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Well Hello Adventure Lovers, What a lovely day for crafting, no? My name is Joana and I am thrilled to be joining the clever and talented roster of bloggers here at the Adventure School! I am a bride to be on a quest to create a homemade wedding. Every Friday I will be here sharing my triumphs and defeats (yep, all you fellow crafters out there know about those) to inspire and delight you. So, without further ado… Save the Dates 101. Yay! My partner in all things non-criminal (aka the husband to be) and I wanted to use our Save the Dates to give our guests a little sneak peak into our wedding. Most notably, the unique location- a real live working Alpaca Ranch! But how and with what would we craft these silly little cards left me a bit stumped at first. So what did I do? I turned to the world wide web for some instant inspiration. Once I stumbled upon beauties like these , these and these, and took a visit to a local fabric store, we were set to begin. I won’t bore you with all the little steps (please comment if you’d like me to write up a “how to” and send it to you), but here are the results:
Stamping & Drinking- a VERY important component to DIY is to always include a favorite bevy.
We designed a stamp with all of our info & had it made by these guys. Then we carefully hand stamped mail tags and added a gold string (pictured below) for some added glitz.
The fiancé drew an alpaca, scanned the image and used our home printer to print onto transfer paper. Next I ironed the image onto canvas (aka the Mr. T of fabrics) and sewed each one to its own little burlap pocket.
The back of each pocket had a different vintage floral fabric. Fun!
And that’s it. What do you think? We like them and we didn’t receive any hate mail after sending them out, so I guess they were a hit (or at least okay). See you all next week! And Happy Crafting!
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i love them! people should send you homemade thank you notes for having received such a nice save the date item.