Invite Prep

Without showing the whole entire invite, just yet, my invite inspiration is a combo of:

knottie: redshoegirl

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Sheesh! Invite prep takes a loooong time. And I'm not just talking about making an invite list and trying to gather address from everyone (although that takes forever too!). Here's a lil' of what I've been doing the past few weeks...

My supplies: Jacket Invites, Pretty Japanese Paper, ATG 700 tape gun and a trusty paper cutter.

Apply tape across opening of Jacket invites

Stick pre-cut liners inside Jacket and on top of tape.

Rub off extra tape.

Tada!

Now for the belly bands.

Before (Japanese Paper and shimmery paper)

After!
(our names will be on the bellyband, the alias was photoshopped on)

Of course none of this was difficult, just a lil' tedious (and repetitive). Nothing a new episodes of reality TV couldn't entertain me through.

How much prep work are you doing on your DIY items?