Halloween

I love Halloween, so this year I decided that I am going to throw a Halloween dinner party and make fun invitations. Well, I really just wanted to make the invitations, but I guess I'll go through with the party too. So last weekend I made the invitations and I think they turned out really cute. I couldn't find a template for the card I wanted because I wanted the envelope to open up into the card, so I made my own template, which took quite a while. And because I chose glittery orange for one of the background mats the invite part doesn't stick very well to it, the glue just sticks to the glitter and falls off. Also because of the beautiful "sugar crusted tangerine" paper our apartment is covered in glitter. But I thought I would share pictures (if I can figure out how to add them).

New Layout

AHH! So we have a new layout. This about stretched my brain capacity for the day, but I have finally learned how to change a layout! I found this online and thought it was really cute. It seemed like everyone else had fun fall layouts so I decided to give it a try. Plus I wanted a cute Halloween one because I love Halloween! It's a fun time for cutesy projects.

Cricut

Last week a co-worker and I went in together and bought some vinyl lettering (like what you put on your est. signs or walls) to save on shipping. We actually ended up not paying shipping at all because the person we ordered from lives in Alpine so I just went and picked it up. Well, we were both really excited because I found this blog and the lady does the vinyl lettering for much cheaper than most stores or people sell it for. So on Wednesday Joel and I made the trip to Alpine to pick up my new treats. I wrote out the check for $58.50 and opened up my package. Lets just say I felt a bit cheated. The letting was great and I'm so excited to decorate with my new fun things, but I'm not sure it was quite worth how much we paid for it. So I began to research how much vinyl cutting machines and vinyl cost. I fount a place that sells the vinyl for $1/ft. Most machines were actually very expensive, running around $500-$1,200. But I found out the the new machine by ProvoCraft, the Cricut Expression can cut vinyl lettering. So I looked into it. On the Cricut website this machine is $499. Ouch. I found it on another site for $299, looking better, but then I looked on ebay. Joel said I could bid on one, so I did and won it for $247.00. Yes! So that is my Christmas present...a bit early. I'm so excited! I'll post pictures of my vinyl letters (the ones I just bought) as soon as I get them applied to my walls and such.