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CRAP.

My mom just got the photobooks we ordered from SmileBooks - she said that they're gorgeous and she loves them, but.........on the first page, I accidentally wrote our wedding date as 1 May 2009 instead of 1 May 2008.

I know it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but now I'm really annoyed at myself! And I can't believe that both Ben and I missed that on our proofreads...

*headdesk*

Re: CRAP.

  • Oh no!. For someone else this wouldn't be a big deal but knowing what I know about you Lisa, this is going to irritate the crap out of you forever! Hello sharpie marker? Stick out tongue

    On a completely unrelated note... if you ever want me to ship something through fed-ex like we were going to do before just let me know.

  • BAHAHAHA you read my mind! It's white text on a black background so I initially panicked and thought, "It's OK - I'll just get a white gel pen and fix it!" But no, I'm sure that would ruin it even more... *sigh* It would be crazy to change the date and pay for a whole new book because of this one thing, wouldn't it? Stick out tongue

    And thank you sooooo much! I don't know if I'll have much more to ship over here, but I really can't tell you how much I appreciate that you're willing to help out! 

  •  I wouldn't pay for another book. Can you just take that whole page out?
  • Oh no!  That would bug me too.  That said...here's a solution!  Print a label to cover it up!  Design it so it looks intentional.  Slap that bad boy over the mistake and VOILA!  Instant fix! Yes
  • imageMarried2MrWright:
    Print a label to cover it up!  Design it so it looks intentional.  Slap that bad boy over the mistake and VOILA!  Instant fix! Yes

     This sounds like a good idea to me!  I wouldn't buy a whole new book!

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  • donntcha hate when that happens?  When I did my sister bby shower invites, my phone started ringing off the hook with people saying," Wow! It's the cutest invite I've ever seen! But, what time is the shower?"  Minor detail I forgot to add :)
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  • oh no!  I agree, either try to remove that title page or figure out a nice label.  It would bug me too, but not enough to reprint if I was able to figure something else out...
  • Lori took the words right out of my mouth.....just go to the craft store and buy some cute stickers and new letering...voila it's a beautiful personalized photobook :)
  • imageMarried2MrWright:
    Oh no!  That would bug me too.  That said...here's a solution!  Print a label to cover it up!  Design it so it looks intentional.  Slap that bad boy over the mistake and VOILA!  Instant fix! Yes

    Brilliant!  It probably would have bugged me so much that I might have sucked it up and bought another one if MH let me!  Haha! 

    OR...  you could say it was/is a 1 year anniversary gift to YH if ppl ask! Stick out tongue But I think I still like Lori's idea better. Smile

  • imagejaysgirljulie:
     I wouldn't pay for another book. Can you just take that whole page out?

    No, I can't really take out that page without spoiling the layout of the entire first section (this is what I get for doing the layouts so carefully lol). 

    The label idea is a good one! When I see the book in person, I'll decide if it would make it look better or worse...and see how much it bugs me lol.

  • Ugh, I know how bad you feel. Really. I was a marketing director for years. Believe me when I tell you I am a perfectionist to the highest power. Everything that I turned out was meticulously inspected - read each character one by one, forward and backward. Yes, if you read backward, the mistakes pop out. Oh, yes, I thought I was beyond making a mistake. I made my daughter a photobook. I read each page letter by letter. It was perfect. Then, the cover. Wow, they had lots of options. I put an awesome photo of my daughter in Hawaii to fill the front cover. For the back, I chose a small photo of her laughing hard while sledding over the snow. Under that little photo, I wrote Happiness in always near. Look at that! You can even put a photo on the spine (binding). I put one of Santa (my H) dashing through the snow. Done!

    Did you read that? Happiness in always near. What?

    One letter. One letter and the whole thing is wrecked.

    I know how that feels. It makes me nuts. Most people will not notice. For anyone who does, just tell them "It seems like yesterday. I feel like we're still on the honeymoon." Blush

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  • imageSurfinbride:

    Ugh, I know how bad you feel. Really. I was a marketing director for years. Believe me when I tell you I am a perfectionist to the highest power. Everything that I turned out was meticulously inspected - read each character one by one, forward and backward. Yes, if you read backward, the mistakes pop out. Oh, yes, I thought I was beyond making a mistake. I made my daughter a photobook. I read each page letter by letter. It was perfect. Then, the cover. Wow, they had lots of options. I put an awesome photo of my daughter in Hawaii to fill the front cover. For the back, I chose a small photo of her laughing hard while sledding over the snow. Under that little photo, I wrote Happiness in always near. Look at that! You can even put a photo on the spine (binding). I put one of Santa (my H) dashing through the snow. Done!

    Did you read that? Happiness in always near. What?

    One letter. One letter and the whole thing is wrecked.

    I know how that feels. It makes me nuts. Most people will not notice. For anyone who does, just tell them "It seems like yesterday. I feel like we're still on the honeymoon." Blush

    That's exactly it! That's the thing that makes me so crazy - I'm the most obsessive proofreader in the world! I will go over something time after time after time, reading it out loud, spelling each word as I go...ugh!

    I know probably no one will notice (although my mom picked it up right away lol) - I just can't believe that I made such an insanely obvious error and totally failed to pick up on it!

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