finally, free time! kind of.

The party has come and gone. & it was magical. Thank you to everyone who came & helped! It really was one of the best nights of my life. I couldn't have planned it any better myself! well, I did plan it myself, but it turned out better than I had even hoped. I had tons of help from my wonderful fiance, awesome bridesmaid, and magnificent maid-of-honor. I am one lucky bride-to-be.

I was even lucky enough to recieve a few gifts, which is really like two gifts in one because now I get to do Thank You cards! Some are being made, and some are purchased from target, but they're both so pretty! I just finished making one for my aunt, and i took a few pics along the way!

My starting supplies:

18x18 paper is from the Martha Stewart collection, along with the scissors and bone folder and opaque craft markers [at this point I was undecided if the markers would be used, but they're brand new, a gift from my cousin, and I am really itching to use them!], the card is from the dollar section at Michael's.

My aunt has a tea room in her home, and she actually said "I hope the thank you card will match my tea room!" haha, she's adorable, so here's hoping I picked a good design!

I wanted to spiff up the inside of the card and the envelope, so I used the 18x18 craft paper from Martha Stewart to make an envelope liner and background for the inside of the card. I'm quite happy with the end results.

Not pictured is the little heart I cut from printed paper and ran through my a-mazing Xyron 250 machine to turn it into a sticker and use as an envelope seal.

It's not even noon yet and I'm done with everything that "needed" to be done, which means i have a lazy day ahead of me, and I am so excited for it!