I had very good intentions last week (don't we all) and took my WOYWW pics but then never got time to blog them. So this week I had a cunning plan. I was forced offline for a couple of days due to a fault on my modem and decided to make good use of my time yesterday evening by tidying my desk so I could do a compare and contrast from one week to the next. Sadly, I forgot that I needed to finish off some invitations today so you can't actually tell the difference. Hey-ho - I know it was tidy yesterday and that's got to be worth something
Last Wednesday
This Wednesday
So on my desk today I have some (finally) completed invitations for my Granny's 85th birthday party. This is my first batch of invitations (and possibly my last) and I've learnt a lot of lessons on the way.
Lesson 1 - don't get stranded in Germany due to the Icelandic volcanic ash thus severely reducing the amount of time you have available.
Lesson 2 - Plan. Even if you are short of time it's worth the effort - I think I was finally happy with my design around invitation 25 (of 27).
Lesson 3 - If you accept help from a 9year old boy, you will not have straight edges. Get over it, it's not that important.
Lesson 4 - don't trust glue runners that you bought from a euro shop.
Lesson 5 - it's worth saving those little pieces of paper - most of the matting on the invites is from off-cuts.Anyway. they're done now - teabag cards because it's an afternoon tea party
The teapot stamp is from craftwork cards, the cakes cut from sweet treats cricut cartridge and all those teapots have been coloured in hand.
Better dash - I have envelopes to address, a birthday card (that's already late) to make, a get-well card to make, a house to tidy and a presentation to write before I go to bed.
