While this do-it-yourself approach allows brides to print their wording and assemble the pieces, the design itself has been predetermined, with little or no room for personalization. To completely design it from scratch, brides can either create it by hand, or swap scissors for software by learning a graphic design program.
Alternately, brides can find design templates online to personalize. However, product and design quality varies greatly on these websites, and they often restrict how much of the design the bride can personalize. Instead of focusing on design vs. Using advanced design editing tools, brides personalize their design online by choosing their own colors, photos, fonts and wording. After their printed products arrive, brides then fold, assemble and affix all their stationery items.
By designing online and using professional printing, brides maintain creative control and confidence in the finished product. Feel the texture. Experience the quality! Request Free Samples. Visit Our Blog. However, despite all the directions of designing and doing that may branch out, DIY Wedding Invitations and Stationery stem from one basic seed, planted in the hearts and minds of every bride: passion to personalize Passion to design, passion to create, and passion to express her individual style.
Doing Phase 1. Download The Checklist. Make it an easier decision for them by including the program with your wedding invitations. This will also prepare your guests more in advance, especially if you have any special requests or a fun theme or dress code.
With a consistent theme across all your wedding stationery, your special day will only be that much more magical. Sashes can be wrapped around an invitation, either as permanent embellishment or one that should be removed.
They can also be wrapped around enclosures creating a lovely presentation. Sashes are easy to create at home - just cut strips in the desired width and long enough to wrap around and overlap slightly. Ribbon can be used in the same way as sashes, and can even be used layered on top of a sash.
Choose a material satin, grosgrain, velvet, silk , width and color that fit your style, and wrap around your invitation or enclosure. You can tie a bow or square knot for a lovely presentation. If you are using ribbon, make sure you test a finished invitation in an envelope to ensure that all your pieces and a bow will fit appropriately into your envelope.
Lining envelopes is incredibly easy to do and is an unexpected touch for your invitation. Choose an envelope liner made from a solid paper or one from a decorative paper with a particular pattern or texture that adds to your presentation. One important thing to note with envelope liners, if you plan to emboss your return address, you must do this step first before adding your liner.
We carry outer envelopes A7. An outer envelope is meant to protect the inner envelope and all of its contents from postal service machines which can sometimes leave marks and anything else within which your invitation could come in contact.
The extra layer also ensures that your invitation, any embellishments and enclosed cards stay neatly together. Here are a few things to know about using outer envelopes:. A return address embosser is a great way to add your return address to the flaps of your wedding envelopes. An embosser uses a metal plate to impress your address into the envelope paper much like Braille.
This is an easy step and saves you from having to print or handwrite your return address. Please note use of a return address embosser plate requires a desk embosser sold separately. Making DIY invitations is much easier when you have the right tools at your disposal.
If you plan to have help from bridesmaids or friends, make sure you have enough supplies so everyone can be working at once. If you use our flat card and enclosure flat cards with coordinating backings and enclosures, you won't have to do any cutting. But if you plan to cut custom card sizes or make your own sashes, a paper cutter is a great tool.
Our favorite way to apply adhesive to just about anything and wonderful for making invitations. If you are mounting an invitation to a backing or enclosure, you can run your invitation through the Xyron machine to apply an even layer of adhesive.
You can also use it to apply adhesive to paper sashes and even ribbon. If you are not interested in a Xyron machine, there are many other types of permanent and removable adhesive available. Keep a pair of sharp scissors on hand for making invitations. This is especially important if you're working with ribbon - the only way to cut nice, tidy edges on ribbon is with super sharp scissors.
In fact, designate a pair of new scissors for ribbon-only use so the blades stay sharp. A ruler is great to have on hand for lining up layers and achieving consistency with placement e. Even if you've never used a bone folder before, consider it for making invitations. A bone folder is ideal for making creases for easy and clean folds in cover weight paper and for smoothing layers that you've adhered together.
Once you have all your pieces and your printed invitations, it's time for assembly! This is a great opportunity to get your mother, bridesmaids and friends involved. Before you get everyone started, make sure you've assembled a full invitation from start to finish so you know the steps and so you have a finished sample for everyone to see. We recommend using an assembly line method for assembling invitations.
Divide the assembly steps into stations and assign one person to each station. For example, if you are creating a mounted A7 invitation suite, your stations could be as follows:.
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