Top 3 tips to getting started Many brides today elect to make their own invitations using the myriad of gorgeous papers and embellishments that are now on the market. Create a unique stationary theme for your wedding at a fraction of the cost of professional hand made invitations.
1. Decide on your Wedding Theme
This is probably the biggest decision you will have to make when organising your wedding, but once decided on, your options will be greatly reduced and easier to manage.
Seek inspiration from colours, flowers, destinations & locations, seasons, or even your favorite book or film (think Breakfast at Tiffany’s or Pride and Prejudice). Your chosen venue could even suggest an overall look, for example a garden or beach theme. Even a texture could be the starting point for your theme (think about the luxurious nature of satin, silk or lace).
Once you have your theme in place, visit a specialist paper and craft store and search through the papers that suit your theme.
2. Choose your envelopes first and then make a prototype
When you are putting together your prototype, make sure that you choose your invitation size first. The best way to do this is to look at the standard envelope sizes and choose one of these to work with. It is easy to get carried away with all the wonderful layering options, only to find, after all your hard work, that your invitation does not fit into a standard size envelope.
1. Decide on your Wedding Theme
This is probably the biggest decision you will have to make when organising your wedding, but once decided on, your options will be greatly reduced and easier to manage.
Seek inspiration from colours, flowers, destinations & locations, seasons, or even your favorite book or film (think Breakfast at Tiffany’s or Pride and Prejudice). Your chosen venue could even suggest an overall look, for example a garden or beach theme. Even a texture could be the starting point for your theme (think about the luxurious nature of satin, silk or lace).
Once you have your theme in place, visit a specialist paper and craft store and search through the papers that suit your theme.
2. Choose your envelopes first and then make a prototype
When you are putting together your prototype, make sure that you choose your invitation size first. The best way to do this is to look at the standard envelope sizes and choose one of these to work with. It is easy to get carried away with all the wonderful layering options, only to find, after all your hard work, that your invitation does not fit into a standard size envelope.
3. Post your invitation to yourself
When you make your prototype, pop it in your chosen envelope and post it to yourself, sounds weird...? This is the perfect way to see first hand how your invitation withstands the rigors of the postal system.
You will also find out how much the postage will cost and if your envelope or box arrives in good condition. If you are using an unusual embellishment or fastener, this is especially important. We heard of one bride, who used a clay shell for her beach theme invitations, unfortunately the clay shells disintegrated in the mail and most of the guests received sand in the bottom of their envelope. It still fit with the theme, but was not the look she was after!
You will also find out how much the postage will cost and if your envelope or box arrives in good condition. If you are using an unusual embellishment or fastener, this is especially important. We heard of one bride, who used a clay shell for her beach theme invitations, unfortunately the clay shells disintegrated in the mail and most of the guests received sand in the bottom of their envelope. It still fit with the theme, but was not the look she was after!
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