Wedding Invitation Assembly Line

This past weekend, Monique and I were with some friends in the area because we had a specific task to accomplish: Assemble Monique & Daren's wedding invitations!!!! Overall, it was a fun weekend and there was a lot of laughter. I have to brag about Monique, too...she is NO bridezilla, that's for sure!! Sometimes, I know that these kind of events can bring out the worst in women, but not with Monique! She knows how to politely knock down someone's idea for something, all the while making that person feel like she's her best friend. It's really amazing! She's so smooth that there was a point this weekend where I didn't even realize that she had punched me in the arm because she didn't like my idea! I was flabbergasted to realize that she had rejected my idea and even more so to realize that I never even noticed it. That's how polite, kind and caring that Monique is. :o) *heeheehee* :)

Okay, so maybe I'm being a little dramatic in this storytelling, but my point is that we really did have a FUN weekend. Last month, we came up with a sample of what Mo wanted so that we could go into this past weekend prepared for it. Monique put out all these little piles of paper on the table and then specified what was supposed to be done with each pile and away we went! I was in charge of putting the map and directions together, Kristi was in charge of "punching" the front design onto the invitation, Kathy was in charge of punching circles and folding the main part of the invitation and Mo was in charge of the ribbon. Orlinda joined us after awhile and she helped wherever she was needed. Overall, everything turned out wonderfully!! There will be a few invitations that will need to be sent to folks that have poor eyesight because one thing or the other was kind of glued a little crookedly, but overall, Monique says she's very satisfied with the final outcome.

So...on to pictures...Kristi, Orlinda and Mo (left to right)...punching, stamping, gluing.
Kathy and Kristi...more punching and gluing. :)

Here, I think that Monique was trying to reassure Kathy that it was okay that she had glued the flower upside down. Wait...maybe that wasn't what was really going on here. Whatever happened, it obviously tickled Mo's funny bone! :)

Our friends, Kristi and Jenelle, have babies. Kristi has a two-year old (not so much a baby! :) and Jenelle has a six-month old. Here is Monique with little Miss Chaizley (Jenelle's girl). Isn't she beautiful?!?!? Chaizley is such a fun baby...she lets you know when she needs something NOW, but she also is one of the most smiley babies that I think I've ever seen. I always enjoy these kiddos! :)

The men came in for lunch...we let them fend for themselves...okay, not really, but we certainly didn't let lunch slow us down! :)

This is Jenelle and Chaizley. Jenelle is not a big fan of stamping and assembling cards or invitations or whatever it is that is being done, so just just sat and visited with us. Well, she visited with some of us...she mostly just harrassed me. :)

And what about Kristi's boy, Corbin? Why aren't I showing pictures of him? Well, I tried to catch a couple of pictures of him, but that boy is ALL boy and he has entered the stage of NOT slowing down. Literally. He doesn't walk anywhere, it seems...he just runs. So, this is the best picture that I got of him this weekend... :o) (Make sure to take a look at his hand...that tells you how he was on the go! :)

So, another task is crossed off of Monique's wedding to-do list. YAY! :) Not only did we help get that task completed for Mo, but we had a lot of fun while doing it! Lots of good memories were certainly made! :)