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Wedding Craft
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
How did you make your wedding invitations?
Did you get ideas from a website? Where did you buy the materials?
Please don’t give me answers that just say “google DIY wedding invites” or “go to a craft store”. I’ve started to do those things already. I’m asking for answers from those who have done their own invitations.
Also, how did you do the response cards and everything else that goes with them.
Thank you.
Hey there. I designed my own invites and am still working on all 200 of them! =P Here is what I did: If you are creative enough to come up with an idea from scratch out of your head, good for you! But I needed a little “inspiration” because there are so, so many things you can do.
Once I found a picture of an invitation style that I liked (by using google image and searching through hundreds of invitations), I started working on modifying it to fit my own liking/personality. I changed a few things up, adding some things I knew I wanted in there, and then it was time to make a sample before I made a final decision on the invitation.
So I bought just enough materials to make one invitation, and got opinions on perfecting it from family and friends. I was glad I made a sample because I did end up changing a couple things, so it was nice to not have all that money wasted.
Then I bought the materials and I’ve been working on them since. Not sure how specific of an answer you were wanting, but I’ll give you mine: I did a background of black cardstock (Hobby Lobby), and added a smaller piece of white cardstock on top (Office Depot) using a scrapbook adhesive (Hobby Lobby). So before I attached and cut them, I just took the white cardstock and printed the invitations 2 to a page on the white. I used microsoft word to design what I wanted….I even added a picture! Then I have a Polka Dot scrapbook paper (HL) sitting across the middle of the cardstock attached with a small ribbon tied on using a hole punch. The picture was underneath the polka dot paper that is across the middle, so I got a circle paper shape punch from HL and punched a circle in the polka dot paper, so that our faces in the picture show out from the circle.
I hope this makes sense, and further, I hope it helps you any. I just got everything from Hobby Lobby craft store, except the bulk pack of white cardstock from Office Depot. If you want more specific info, I am very willing to help, so you can just email me.
Congrats on your wedding! And good luck making these invitations. I respect any DIY brides because I know first-hand all the work that it takes.
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