Weekend and Wedding Fun

Here are some pictures related to two vastly different hobbies...

1) Brad and Joy send the funniest, most thoughtful gift to Matt! On Friday when he was home playing Halo, THIS arrived...




Isn't that so cute and funny? Matt was really excited, and he even told me he'll "share" with me. :) Thank you, Brad and Joy (and Charis and Cai) for remembering my crazy husband and being excited with him about this game. Thanks for your help in acquiring it, too. :) Now you just need to come down to FL and play it with him. :) We love you!


2) I don't think Ruthie frequents our blog. If she does... well, Ruthie, quit reading this post!
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After she received her first engagement gift, Ruthie mentioned that she'd said to her mom, "Oh! People will give us presents!? I need to get some stationery!" I thought that was really sweet. It's not the norm I know of for my dear friend to be concerned with stationery and such. I browsed several paperies online, but I couldn't find anything that seemed just right. I remembered that I still have a great pack of heavy-weight cardstock from our wedding, so I set to making some notecard sets for her myself. I settled on four versions of her name and 2 monograms I made in photoshop. Then I decide to use SU! Old Olive ink (the black looked reallllly navy next to the printer's black in. My pigment black ink was the right shade, but I didn't want to risk messing up with embossing--you know, having power stick places you don't intend, not sticking evenly, etc.--and it would have taken forever to dry without embossing). I need to get a few more envelopes, but in the pictures below, you'll see the 6 personalization variations I decided on (4 names, 2 monograms). I made 4 of each font, and I used the same 4 stamps for each font set. You'll see each font choice and stamp choice--the bouquet, tall vase, short vase, and wedding cake. I hope she likes them!