Many of you know my son is getting married.  Real soon, too.  And when the mother of one of the "to be married’s" is a stamper, somehow she ends up with a significant "job" in all this preparation stuff.

So it was in our case.  Now, I KNOW I was never exactly asked, and I KNOW I never volunteered, but somehow it came to pass that I was put in charge of the save-the-date cards…

and the wedding invitations…

…and just when I thought I was all done except for a handful of announcements (many thanks to the help of family and friends and the hours they contributed, too!!!), well, my assignments grew.  So now there were programs (well, sort of) to mount onto fan handles for the ceremony, and favors to create for reception guests. 

So this week I’ve been working on preparing the favors to a point where I could send them on to the bride and her friends for final assembly (and the addition of the proper candies).  And thanks once again to my wonderful family (particularly my Mom & Dad who I’m sure became far more familiar with a paper crimper than they ever imagined they would!), that portion of the project is now complete.

(On to the fans for the ceremony next…)

But that brings me to a project idea I thought I’d share:  Did you know you can make your own packaging shreddie – in colors that coordinate with your projects and cost oodles less than the store-bought variety?  Just cut off roughly 1/8" slivers of cardstock from the long end of your paper (I found that Stampin’ Up!(r)’s brand-new table-top cutter was perfect for that), and then send the strips through the paper crimper!  Now you’ve got custom shreddie stuff in the exact colors that match the rest of your project.