Save-the-Date!

Today marks exactly 7 months until our wedding. It's hard to believe that when we got engaged it was 11 months away! As I sit here looking out at the 12" of snow in my yard, while relaxing on my 3rd storm day of the year, I'm beginning to get a little nervous about our June date. At this rate, I'll be teaching right up to (if not past) the big day. It's a good thing I've gotten a head start on a lot of my projects!

My latest "project on a budget" has been my save-the-date cards. Vistaprint will print 100 postcards for free! They try to sell you a million other things in the process, but if you stick to your guns they are free! It cost me $3.75 to add a picture and $6.00 for shipping.

My other area of savings is postage. Sending postcards eliminates the need to buy envelopes and saves $0.15 per stamp. For 100 save the dates, that's a savings of $15.  My next project is the invitations! Stay tuned!

For the Love of School Supplies!

I haven't written for awhile, because things have been crazy with teaching, coaching, grad work, life, etc. Last weekend we picked out bridesmaid dresses for 75% of the bridal party, and after a color change, I am VERY excited.

I'm posting, because I was looking through Wedding Bee blog posts to keep my sanity while students worked on their science projects. Yes, I admit it, I search for DIY projects while at work. I was thrilled to come across the following post: http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/table-numbers-card-holders

I looked straight past the tacky white ribbon and saw one of my favorite things! BINDER CLIPS! Ever since I stole a pad of sticky notes from the teachers work room when I was in 2nd grade, I have had a fascination with school supplies (I think that is the first time I have openly admitted that). I instantly went into my messy desk and put as many binder clips as I could find into my school bag to take home (for the record these were binder clips I got for Christmas 2 years ago. I did not take OHMS property :-P). When I got home I went to my button collection, found super glue, and my table number holders were born!!!