houston, we have a typo.

"go ahead and cry."

these were the words uttered by my future mother-in-law.

we were about a dozen programs into the assembly process. i was meticulously placing a new cover page between the two cuttlebug plates.....which, by the way, is the coolest crafty invention EVER. aunt tricia - aka my invitation angel - had the brilliant idea to emboss parts of both the invitation and envelope! i now want to emboss everything in my house. and i'm not kidding.... now, where was i? oh yes, the embossing card flap was carefully closed over part of the cover sheet & placed between the two cuttlebug plates. just as i was about to put it through the ringer, literally - that's how you emboss, i saw it. dun dun DUN.

THE typo.

really, it wasn't a typo so much as a margin malfunction.

regardless, there it was. in all of it's texting lingo glory.

"U".

not YOU. just U.

just U was nearly blinding me on the online-ordered-and-completely-used-up-in-the-printing-of-these-programs paper.

just

U

"go ahead and cry."

so yes, while a quilt & silverware chest DO have the capability of making me cry, this JUST U apparently only enticed me to swear. a lot.

there is one invitation store in des moines. they do not carry stardream text paper in opal. as if. we decided to drive over there anyway to see what in the world we could come up with for plan B. it turns out the invitations store has a smaller selection of 8 1/2 x 11 'fancy' paper than my favorite superstore, wally world. plan C? there is an office max in the same little shopping center. we talk to a nice lady, eileen, at the printing desk, and she proceeds to show us our options. roxanne suggests we scrap the whole let's-try-to-find-something-close-to-stardream-opal-metallic and opt for a CONTRASTING cover page.

cue: pretty gold metallic CARD STOCK.

so, not only are we going for a different color, we are using a different paper weight. why the heck not. joel had done a quick edit to the program he helped me layout so that there were 3 cover pages on an 8 1/2 x11 page. all eileen needs to do is plug that little thumbdrive into her PC and print & cut & viola. turns out the blasted font i picked for the majority of the program isn't compatible to their software. so i call my darling and interrupt their basement work so that he can save it as a .pdf that poor eileen could work with --- mind you, i was keeping my bridal zen going. i contribute this to the 100+ degree yoga class roxanne & i attended that morning...

needless to say, two hours from the time we had discovered JUST U, we were back at the cuttlebug with plan C. and i must say, i loooooove the gold cardstock.

never one to waste anything, roxanne decided we must do something with all of the poor, lowly, tainted JUST U cover pages. and so we did. cue the seating cards for the head table and immediate family members!

also never one to be understated, roxanne thinks a pearl is JUST the finishing touch. i, of course, never turn down a pearl.

now truly --- look at the bottom of that card --- don't you just want to emboss your life?! i'm obsessed.

next on the agenda? the SECOND most anticipated day for this bride-to-be since joel slipped that gorge (he LOVES when i talk 'tween) ring on my finger....

i can't WAIT to give a full report on this jam-packed agenda; my matron has compiled ALL of my favorite things into one glorious day - WITH my favorite people. yes, i am one lucky LUCKY girl.

p.s. to my loved ones, please please please visit our website or call my sweet, dear mother (or MOTB as she has been signing emails -- isn't that adorable?!) with your rsvp. :)

p.p.s. my parents have taken over the lace lantern making since i am no longer on speaking terms with wallpaper paste, lace cut-outs & balloons. my dad has really been bonding with those balloons....he has even gone so far as to allude to the fact that he would rather spend time with harvey. which would ultimately mean 'hell hath frozen over'. so comments such as "my goodness, those are the most delightful and enchanting things i've ever laid eyes on" while you're at the reception will be graciously accepted. we might even act surprised. ;)

stay tuned for my next post regarding "ten rules for a happy and successful wife" according to the prayer card i picked up at the catholic store the other day. it led me to wonder why there wasn't a 'happy wife, happy life' prayer card... hmph.

;)