Placemat from Target and Wedding Gifts

I'm heading out to a wedding this morning - a young man that I have known since he was born - the youngest son of my best friend of the last 30 years. It's the first of any of my friends' children getting married so it's been a very long time since I've been to a wedding. I've had so much fun getting ready. Selfishly, what a fabulous excuse for a new outfit!!  I spent many, many shopping trips getting that just right (as if I'm the star of the show!!)  Then...the gift.  I worked off their wedding registry and put together a variety of kitchen/dining items. But that wasn't personal enough so I sat down to create a hand-crafted blank card gift set. I based the set off of the placemat set that they wanted, figuring they liked the color and styles.  Here's the placemat. (It's linked if you click on it.)

I used these placemats as an excuse to buy a set that I've wanted for year - MFT's Fall Florals. They have come out with a number of floral builders since that set - some might even have been a better match - but I was thrilled that I had the justification to get the set that I've wanted (including the fairly expensive coordinating dies!)

Of course, even though I had all of this purchased a month ago - I sat down to do the cards last night. And, of course, I wasn't feeling the mojo. There are things on each of these I'd change, but sometimes it's good that I don't have the time to obsess.  I wanted bold sentiments and it turns out that I have shockingly few in my collection. In the interest of time, I didn't want to mix and match from multiple sets so I settled on Stampin' Up's Watercolor Words.

Enough chatter! Now I have to get all of the gift bags packed (they both just graduated from college too - so lots and lots of gifts to deliver). Get my linen outfit pressed. Shower and all of the fussing and primping that I usually skip.  It's a beautiful day!!