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Quote: Originally Posted by Mrs Price 2010 Me to!! We were on Vacation (Look I sound like an american!! Lol!) and just knew he was up to something! I had a feeling he'd do it whilst we were away, it was just a case of finding out which day! He booked a romantic meal at the start of the week, so knew it would be then. He was giggling and smiling all day, but to this day he still thinks it was a complete surprise! Quote: Originally Posted by barbiegirl_27 lol me too! He told me one day that he had a special appointment while I was at work....and then called me to say don't check the credit card. Then when we had a dinner with my brother and SIL he pulled them aside to show them the ring. A couple days later SIL called to see when he was planning to do it b/c it was driving her crazy that she knew....but I was hugging him while he was talking on the phone, and could hear the entire thing. He still has no idea HOW much I knew, I just tell him I suspected b/c he's not good at being sneaky! Quote: Originally Posted by Melaina That's TOO funny! He hid his in the sock drawer too If only they had diaries growing up they would have thought of some craftier hiding spots! Haha! Why are boys so stupid?! Even beforeI found the ring, I found the receipt for it! FI had bought these candies for his students and had them in his "teacher bag" (which is NOT a briefcase - according to him - lol). I asked him if I could have one, and he goes, "sure." And the receipt was in the same pocket as the candies! It was in a Spence Diamond folder which I immediately recognized. Lol. After he proposed I told him all about how completey unsneaky he was. And he laughed.

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Thanks for all the props, ladies. FI & I had fun making them! I'm excited, because people should be receiving them in the mail today Quote: Originally Posted by *Rachel* And you totally trusted your FI! I remembered when mine helped with a few projects I was on pins and needles. Quote: Originally Posted by JKL_WeddingMexico These are beautiful invites. Looks like your FI had a great time helping you!! Quote: Originally Posted by Rolliedelta I wish I could get my FI interested in helping with the invites! He's a good helper. He was so excited to help make them! He airbrushes goalie masks, so he's just as creative as me, and good at meticulous type work. Quote: Originally Posted by KarenM Crystal, they're great & very professional looking!! I really like all the little stamps you have on them. It actually worked out good printing the jackets on my crappy ink jet printer, because it made them look more like real rubber stamps with the uneven ink distribution. That was probably partly the paper too.

Quote: Originally Posted by Melaina I confess that I knew when my hubby was going to pop the question. I'll take that one to the grave with me... he thought he was verrry sneaky! I totally knew too! I actually found the ring a week before he asked, because he is a dumb male and decided to "hide" it in his sock drawer...I am the one that does all the laundry. So of course I found it when I was putting stuff away. What a dummy. Lol. But we laugh about it now.

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chicago : blackhawks

Here's the paper we used to type out the letter we sent along with "expanded" information: Final product: <--A few of the jackets were a different colour green, because between two different Michaels, we'd bought every piece of the dark green they had. Oh well. Everything licked, stamped and ready to go in the mail! Very exciting! So. What did this end up costing me? The printing at Staples and the 110lb cardstock to print the boarding passes on was $34. The green paper for the jackets was $18.15 for 60 sheet (on sale at Michaels). The dark blue envelopes were $21.56 for 60 from Staples. The "beach paper" was $7.80, but I only used 55 sheets, so $4.30. The address labels I got from work and printed them out at home - FREE The return address labels I only used one sheet in the package - $0.50 The "glue" for the bottom of the jackets was $7.20 RSVP envelopes got from work - FREE Total $85.31 for 55 invites I also bought the cutter ($32.99), the corner punch ($11.99) and the blade for perforating ($6.74) all on sale/using coupouns at Michaels, but didn't really add that into the price, since those aren't "consumables" and can be used for other projects. But even if I add those in --> $137.03, which I'm still happy with. Weapons of mass creation:

Well...they're finally done and in the mail. We're on a tight budget, so we made our invites ourselves. After scouring the BDW boards and looking at every boarding pass invite I could get my eyes on, I formulated a plan of attack. Thank you everyone for posting your pictures as they truly inspired and helped me along the way! Let me take you on the journey.... It all started with a sketch of how I wanted everything laid out on the page: After HOURS and HOURS over a few nights at the computer my FI and I finally came up with a design and wording that we were happy with. I turned it into a PDF, loaded it onto a memory stick and trotted on down to my local Staples to get them printed. When I came back an hour later to pick up my order, the AWESOME girl at Staples had straight cut and separated each pass for me! What a sweet heart! "Good luck with your wedding," she said as she handed me my order. Awww. <--All cut and separated! WOW! Next we worked on making the jackets for the passes to go into. I got the green cardstock that has some texture and shine at Michaels (on sale). Here's a sheet hot off the press...the press being my printer. <-- I put "A Crystal Creation" on the back because when I was a kid and I made a card for anyone I'd always put "A Crystal Card" on the back where there would normally be "Hallmark" or whatever So that paper didn't absorb the ink well and took FOREVER to dry! We had to spread the sheets all over the floor and just let them dry over night, because they were way too wet to fold! The next morning we got up bright and early to cut, fold and glue the bottom of the green jackets. Because the girl at Staples saved me SOOOO much time, all I had to do with the passes was use my handy little corner punch I got from Michaels (on sale) and perforate the sections I wanted to (on sale - on sale). <-- FI was a good helper! So after perforating and punching the corners, this is what the boarding passes ended up looking like: <--I really wanted them to be able to tear off the RSVP to send back Next we loaded them all into the little green jackets Still more....

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Quote: Originally Posted by ChicagoPT PS..the guy whose 30th bday is on the day after was mad we planned the wedding too close to his bday!! So I guess Im stealing his thunder! Haha...my brother's birthday is the day after our wedding. But he's not coming, so I guess it doesn't matter.

Those are beautiful pictures! I love them!

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Ahhhh!! SO glad I found this! I jotted down so many books to add to my list to read! LOVE LOVE reading!! When I was a kid, me being "grounded" consisted of my mom taking my books away - not banning me from TV..hahaha. For all you out there in love with Twilight series you MUST read the Mortal Instruments series! I actually ended up liking them better than Twilight, which I didn't think was possible. Just started The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo today.

Quote: Originally Posted by cougs i confess that i thoroughly enjoyed reading all the b*tchy back and forth that occurred in a certain thread today! opinions are like a-holes ... That was scary! I was all "duck and cover!! duck and cover!!" lol. I confess that I have been a horrible employee these last two weeks and have spent almost all my time at work on here or working on invites!

I agree with Allyson about the TA. Ours was able to get us a WAY better rate than we were able to find online, not to mention all the other time they will save you!

Quote: Originally Posted by angelov321 Its really sad when you can depend on friends more than family. Tell me about it! This has been the story of my engagement/wedding planning!!

*slowing backing out of this thread*....do not make any sudden movements...

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Quote: Originally Posted by SDSteph So I got my first 'wow thats really a great deal!' It was really refreshing! Hope all you ladies have one coming soon! Had that last night from FMIL. She was CONVINCED she could find a better rate online than the group rate our TA arranged for us, and she phoned last night and admitted that the rate we secured is a VERY good deal (which it is). HA! Now if she could just tell everyone else that....

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