My husband and son were invited to a MAN Tool Party, in honor of a groom who is to be married in September.  The groom’s intended is a special young lady to my husband, as her dad and  he were in Boy Scouts together in Jr. High school, and have remained friends ever since. 

I guess the groom has no tools.  He’s getting his Master’s degree and has either lived with his parents or her parents the entire time.  And I guess Mr. Sam (hubby’s friend for 34+ years) has decided that the boy needs some tools!

Hubby and I got a big kick out of the invite – let me share the rules with you:

• Rule #1:  No women allowed
• Rule #2:  It doesn’t matter what you wear
• Rule #3:  Come hungry
• Rule #4:  Craftsman, Dewalt, Porter Cable are tools … Ryobi is NOT
• Rule #5:  A gift is required if you want to eat some BBQ

I must say that I contested rule #1 – not that I wanted to go watch men scratch & belch, but in our house, if this WOMAN doesn’t earn the money to buy the tools, then there are no tools for a gift!  Exception noted by the bride’s father, but he still said I wasn’t invited.

Anyway, tools were purchased and then the gift wrapping became an issue.  I certainly can’t see pretty some pretty, froo-froo wrapping paper on a gift for a man’s wedding shower, can you?  So, this is what hubby came up with – and I added the ribbon: