Free printables from Up Up Creative

Happy 1 year Anniversary to Up Up Creative! She's an amazing graphic designer, you can check out here etsy shop *here*. In honor of her anniversary she is giving her readers a freebie each day of the week, the garland above was for day 3. I love her the holiday cards that she has in her etsy shop, the colors are so vibrant and I am digging the font, best part is that you can print them yourself as many times as you want!



















Oh and these twitter icons that she made are freaking cute!!

DIY STD

At last my first DIY! what what!

We were fortunate enough to win 50 STD in a contest but since we needed about 20 more, I decided to make postcards. I bought Avery 3380 Personal Creations Textured Postcards , only $10.95 (120 postcards). The postcards come 4 in a sheet, and are easy to take apart, I was very happy with the texture of the postcard but they were not as thick as I hoped they would be, but hey at .08 per postcard I ain't complaining! I then downloaded the Avery word template, saved the first file as "STD front" and pasted the beautiful monograms that Jeff Williams created for me. For the back of the postcard, I once again began with the Avery word template saved the file as "STD back", then downloaded a Martha Stewart postcard template, but since the postcard template is a pdf, and would only print 1 to a page, I copied just the text "postcard" and "stamp" and made it into a clip art. I then added two text boxes; 1 that had the std info and 2 for the guest's address, this took more time then it should of because I am not as profeciaent in word then I am in excel. As usual, I spent too much time deciding what fonts to use, I even combined some; the florish you see at the end of the "e" on word Date is actually the letter "f" with font "Ornament Scrolls And Florishes" and the two swirls you see next to the actual date are the letters "a" and "b" with font Nymphette by the ever talented Nymphont. I would be more than happy to share the postcard template, so if you want it feel free to email me at westsidewedding@gmail.com

These pictures were taken with my iphone, so you can't really see the detail, but the first picture in this post has a close up of the texture.

I plan on mailing out the STD this week, so about 6 months in advance, did you do STD and if so how early did you mail them out?

Bachelorette Party store

I know I am not suppose to be writing about the bachelorette party, especially since my MOH/cousin is guest posting, but I have to share with you some items I came across while looking through Bachelorette.com which btw is "The world's largest bachelorette party store". Some are very funny, like the penis beer bong, penis straws and the Bachelorette on the Loose Shot Glass! Although I must say my fav thing on the site is a shirt you can wear anytime that say "F*** off I'm drinking" lol!
Ok I better stop writing now before I get schooled by my cousin!
FYI: Bachelorette.com has free party games you can download and print.

FREE DAHLIA wedding invitation from Wedding Chicks

Today is a great day for free down loadable invitations! First Chic 'n Cheap blogs about the Free Eco-Stationery Templates from iDiY and now Wedding Chicks is sharing with us a FREE DAHLIA wedding invitation!
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