Spend less on your wedding by making your own homemade wedding invitations.
I was shocked when I was browsing wedding magazines and saw invitations
that sold for as much as $30. EACH!! Of course you can get them for much
less, too, but I decided to make mine myself and I'm glad I did. It was a lot of fun, and they were uniquely ours!
Many large craft stores have a very good selection of scrapbooking
supplies for a lot less than you would spend at a specialty scrapbooking
store. If you need ideas, it is a good idea to browse a scrapbooking
store, though - they have a lot of displays with ideas.
At a craft store I bought:
I spent less than $40. on all of this.
How much do you need to buy? Do some planning before you start. Decide what you want the invitations to say (for ideas, see wedding invitation wording ) and type it up on your computer in a font that you like. Once you have done this, you can decide how big your invitations need to be. (Unless you plan to make your own envelopes, keep available envelope sizes in mind when making this decision!)
You should have your guest list ready before you start on your invitations. Make one invitation for each household and make two or three extra ones in case you forgot someone. Buy enough supplies for two or three extra, too, in case you mess a few up. (hey, it happens!)
Once you know how many invitations you need to make and how big they will be, you can plan how much paper and ribbon you need. You will need about 9 inches of ribbon for each invitation (if you make them like I did).
Cut your paper and vellum the same size and print your wording on the vellum. Print them one at a time and take care when removing them from the printer - let the ink dry before stacking them so it doesn't smear.
Put the paper and the vellum back together and punch two holes in the top or on the left side (to put the ribbon through). Punch the bottom or the right side with the decorative border punch if you are using this.
Put the ribbon through the holes from the back and tie it in the front. Try not to make the bows too full or you will have trouble getting them into the envelopes!
Other ideas for homemade wedding invitations:
Don't wait too long to get started. Making and addressing
invitations can be time-consuming and you want to have them ready to
mail 2 - 4 weeks before the wedding.
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