To Whom it may concern...

Invitations DIY...

(Do It Yourself)

I was out shopping with Mariefe the other day and something brought back a memory of our wedding day.  There was a half full box of blank invitation card stock for a less than ten dollars.  They were half the size of am 8.5 inch x 11 " sheet of paper.   

This was the example print.

Half Sheet sized blank invitation

So the memory we had was sitting on the living room floor in front of an ink jet printer feeding the invitation card stock one at a time.

Attempt #1:  Not knowing how much time we had left before sending out invitiations would be soo late, we tried bringing a word processing document file and the blank cards to a printer shop.

The machine, they said takes only full sized sheets of paper stock.  Ugh.

Attempt #2:  I understood what the printers did say because I couldn't fit them into my inkjet printer without jamming.  Only one track guys get stuck here.

Attempt #3: PRO TIP!  First, on your word processor, write the invitation to center exactly as much vertically and horizontally.

Measure the center of the page indent (i.e., 2" on each side, for example) and mark the corners.  Hold each sheet in place on your guide sheet with "not so sticky" tape.

Print.

Repeat.

Not so high tech, but my only complaint about the product has to do with this kluge (workaround).  Print shops print on full sheets THEN they cut them... otherwise, you can put on some light jazz music and spend an afternoon with your fiancee on the floor... printing and checking off invitations from a list.

An obvious manipulation, but I'll take the free time with her any time.