I'm relatively new to monogramming. I never cut my teeth on a copy of Southern Living, and as a Canadian, I'm distinctly....un-southern. But just because I wasn't raised in Texas, doesn't mean I dont die over these Southern details. So when this puppy popped up on my Pinterest, I knew I had to have it.
I kid you not, not five minutes after I saw that Pin I was googling all kinds of monogram embossers. Some were expensive ($60) some were suspiciously cheap ($15? No way.) But I ended up going respectably mid-range at $25. I found this one on
Amazon, and the fact that the example was my own initials seemed like a good sign to me. The only difficult part was figuring out if the husband's first initial was to come first or the bride's. After a quick web search, my results were inconclusive. Some said the husband's, some said the wive's, so I took matters into my own hands. I thought LNC had a better ring to it than CNL, which sounded like a late night talk show! Clayton didn't have an opinion about it either way, so I bought it! Less than four days later, the package was in our mailbox!
Just to be clear, I'm just as superstitious as the next bride, and so wont be using this stamp on anything pre-ceremony related! I'm hoping this monogram will class up some cocktail napkins and other details for our reception.
It seemed alarmingly small at first, but that was because they'd tucked the plate inside the machine for ease of storage. Of course I couldn't figure the damn thing out, but engineer fiance' came to the rescue and I was in business. I was disappointed that I didn't have any napkins at hand, but I did have a blank envelope that stood in just fine!
At first I stuck with stamping appropriate things, like different thicknesses of paper, but before long....I was monogramming pages of Clay's textbook, the wrapper to the crackers we were eating, anything that would stand still and could be pressed into holding our future initials. I couldn't wait to get my hands on some napkins.
Soon it was time for bed. Clay made a joking comment that he wouldn't be surprised if I'd monogrammed the sheets before he got in there. I was happy to oblige! (Although with little success)
Have you ever gotten extra excited about wedding related mail? Maybe gone a little overboard "testing it out?"
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