gocco: the final product

Here they are...

{lining the envelopes} I found some really cute wrapping paper for $2.99 from Target. I was able to line all envelopes and I still have tons of wrapping paper left. This is a much less expensive way to line envelopes and I really love the red dots.

{packaging the invites}



{stuffing the envelopes}

{ready for the mail}

gocco: production part iv

The last thing I gocco'd was our directions card. We decided to take the easy way out and print the map using our printer. I then gocco'd the directions on the back along with hotel, website, and registry information.

gocco: production part iii

Instead of fighting the gocco, I decided to work with the gocco. Since it would never burn my whole invitation fully (the words were to0 close to the edge), I decided to break my invitation into 3 different parts, which then turned into a 4-step printing process.





There are of couse things I would have done differently now that I have gocco'd the invites, but I'm still satisfied with the results. The main thing I learned was not to do a circle within a circle. It's nearly impossible to center it again unless you ink them at the same time (which if I had wanted to do that then I would have needed to make our logo a little bit smaller so that I could place blocking around the logo without covering the dots). And like the RSVP, I embossed the little blue dots.

gocco: production part ii

Next item up for the gocco was our RSVP cards. It was a two step printing process, but it worked beautifully. My original inspiration came from a lovely morning...I just loved the use of the tiny hearts. Kristina had an amazing wedding, so check her blog out!

I embossed the dots, hearts, and our logo. These cards turned out surprisingly well.

Many many thanks go out to all the great suggestions, advice, and help I received when I was having gocco difficulties. I owe these beauties to ya'll. THANK YOU!

gocco: trouble shooting

Grrr....I am having troubles with the gocco. For some reason the whole image doesn't burn completely onto the screen. So for instance with my thank yous, my lines of dots will have gaps in them or the script 'thank you' faintly burns onto the screen so when you print with the ink it barely shows up - if at all.

Can anyone help me....please....I need to get my invitations made pronto!

I'm using photocopies, so the carbon is present. I'm using brand new/never-been-open screens, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've tried making my thank you card 3 times, so that's 3 screens and 6 bulbs. I can't be wasting supplies like this (since they're so hard to come by anyways).

[One of those attempts was design 1, with the large orange circular thank you. This didn't fair well since the text is rather thin. The ink kind of took over so once printed you couldn't read it that well. Are there any tips for printing large areas of ink?]

Please help me.....

Thanks!
-desperate gocco novice

gocco: holiday card success!

I finally had a successful gocco night! Yippee! and I have to say it was so satisfying. Now I just want to gocco everything!



I made 50 of these darlings because I felt bad wasting the ink. and I don't have 50 people to send them to. So, does anyone want a set? I'm thinking of grouping them in tens, so I'll probably have only 2 full sets to offer. Leave me a comment if your interested.

i've got a gocco!!

I'm so excited!! I finally have a gocco!...Thanks to the lovely lady of Once Wed. I can't wait to play with my new machine...