Recently, one by one, friends outside of the States had informed us that they’ve got our wedding invitations. We are glad and relieved to hear the compliments- all the cards are truly done with our deepest sincerity. Here are the stories behind the scene.
(We are waiting for the stamps ordered from the website of postal office (it’s been over a week but nothing come yet) – to send out the invitations for friends in the States…Please be patient lol 加州以外的美國朋友們，抱歉我們還在等郵差送郵票來)
台灣，澳洲，歐洲以及加州的捧優們依依傳訊息來告訴我們收到喜帖了，都說很別緻很用心（因為真的是血與淚生出來的啊）。這裡就來分享一下差點引起家變的背後故事 哈哈哈 （ＪＰ生產線直擊報導！）
Not only the design took a while to get done, there were lots of unexpected incidents – for example, the printer forgot to score the bottom fold, need something to fix the holder (where the cover flower folds in), and etc.
在設計難產很久後(背負著設計師與印刷公司小老闆之名，大家都投以熱烈的期盼…)，好不容易送出去印了，確有很多意料外的狀況，比方說印刷廠少劃了一刀摺痕，以及對摺後才發現需要甚麼東西固定住等等。。。
here’s the factory line JP生產線大解析:
Task 1 / 任務１: Attaching the golden flower 裝上花朵
Difficulty 困難度: ＊ ＊ ＊
The stiffness of the card is softer than expected, make it harder to attach the flower.
因為紙不夠硬，所以裝上花朵比預期的困難，幸好人是會進步的動物，負責拼裝的詹姆士和強尼很快就上手了。
FOCUS (認真的男兒最帥氣? 呵呵)
James doing card assembling
Thanks to the big help of Johnny! 強尼真是我們的恩人!
Task ２ / 任務２: Scoring 劃摺線
Difficulty 困難度: ＊ ＊ ＊
To score perfectly manually at the right location is never easy, and to score 200 piece makes me wanna cry. 自己瞄準真的非常困難，但是因為是長邊，而且有紋路，不劃這摺線無法將下方摺上來，。
Task 3 / 任務3: folding 摺紙
Difficulty 困難度: ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊
This step is supposed to be the easiest part, but due to my miscalculation, the card can’t fold as I planned. So we need to manually adjust while folding.
實在很不好意思，由於我估計錯誤，導致設計無法如想像的完美的摺好，需要邊摺邊調整，整個變得非常困難。orz
Task 4 / 任務4: sticker punch 貼紙製作
Difficulty 困難度: ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊
I was thinking to find some ready-made stickers to fix the holder, but they are either too big or too expensive. When I almost gave up the idea of fixing the cards, something came into my eyes! the gold paper tape + the heart shape hole punch!
本來想直接買坊間的貼紙稍為固定住兩朵花，但是美國的貼紙，真的是很貴就算了，實在都太大了，造型也很不對味。就在我決定乾脆不貼住的當下，發現了這包紙膠帶，是包裝用的，如果配合心型打洞器，也許可以變成小貼紙。當然，我一開始就知道這絕對不簡單，因為膠帶有黏性，打洞一定很不好打，一開始都會扯壞，當然，再度驗證了人是會進步的動物！之後也可以打一長串都不扯壞膠帶，可是這真的是很費工的工程啊!
小貼紙是用特殊打洞機打的 一開始抓不到技巧 很難拔25-Mar-2010 02:12, Panasonic DMC-GF1, 1.7, 20.0mm, 0.04 sec, ISO 400
Task 5 / 任務5: wax sealing 臘封
Difficulty 困難度: ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊
The idea of wax sealing is not 100% romantic. The truth is, i love to play with fire, and i’ve been thinking to play with wax seal for ages. And finally! Here’s the great opportunity for doing it! The gold wax i got is from the Kate’s Paperie, which comes without witt. It’s flexible but somehow very hard to make it drip at the right location…
我從小就愛玩火，一直很喜歡封臘這個東西，可是偏偏買到沒有臘芯的，整個被整到 (烤軟在尚未低下來前趕快移到信封，再烤，再塗，幾乎要五次才夠，然後再把信封拿去烤，幾次塗抹的臘融化成一塊時趕快壓上鋼印！常常第一次沒瞄準好，之後得融掉重來)。由於喜帖進度落後，連續的熬夜想要把東西趕快趕完，儘管詹姆士覺得這東西太花時間，還是別用了，但我決定趁他睡覺的時候，獨立完成這部分。結果因為熬夜到六點過度疲勞，還燒到卡片 orz… 但是，這真的是一個為心意加分的ㄧ道功夫! 在婚禮當天也會準備給大家玩喔! 這次訂的是有臘芯的封臘，真的好用多了! 而且形狀也美多了!
staying up until 6 in the morning- too tired and almost burnt the house lol
New Sealing wax arrived, with wick makes whole lot of difference!
So!
This how your invitations were done! Please don’t throw them away too quickly 😀
以上就是我們JP生產線直擊報導！請大家不要太快當成垃圾丟掉啊~
ＰＳ：在次致上最深的感謝，給我們的好朋友陳強尼！謝謝你的大力協助!!!!!
因為facebook connect之前一直有問題，好不容易成功了，但大家都留完言了，只好screenshot! hahaha
