Worse Craft Experience Ever!

[Leona2025]

So my cousin asked me to make invitations for her son's 4th birthday. It was last minute and I had about two days to do it. The planning took about an hour and it was simple enough.

Ugh print and cut with my silhouette would not work (and it ALWAYS works).
My printer ran out of ink and the replacements I had were wrong.
I ran out of paper for the job even though I had extra because of the issue with print and cut.
AND THEN I ran out of adhesive!

My craft room is a disaster area. This is the easiest invites to make and they were so much trouble. I feel like I gave her a sub par product. I'm so ash



amed.

Here are some pics so you can see. I hope they stay together!

[elayne]

My worst was my first. I went to a cardmaking 101 class held at a well known craft store. The ad said 'beginners', I had never made a card before.
Everyone knew what they were doing and I felt so uncomfortable. Every time I asked a question the instructor rolled her eyes!

Needless to say this did not deter me in my card making, but I never went back to any of her classes and it took me a long time to go back to the store!

[ceramicat1]

You know, I think they're cute.

I hate it when it seems the universe is conspiring against me. I've threatened on various occasions to pitch my Cameo and/or my computer out the window.

I can sympathize.

[ceramicat1]

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Originally Posted by elayne

My worst was my first. I went to a cardmaking 101 class held at a well known craft store. The ad said 'beginners', I had never made a card before.
Everyone knew what they were doing and I felt so uncomfortable. Every time I asked a question the instructor rolled her eyes!

Needless to say this did not deter me in my card making, but I never went back to any of her classes and it took me a long time to go back to the store!

How awful of her!

[BluDragon]

Really cute invites!! It really sucks running into issues in the middle of a project. And i really hate when something that usually works all of a sudden stops like a printer =P Ours wont print on colored printer paper anymore. We used to use blue all the time and then it stopped. It's a racist printer. =P

[Joan B]

they are adorable!!! but I feel your pain.

[k dunbrook]

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Originally Posted by Joan B

they are adorable!!! but I feel your pain.

ditto....

[diannep575]

Don't be so hard on yourself. I think they look great and the kids will love them

[lesleybd]

Nearest to a disaster I ever had was not putting the lid on my tray of embossing powder before turning on the heat gun, There was powder everywhere including inside open drawers and boxes! Everything felt gritty for weeks.

Funniest thing I have done was to stick a front panel onto the back of a finished card that was lying face down on my desk. Couldn't understand why the card felt so heavy until I turned t over!

I never have drinks or food near my computer or craft area because I am extremely clumsy and a disaster would be inevitable.

Lesley

[gregzgurl]

Darling invites, but I certainly sympathize on your "Murphy's Law" experience getting them made. I sew for a living, and my worst experiences are ALWAYS when there's a tight deadline! Things that I could do in my sleep are all of a sudden NOT working - the tension on the bobbin won't stay set, needles break, they short me on materials - SOMEthing always goes awry! Still, kudos to you for pulling it off - they really are cute! I especially love the belly band closure...

[muscrat]

They are so adorable! I think it's the "last minute pressure" that makes everything go wrong! But in the end everything went right!

[Illinois Marge]

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Originally Posted by Leona2025

So my cousin asked me to make invitations for her son's 4th birthday. It was last minute and I had about two days to do it.

My kind advice would be, never accept a last minute commission again. One to two days notice, that's crazy.

[buddy'smama]

I think they are awesome!

My worst was when a sister of a friend of mine had me do 40 wedding showers invitations. She gave me all of the information in writing. I did all of the invitations and when I delivered them she said "oh the date is wrong." Thankfully I had the paper in her own hand writing with me, because it also had the price on it. She then told me that since I got the date wrong, she shouldn't have to pay for the wrong ones. Oh and I was just charging $1.00 a card and even threw in 4 cards free.

What made me so mad, was that I did one card and got her approval on it, before I ever did the other ones. I just left the cards on her table and told her those were on me. She gave me the correct information and I gave it back to her and told her to go bug someone else!

