Invites
You finally have a wedding date!!!! CELEBRATE by beginning to pick out your wedding invites.
I know that I am repeating myself when I say this but MAKE SURE IT SAYS YOU AND YOUR FIANCE! Don’t pick an invite simply because of the colors or the fact that they are on sale. **Remember that your invites are the first thing your guests are going to see which tells them what type of wedding you are having and your style.
I have some examples below on some DIY wedding invites.
There are many tools available at any craft store to help you come up with ideas for your invites.
Some people type and print off their own invites as well.
Here is my DIY invite project from my wedding. I started off by looking up wedding invites that fit my theme. I found these invites at Vistaprint.com. I waited for them to go on sale and got my invites 40% off.
I created the reception cards on my own. I found this design online and it matched almost perfectly with the design that was on my invites. Since the cards were so small, I knew it wouldn’t cost me much to print them off and cut them myself. The top card on the right also went along with the “nature wood theme.” I actually lightening up the tree trunk color and wrote a note for the family guests that we would be doing full family photos after the wedding.
Make sure that while you are figuring out what to write on your invites that you think about your guests. Step back and act like you are reading it for the first time. Your directions must be clear. You don’t want to leave your guests in the dark.
Finally, I had all of the pieces for my invites. Would it be fine to throw all of these pieces into an envelope just the way they are? Yes. But I was not satisfied with that.
I love the look of the covered invites. Invite pockets are very popular and beautiful, but VERY pricey. So I came up with an alternative.
Brown craft paper was my solution. I found my paper at Walmart in the paint section. You can also find this paper at Hobby Lobby and Lowes.
**Another great tip when trying to cut costs… the actual invite pocket makes your envelope fatter which means more postage. Think about things like that when you pick out your invites!
Time to personalize the invites a little more…
1. I printed on a cream colored card stock the letters M (choose a font that matches your invites).
2. I hand cut (using fancy scissors) the M’s as shown
3. I used a makeup sponge and brown ink to give my M’s that rustic looking edge.
4. I also used the fancy scissors to cut another piece for behind the letter. I used green scrapbook paper that had a slight design in it.
5. Hole punch the two pieces together.
6. Tie with any type of string or ribbon that fits with your style.
And the finished product!!!
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Ps. Bridesmaids are a wonderful help when putting these together!
