PhotoWorks Reminder

Just a reminder:

PhotoWorks is closing after TODAY (April 4th).  You can get 25% off your order using the code LASTCHANCE.  

Also, if you have photos on the PhotoWorks website, you can transfer them to Shutterfly by May 2nd, you can get a $30 credit on your Shutterfly account.  It's a great deal, so be sure to take advantage of it!  :)

Also, Walgreens is having a week of photo deals.  Today's deal is 50% of 8.5x11 custom cover photo books.  Just enter the coupon code BOOKDEAL at checkout.  They also have 20% off all photo gifts through Saturday.  

Photoworks is closing!

Some of you may remember that I ordered the photos for my STD magnets from PhotoWorks.  Well, the company is closing down on April 4th.  I am so glad I got my photos ordered in time!  Until then, they are offering 25% off everything on the website (code: LASTCHANCE).  Some stuff (like 12x12 photo books!) is 75% off!  

Also, if you have a current account with PhotoWorks, you can transfer all of your photos to Shutterfly and receive a $30 credit on your Shutterfly account!  I have used Shutterfly before and I know that they do a great job!  Also, I had thought about doing a photo book as our guest book, so I may use the credit I get for Shutterfly on that!  Woo hoo!  :)

Hurry though!  Remember, the company is closing down on April 4th.  And, you've only got until May 2nd to transfer your photos or they will be deleted (and you can't get the $30 Shutterfly credit!).  

Save the Dates

I've been focusing a lot on the paper part of the wedding recently. I have been trying to figure out how I want the invitations and save-the-dates to look.

Well, I think I've finally figured the save-the-dates out:


The ivory part is actually going to be a magnet. The rest will be a card (folded in half). The front of the card will have our logo/monogram on it:


I am pretty excited about it. I am going to do the magnets myself. I am having the photos printed at http://www.photoworks.com/. They offer 3.5x5 prints (one of the few places I can find that size!) for $0.15 per print. I thought it was pretty reasonable. I am buying sheets of adhesive magnets to attach the prints to. I am still searching for the magnet sheets, but so far, I found these. The problem is that I can only fit about 5 STDs on each magnet sheet, and they sell them by the dozen. I'd like to make about 75-80. I don't really want to have to buy 2 dozen sheets when I only need 15-16 sheets. So, my search continues... If it comes to that though, at least they are fairly reasonably priced. :)

Once I have the magnets finished, I am going to attach them to the cards. I'm printing 2 cards per sheet of cardstock, so it will save a bit of paper. I haven't decided what color cardstock I want to use yet though. I had originally thought ivory, but I changed the magnets so that they are ivory (they were Philip's favorite -- I also made navy blue and black backgrounds). So, I had thought about doing navy blue cards, but I don't want the writing to be difficult to see on the card. So, I think I'm just going to go to the craft store and see what they've got on sale that will go with my STDs.

I will update as soon as I get a mock-up done! :)


**P.S. I went with a photo from our first date for the STD magnets. I thought it was a cute touch! :)