After Andrew as out of the hospital, he printed the addresses on each envelope, they got stuffed, and set on their merry way

( Time to Stuff and Mail Out )

To save energy I did not have a clean finish to the stitch. Instead I let it drape off the side and I hung tags on each folder.

( Tags in Abundance )

I hand stitched each wedding invitation in order to hold together the folder made out of cardstock.
And I have not been modest about my punk points for stitching them together with dental floss.

( In the Stitching Stages )

Since Andrew and I are getting married, I took on the task of hand-making our wedding invitations. My sister designed the invitation itself. We had them printed for free (working the system and only paying for shipping) and I sliced and dices paper, folded the invitation folders and stitched them all together.

( In the Cutting and Folding Stages )

The wedding itself was beautiful. The ceremony was in Mark's church and the reception was in Christine's church. Christine's Dad also was one of the Pastor's at the ceremony ( Read more... )

Two of my really great friends got married. I was driven down to the wedding in Baltimore. There were a lot of people at the wedding that I had not seen in a while. It was really great to catch up with everyone.

I spent the majority of the reception dancing with Beth, Mark, and Christine.

( Mark and Christine's Wedding )

After the reception Tracy and Dave invited anyone that wanted to, to join them at the bar to hang out casually.

( Just Chatting With The Newlyweds )

It was great having the entire family together.

( One More Picture )

We finally made it to the reception. The food was great during cocktail hour. When I saw the fajitas station and fortune cookies, it was just obvious that Dave and Tracy had planned to have a party that everyone would enjoy ( Read more... )

While the wedding guests made their way to cocktail hour before the official reception, the families and bridal party had to stay to take photos with the fairly-grouchy photographer ( Read more... )