...and time consuming. But mostly fun. So Aaron is graduating with his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering next week (Hooray!) and you wouldn't believe what they charge for graduation announcements...$50. That's highway robbery. Can you say "Ain't gonna happen" ?
We weren't going to do anything, but then Aaron's mom suggested that we probably should send out at least something. Then I got the idea that it was probably possible to make our own, even if they didn't look as nice. So I went to Jo Ann's and they were having a sale on their scrapbook paper (awesome!). So I picked out a few pieces that were the BYU school colors (navy blue and gold). I got 12 sheets of 12x12 size card stock for $3. I was impressed. Oh, I have to tell a quick story, sorry, so Lincoln has been having this issue lately with keeping his clothes on. He doesn't like to. So after he threw a major fit because I was putting his clothes on to go to the craft store, he finally calmed down and was really good while I looked for paper. I had Ivan in his car seat in the front of the cart, and Lincoln in the back, so I couldn't see Linc unless he poked his head around. Anyways, we got to the cashier to pay for the paper and he looks at Lincoln and says, "Hey buddy you've got your pants down around your ankles, what's up?" I'm sure I blushed (not that I know why, because he still had his onesie and a diaper on so it's not like he was exposed or anything), and explained that he was just in that stage. Oh well. At least he hadn't managed to get all the way undressed without me noticing.
Anyways, when I got home, I looked up BYU's graduation announcement online, and it was a very simple design that would be very easy to copy, in fact I ended up embellishing it slightly, and I like what we did better. Then I found a picture of the BYU seal online and google searched how to word a graduation announcement. We went and had all these things printed on card stock at Office Max for another $2. Which means we only spent about $5 total, much better than $50. After the kids were in bed, Aaron went to campus to research a paper, and I got to work. I decided it would be more fun to do each invitation slightly different from all the others. So we are making 24 of them, and each one will be unique. Aaron helped when he got home from the library, and we stayed up until 1 am working on them. (Mostly because I wanted to send some of the more important ones out this morning). I think they turned out looking really professional. I'm excited to do the last 12. It feels so wonderful to create something and have it turn out. So for those of you who are family... look for your announcement in the mail and let us know what you think! Everyone else, you'll just have to look at the pictures and tell us what you think. Oh, and a quick shout out to Mom and Kerry, thanks for the paper cutter you gave us for Christmas, it makes projects like this possible. :)
...and time consuming. But mostly fun. So Aaron is graduating with his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering next week (Hooray!) and you wouldn't believe what they charge for graduation announcements...$50. That's highway robbery. Can you say "Ain't gonna happen" ?
We weren't going to do anything, but then Aaron's mom suggested that we probably should send out at least something. Then I got the idea that it was probably possible to make our own, even if they didn't look as nice. So I went to Jo Ann's and they were having a sale on their scrapbook paper (awesome!). So I picked out a few pieces that were the BYU school colors (navy blue and gold). I got 12 sheets of 12x12 size card stock for $3. I was impressed. Oh, I have to tell a quick story, sorry, so Lincoln has been having this issue lately with keeping his clothes on. He doesn't like to. So after he threw a major fit because I was putting his clothes on to go to the craft store, he finally calmed down and was really good while I looked for paper. I had Ivan in his car seat in the front of the cart, and Lincoln in the back, so I couldn't see Linc unless he poked his head around. Anyways, we got to the cashier to pay for the paper and he looks at Lincoln and says, "Hey buddy you've got your pants down around your ankles, what's up?" I'm sure I blushed (not that I know why, because he still had his onesie and a diaper on so it's not like he was exposed or anything), and explained that he was just in that stage. Oh well. At least he hadn't managed to get all the way undressed without me noticing.
Anyways, when I got home, I looked up BYU's graduation announcement online, and it was a very simple design that would be very easy to copy, in fact I ended up embellishing it slightly, and I like what we did better. Then I found a picture of the BYU seal online and google searched how to word a graduation announcement. We went and had all these things printed on card stock at Office Max for another $2. Which means we only spent about $5 total, much better than $50. After the kids were in bed, Aaron went to campus to research a paper, and I got to work. I decided it would be more fun to do each invitation slightly different from all the others. So we are making 24 of them, and each one will be unique. Aaron helped when he got home from the library, and we stayed up until 1 am working on them. (Mostly because I wanted to send some of the more important ones out this morning). I think they turned out looking really professional. I'm excited to do the last 12. It feels so wonderful to create something and have it turn out. So for those of you who are family... look for your announcement in the mail and let us know what you think! Everyone else, you'll just have to look at the pictures and tell us what you think. Oh, and a quick shout out to Mom and Kerry, thanks for the paper cutter you gave us for Christmas, it makes projects like this possible. :)
5 comments:
THose look GREAT! Good work Krystal :-)
They turned out really good!!! Great job!!!
GOOD JOB! They look great!
Love the announcements! We did that, too, but I think yours are cuter. :) Congrats, Aaron!
You're amazing Kyrstal! I'm truly impressed as one do-it-yourselfer to another! I think mine turned out the best!
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