Well, we thought that was a good idea...

Currently, the Organization Committee is planning the Annual Banquet.  Last month as we were brainstorming ideas, a couple of us decided that instead of having invitations printed, we could MAKE them.  Keep in mind, we usually send out abou 300 invites.  As I offered up my Cricut Cutting Machine, we thought this was a great idea...
After purchasing different colored card stock, adhesives, and all of the other necessary materials; we still thought that this was a great idea...
Day one:  Deanna (Committee Chairman) and I excitedly got started.  Deanna understands my need for anything that is mailed out, to look good.  After a childhood of tri-folding, mailing, labeling, and creating mailings at my mother's standards; this is now my requirement as well.  Deanna and I put in a good three hours and then decided that was a great way to start off this project.  We thought that this was a great idea...

Day Two:  My eight year old son spent a couple hours with me in the Main Street office and began pasting pieces of the invitations together.  He quickly decided that he would not be back to my office until after this project was complete.

Day Three:  Invitation Making "Party"....well that is what we called it anyways.  Several more volunteers showed up on their lunch breaks to help us finish more invites. 

Day Four:  By this time, Deanna and I have spent about 8 hours creating these lovely invites.  We decided we needed new blood in the office helping us out.  My lovely sister spent her day off spending a couple hours in th Main Street office. 

Day Five:  Deanna and I are now tired of looking at card stock, adhesives, and that silly Cricut Cutting Machine.  We spent a final 4 hours making these dang invites....I am not quite sure this was a great idea!

The point of this story is that if you are one of the recipients of these, please do not discard it.  Respect the number of tedious hours that we spent on these because we thought this was going to be a good idea!