the invitation, we used a 2 tone paper (2 colors on one sheet of paper) which made it hard to imagine what it would look like if we did it with 2 separate sheets of paper because we could not find a 2 tone paper in our colors; so what we have now looks slightly different from our 1st sample, and more creme stands out in the cover. It is not a big deal. Sarah had a really cool idea to make a burgundy frame offset in the center so it breaks up the creme a little more, and that problem was averted. There are a couple more things that still need to be done. We still need to make one more stamp, buy some vellum, design the wording of the invitation, design a map, buy postage, etc. I have to find a non-liquid glue because the liquid ones seem to warp the paper. Sarah showed me this glue applicator in which it attaches sticky dots, and I think that will work well. There's plenty of options for tacking now that scrapbooking is such a popular thing. Once we get all the pieces together, we'll have a party, maybe serve a little wine. The invitations need to get out by the end of next week. So I am getting kind of nervous. I'm sure we can gather a whole bunch of people, set-up an assembly line, play some loud music and get it done.