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jsaug12009
06-25-2008, 08:58 AM
I can't find the color or size of the paper I want online, or if I have, its ridiculously expensive!

My color is a light mossy green and I am thinking of making my own paper...I have a year and 2 months before the wedding, so I think I have time to make it.

I want my invitations to be folded in half (landscape) with a torn paper look layered on top that has this saying:

ONCE IN A WHILE,
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ORDINARY LIFE,
LOVE GIVES US A FAIRY TALE...

The inside of the invitation will be imprinted on another torn piece of paper with:

On This day I will marry my best friend
the one I laugh with, live for, love.

We,

Stephanie XXXXXXX
and
John XXXXXXXXXXX

invite you to share with us the joy of our marriage
on the first day of August in the year two thousand and nine
at four o’clock in the afternoon At XXXXXXXXXXXX

Because it is never too late to live happily ever after.

Any ideas??? Some of you girls are so crafty, I just need a starting point or maybe another way of doing this...

I though of wedding scrolls, but how do you mail them???

This is my fairy tale wedding, married in our backyard with flowers blooming everywhere...I am marrying the man of my dreams (finally -- second time around, which is why 'BECAUSE IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER' means so much to us!)

Ideas! Help! :bbeek:

StarCoveter
06-28-2008, 12:24 PM
" Because it is never too late to live happily ever after." - that is such a sweet quote!

I've never made paper before, but it *might* not be too difficult.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bzedan/sets/967347/

http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Make-Paper---An-Illustrated-Step-by-Step-Guide

jsaug12009
06-30-2008, 08:46 AM
Thanks for the links...I'll let you all know if I attempt this.

Glad you like the saying!!:winktongue:

Cilantro
07-01-2008, 05:40 AM
If you think it's a little daunting you could probably find the paper you want online. :)