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ONE THOUSAND invitations!

















I'll admit, this is a ridiculous amount of pictures that I took of a bunch of cardstock and embellishments, but since I have invested so much time in making these, I want to remember the results of the efforts of not only me, but a handful of others who helped out here and there in the production line, before I distributed them to the ten different congregations of Mormon women who have been invited to our conference. Nine hundred invitations are in English, and one hundred are in Spanish. Now that these beauties are all out of my house, I'll spend the next three weeks working on details of the conference and have my fingers crossed for a successful event, where women will be glad they came to it, and leave feeling uplifted and ready to spread a little love by small and simple things they do for others. Anyone can attend this, by the way. Your presence would be greatly appreciated by me especially.

Comments

Jess said…
Wow.. I'm in awe. You are amazing Kelly!
Jennifer said…
Kelly...you truly are amazing!! The invitations are beautiful...I wish I lived closer so I could attend. :-(
Jen Gray said…
That is INSANE! How many hours do you think it took you?
How awesome!!! They look fantastic and I totally appreciate the tediousness of making invitations by hand. I hope everyone realizes how much love is invested in those! :) Good luck in the conference!
tck4texas said…
now that I know a little more about the work going into this, I appreciate it even more! Looks like it will be a great conference and I am exicted to attend. I'll pick my invitation off the floor and keep it where I can see it and be a bit more ready to be inspired that saturday!
IH-Texas said…
I knew that was you! You are amazing Kelly. Loved the invite. Thanks so much for all that you do. How blessed our Stake is!
Aimee said…
Boy! You guys were busy! Our stake announced it in our RS handout, that's it. I hope those women know how much you love and care about them. Almost as much as I love and care about you!!!
Cathleen said…
Wow! That is really something Kelly. You are amazing! Good reminder too, that someone has put in hours (and hours) into these beautiful handouts which we are sometimes fortunate enough to receive. I hope your sisters appreciate your dedication. I'm sure it will be awesome :)
they looked so good kelly. you did a great job! i'm looking forward to the event!
Julie V. said…
There better be a thousand women there after all that work! They look so great, I wish I could be there. Good luck with the video and the event.
Bobbi said…
They knew what they were doing when they called you to the Stake Relief Society (not to mention true inspiration!). Great job, Kelly, I hope all 1000 women show up.
Maryanne said…
They look awesome Kelly! But I have to ask one question . . . are you insane?!?
LindaLu said…
Lovely, Lovely invites! Great job, KB! xoxo
Christina said…
I had no idea you made those! They were beautiful!!!
Unknown said…
Kelly! You just might be an over-achiever! The invitations look awesome--how did the conference go? I am speaking at the Hong Kong Women's conference in a couple of weeks--but I didn't have to make 1,000 invitations!
I bought the px90 cds when I was home--but haven't started yet. Trying to get the conference presentation done first, and figure out how to watch the cds, since they won't play on our dvd (wrong country code).
Unknown said…
Hello, just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the conference, wish I would've felt better. I still have my invite, I can't bear to part with it because it's so pretty. It is on my microwave and everytime I look at it, I think of how greatful I am for the small and simple things in life :)

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