also known as “The Spoils of Black Friday”

Armed with my two coupons from Micheal’s Weekly Ad Black Friday edition, I headed to the store. Sure I had my list, but my eagle eye was on the prowl for sales and clearance of any kind.

I picked up:

• red construction paper
• black construction paper
• assorted neutral cardstock
• embossing powder
• bone folder
• rubber stamp
• square envelopes
• feather picks and
• single white flower
• embossing powder

I know someone with an embossing heat tool who has so kindly agreed to allow me to borrow hers (Shout out to Jan!)

I did stop by the wedding aisle and I immediately ran in the other direction. Everything associated with weddings doesn’t have to be white and covered in lace and flowers. Nor, do I have to be relegated to invitation templates.

I started playing around with some ideas for the design of the invitation too. I was told that I should use Adobe Illustrator, but since I only have Adobe Photoshop, it’ll have to do.

The design will loosely follow the following criteria:

• some folded aspect
• a belly band or ribbon or other holding-it-together component
• printed in black ink to save dough
• some inclination that the wedding is rooted in the city of Detroit
• RSVP return card

I’m sure I’ll probably go through 50 ideas before I settle on one. But you can count on me to keep you posted with the progress.

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