Numb Bum

I've just finished making 60 wedding invitations by hand. It took 12 hours. I have hands covered in glue, I can't look a bead in the eye ever again, and tweezers are just not welcome in my house any more. Card, fabric swatches, ickle bits of ribbon and fiddly things are just not funny any more. My back is aching and my bum feels like I have been slapped with a nail-studded plank for a day. Ouch. I left a sarky message on my friend's answering machine after 30 of the invites - call herself a friend, she said "oh make your invites, it's so much easier and cheaper". Erm... thanks, Rachel!! (only kidding!)

At last they're all done, addressed, and ready to go. David did a sterling job doing all the printing stuff (he wouldn't touch the fiddly bits with a bargepole/gluestick) - he has retired to bed as I put the finishing touches to the remaining cards. The fun you have when you're not feeling 100% and stuck at home, eh.

I can't think why David doesn't want to use the same design for the thank-you cards.... I've only just got him to say 'maybe' to the place-cards. ;) Here's me being anal, but shouldn't it all match??

But it has been very satisfying knowing we made them all, and - well, they do look lovely! Lets hope the more distant invites survive their trans-Atlantic/Tasman voyages. And that people like them.

Off to bed now - the cats were banned from the 'construction zone' all day and now aren't talking to me, so I need to give them some restorative cuddles. They might forgive me, or they might just put a paw in my eye, I can't wait!

Posted by jen at February 27, 2005 08:56 PM