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    Mchelly    12/03/2010   Philadelphia

    SO i went to AC Moore today, bought a bunch of stamps and cardstock and the idea was to stamp the cards with seashells in a very fainy color, then print over it as our Save the Dates. It ends up to look very school-project-ish and i don't like it at all. maybe i'm just too self-consious, but it just doesn't look professional or done by an adult for that matter. SO, my fiance and I then went online to look for downloadable graphics. Him being a graphic designer/web designer definitely helps! We found some image that will go along with our beach theme (we're having a destination wedding) that is not too cheesy or too much color ( i like the more muted color schemes rather than bold and contrasting). We i'm going to get more card stock, print those images on and see how that goes....hope our printer is good enough for this job......

     
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    Tulip61110    June 11, 2010   Philadelphia

    Good luck, I hope it comes out better for you the second time around.  I wish I was more knowledgeable about DIY stuff like that, I feel like I wouldn't even have a clue on where to start and it would turn out being a disaster.  I'm so jealous of people that are crafty!

     
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    honeybun    June 5, 2010   VA

    Good luck!!

     
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    Mchelly    12/03/2010   Philadelphia

    Thanks everyone for your encouraging comments! i have something in the works that have pretty good potential...hopefully it'll work out and i can post some pictures up of the final product!!

    and Tulip61110, DO NOT feel bad at all!! i knew NOTHING about looking up images or download them or re-configure them to my chosen color scheme!!Only by luck my fiance is in that industry so he knows about that stuff! Otherwise we be spending $$$ at Papyrus or some other fancy paperie place ripping us off!

     

     

     

     

     

     
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    cardigan    January 7, 2011   Austin, TX

    Good luck! Don't forget to show us when you finish!

     

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