I’ve always said that creating your own wedding invitations is a great place to save money on your wedding. There are some DIY (do-it-yourself) wedding invitations which of course are so ornate and take so much time to make that they can really be more stressful on you than purchasing your own. My whole point in giving you wedding tips is to make your wedding cost less money, and less stress on you! There are plenty of great DIY wedding invitations that you can do that will save you both money and your sanity. It used to be that if you wanted DIY wedding invitations that you could get with a designer and let him or her incorporate your ideas into the cards. Using a designer was the perfect way to get what you wanted with an expert, but it would also typically cost a fortune! So here are some great DIY wedding invitations that you can make that will help you make a statement on your wedding day.
DIY Wedding Invitations Using a Computer
As I mentioned before, creating DIY wedding invitations used to be very difficult and required the hiring of designers and a small fortune as well. But with the advance in computer technology, it’s easy for you to create DIY wedding invitations on your own. Use Microsoft Word to create the invitations, or even Microsoft Publisher, since it has several great features for creating invitations and programs. You can find invitation wordings and fonts online if you aren’t sure of what to write. It’s how I found the great wording for our wedding invitations! Use your home computer to print the cards onto high quality card stock. Then it’s time to decorate.
Decorating Your DIY Wedding Invitations
Once you have the wording part of your DIY wedding invitations completed, it’s time to start decorating them. Of course, the easiest way is to simply attach a colorful card to the back of the wording that your printed card, attaching them with the either a ribbon or glue. It’s an easy and quick way to create a really classy looking DIY wedding invitation. You can also use rhinestones, feathers, origami, shells, or anything else that will help show off the style of your wedding or your own personal tastes and style.
It isn’t hard to create a beautiful DIY wedding invitation. Many experts will tell you that if you are inviting a lot of guests to your wedding that DIY wedding invitations are foolish because you’ll spend far too much time making them. But that isn’t the case at all. If you are inviting a lot of people, you will have a lot of DIY wedding invitations to make, but you can also ask for help and make an afternooon of it with some of your bridesmaids or other friends who are willing to help. Be sure to provide lunch or movies to help pass the time. Remember that many hands make light work! If you have done DIY wedding invitations in the past and want to share some great ideas with some of our readers, please be sure to comment and let me know!
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July 2nd, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I created my own invitations as well. My decoration was sage green ribbon woven through the edges (I used a very small hole puncher so you couldn’t see the holes) and a raffia bow on top (raffia was super cheap and gave it that “green friendly” look I was going for. Then my husband and I filled tiny envelopes with flower seeds for people to plant and remember our day. The envelopes had a handwritten poem on it. Something a bit different. (We also thought throwing flower seeds instead of blowing bubbles was a cool “get away” idea)
July 18th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Well, I had lots of personalized envelopes so the only thing I needed was the card. Imma graphic designer so I designed a pretty simple generic 2-fold card with the text “A Happy Occasion” instead of Wedding Invitation, sent it off to offset print and done within a week. For the insert, I printed using rice paper (think see thru/transparent type) all the details.
I also did a version for my bestie – a card invite cum envelope (no real envelope needed).
July 18th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
re: The envelope, the easiest way to make envelopes stand out is to add lining. I bought medium size white envelopes, or you can also get it in other *very very light* colors like, light link, light cream, light lilac. Then I bought different type of gift wrappers with nice designs and cut it it so that it fits the inside of the envelope. Once I got one size correct, I cut those giftwrappers in tiny pieces so I dont waste them, stack them and use paper cutter to cut. Once I got it all, I just insert > fold and put a slight glue (get the glue in a stick and not the gooey type.) I did that during my free time and it was not meant for wedding cards at first but then I had alot of it so I figured I could use it.
Here\’s a link I found to personalize envelope (guide)
(1) http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/09/29/diy-envelope-lining-and-our-std-details/
You can also use plain envelope without lining but preferably a slightly thicker than normal envelope (a good example are Hallmark\’s envelope) and then get your nearest art shops or even print shop to prepare for you an embosser and then add that to the envelope.
Examples:
(1)http://www.willsquills.com.au/Images/WeddingSamples/EmbosserSet2.JPG
and
(2)http://www.weddingthings.com/images/uploads/939_1869_large.jpg