key to my heart

So a while back I posted about these keys and how they would be great as a favor or part of the save the dates.

Weeelllll… last week I received an email from bride-to-be Kristin who took this idea and made it a reality for her save the dates!  Here is what Kristin had to say about making them:

I printed them with a gocco (I’m not even crafty, and I could do it.) The key was made from a rubber stamp store near my area who cut die-cuts for us (My mom investigated for me).  You could do the same with any die-cut machine, as long as you have the master key. For us, having it cut was much cheaper.  The key is a combination of purple card stock and decorative paper (from Paper Source) stuck together. (My dad had a fancy machine for this, I forget what it’s called. But you can’t even tell that they are two different sheets of paper!)  Then he helped me glue magnets on the back of the keys.  I gocco’d the envelopes, got the stamps from the online postal store, and we sealed it with a wax heart (also from Paper Source).  The type came from my aunt’s old typewriter, it’s the typewriter my mom learned to type on, and my mom typed out every single address for me.

And here they are, aren’t they awesome?!

A big thanks to Kristin for sending them to me! They turned out amazing!!!