Yes, it's true. It's much funnier when I totally screw something up than when it's a seamless, easy project. So you should enjoy this story.
Christmas card photos which were printed two-to-a-4x6"-photo.
Does anyone see the problem yet?
Let me help you visualize:
Now, let's see... what bothers me most? That I spent $30 printing 200 unusable photo strips? That I did not even realize this until AFTER I'd trimmed all 200 strips? That I still played around with it, thinking that a Christmas miracle might occur and they would suddenly shrink to lilliputian proportions?
Or that none of you, my loyal readers, thought to remind me that in my sugar-induced haze I might be likely to possibly make such a boneheaded error. All it would have taken was a nice little e-mail, something like, "Hey, Lain -- just wanted to make sure you are printing your photos in the right size. I know you're under a ton of stress and not to be rude or anything, but it totally seems like something you would do to print 200 photos IN THE WRONG SIZE five days before Christmas, so double-check, will you, girlfriend?" I mean, SOMEONE could have said SOMETHING.
Next year, JenMcG, I am appointing you to send me that gentle reminder. I'd pick on Etta but her husband is in the ministry so she has a free pass the entire month of December.
I must have someone to blame. It's crucial to my self-preservation.
PS I reprinted smaller photos at home. Darned if I was going to go back to Costco and have them laugh at me.
You crack me up. I admit that I never even thought about the size. I figured you had plan and that was it.
I did a lovely bone-headed thing with my cards too. Had them printed 5x7. A couple of years ago I bought a huge box of 5x7 envelopes (which are hard to find) so I was all set. We had to apply in person for Andy's passport renewal (because he's a minor) and I knew it would be a long wait. I grabbed some envelopes and managed to get about 50 addressed while we sat there. Came home, finished addressing and then started to stuff them. And I had grabbed the wrong freaking envelopes! They were 6x9.5 or some strange size. But being the tightwad that I am when it comes to something that is essentially garbage, I used them. I'm sure my family and friends think I've lost my mind. But I'm hoping that my card dazzled them so much they forgot about the envelope. LOL! I love rationalizing at Christmastime! ;-)
And your cards turned out lovely!
Posted by: Robyn | December 22, 2007 at 08:24 AM
Oh, Lain. You poor thing. I don't even know what to say! Maybe you should send out New Year's cards instead and just go wrap your presents. Do you have wrapping paper? Go check, just in case! hee hee
Posted by: Abbie | December 22, 2007 at 08:54 AM
Lain, Lain, Lain! This sort of thing happens to me all the time. I should have been the one to say, Did you check? Did you double check? Triple check? Poor thing. Go drink some brandy laced eggnog and call it a day. And who cares if the Costco people laugh at you. You are an ARTIST. You are entitled to change your mind, you know.
Posted by: Mary c | December 22, 2007 at 09:32 AM
I can so relate as yesterday I finally started to address my printed-at-home 5x7 cards only to realize that the envelopes that I choose were exactly 5x7 (they were out of the 5-1/4" x 7-1/4" envelopes at my 30 minutes away scrapbook store). Rather than crop my cards a little, I foolishly spent 2 hours trying to track down the right sized envelopes (hint: next year buy the envelopes & stationary at the same time and buy they traditional rectangle shaped cards to begin with -- less ink used).
My cards will be late this year too!
Leslie
Posted by: Leslie | December 22, 2007 at 09:36 AM
OK, I laughed so hard that I had to read the post out loud to my husband.
BTW, I almost copied your idea, but I was short on time. Thank goodness!!! You could have started a chain reaction of goof ups!!!! Of course, I would have sat there all day thinking, "I don't understand. How did Lain get hers to work?".
Maybe if you got started in September next year.... just sayin'....
Posted by: Korie B. | December 22, 2007 at 09:41 AM
Welcome to my world Lain! I uploaded my photo and ordered my photocards through the local photo shop. Picked them up and found that I didn't notice that my husband and my names were printed twice, as if we had had 2 more children last year and given them our names! Had to cut out the photo and print out my own card background at home...I wasn't going back to the photo shop (where they know me) and admit the mistake either! Glad you found a solution too. Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Debbie | December 22, 2007 at 09:59 AM
P.S. I love your JOY idea, and I was thinking of "card-lifting" it for next year. Then I realized that I only have two children and I don't think that "HO" would send the right holiday message, LOL!!!
Keep laughing!
Posted by: Debbie | December 22, 2007 at 10:05 AM
Oh no! SO frustrating. I do things like that all the time, so I can completely understand!!
Posted by: Christine | December 22, 2007 at 10:21 AM
Lain, the fact that you even tried to find a solution at this point gives you about a billion points in my book! I would have thrown them all away and called it a day. Have I mentioned VALENTINES' cards??? :)
Posted by: Ginaj | December 22, 2007 at 10:59 AM
Oh you poor thing! Live and learn though right. Cant say I havent made any such goof up in my life!! Calming to know that experts make mistakes too. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Priya
Posted by: Priya Venkat | December 22, 2007 at 11:34 AM