That was my first and last attempted to do anything for anyone other than myself and my immediate family.

[DawnDoings]

Those look great!

I had an awful experience recently too. I made card backgrounds for my son's preschool Halloween pictures. They needed 100 of them. I had 70 totally complete and the rest mostly done when I got the pictures.

My card was landscape oriented, the pictures portrait. Since the pictures would not look good if the were reprinted in landscape, I had to start over again from the beginning.

[muscrat]

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Originally Posted by buddy'smama

I think they are awesome!

My worst was when a sister of a friend of mine had me do 40 wedding showers invitations. She gave me all of the information in writing. I did all of the invitations and when I delivered them she said "oh the date is wrong." Thankfully I had the paper in her own hand writing with me, because it also had the price on it. She then told me that since I got the date wrong, she shouldn't have to pay for the wrong ones. Oh and I was just charging $1.00 a card and even threw in 4 cards free.

What made me so mad, was that I did one card and got her approval on it, before I ever did the other ones. I just left the cards on her table and told her those were on me. She gave me the correct information and I gave it back to her and told her to go bug someone else!

That was my first and last attempted to do anything for anyone other than myself and my immediate family.

Get the money upfront! I don't do anything for anyone because I don't want to get started and end up being bombarded. I did my son's wedding invitations and thank you cards, and I helped two nieces, but those were done free of charge and full of love!

[muscrat]

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Originally Posted by DawnDoings

Those look great!

I had an awful experience recently too. I made card backgrounds for my son's preschool Halloween pictures. They needed 100 of them. I had 70 totally complete and the rest mostly done when I got the pictures.

My card was landscape oriented, the pictures portrait. Since the pictures would not look good if the were reprinted in landscape, I had to start over again from the beginning.

ooooohhhh that had to be so disappointing!

[tigerlily55]

I bet these are the coolest invitations those kids ever got!

[JD from PAUSA]

Sounds like you had many challenges to get your cards finished but I think it was well worth it. I really like your cards I think they're adorable!

[Leona2025]

Thanks for the shares! I recently made a coworker a anni. card for his parents. He offered 20$, but I told him just 15$ to cover the supplies I needed. He pick out a new digi image and everything. I made the card he loved it and NEVER paid me. That really soured me on selling stuff. I already didn't want to do it.

Selling is just too stressful for me

[Denverkat276]

I love volunteering for things like that. Even though I may start off with,... I have plenty of time for any errors, accidents or anything odd that will usually happen. I will have plenty of stock, and I am all ready and excited to go...... Then Bam.... it's like a beautiful symphony with the "Comedy of Errors". You name it... it goes wrong. BUT,.... I manage to complete this project. Nearly down to the wire. Now, I hand the project over and it's gorgeous and looks great and I'm proud.... But, at that moment,.....I feel like I have done the Ironman decathlon... lol It's a big Whew and shower time!!

With that being said,....

You have apparently experienced, what I like to call as being the star of your own craft comedy show. I would never be able to tell. I thought those invitations were WONDERFUL. At different ages of their lives, any of my 3 grandsons would have gone nuts for those invitations going out for their party. I think you did a great job. If you had issues it did not show its self in the outcome!!!

[stiz2003]

elayne,

I had the same experience but was determined to learn this. I kept going back until I realized I wasn't learning anything. Newbies were not helped at all. I had NO clue what a water brush was nor did I know the supplies, much less a Cuttlebug. Thanks to SCS, I learned!

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Originally Posted by elayne

My worst was my first. I went to a cardmaking 101 class held at a well known craft store. The ad said 'beginners', I had never made a card before.
Everyone knew what they were doing and I felt so uncomfortable. Every time I asked a question the instructor rolled her eyes!

Needless to say this did not deter me in my card making, but I never went back to any of her classes and it took me a long time to go back to the store!