Quick Guide To Making Your Own Wedding Invitations
While you may not be the craft goddess or god, you can certainly
make your own wedding invitations. Many couples look into this
option because they think that it will be cheaper than the
regular printed invitations, but this is not necessarily true.
The pricing may be the same depending on the materials that you
use.
What is more special about home made invitations is the heart
that goes into them.
Getting the materials
Going to your local arts and crafts store can be a truly
wonderful time, but only if you have a little bit of an idea of
what you need. Where a lot of expense comes in is when you're
wandering around aimlessly looking at things to buy. You end up
purchasing things that you'll never use.
Here's the way to shop smart (even if you don't have a plan).
First, know how many invitations that you need to make. This
will help you to choose materials that won't cost a lot if you
have to make a lot of invites. Know a few colors that you think
you'd like to see in your invites. And if there's a theme that
you're considering, then think about that too.
Go through the aisles of the store and pick up things that you
think might work for an invitation. Right now, you'll only be
buying enough to make a sample of your invitation. You want to
see if you can make something before you buy a whole bunch of
materials.
When you get home
Now that you have a little bag of crafts, start making your
sample invitations. You don't need to worry about the words just
yet (these can be printed by a computer), so just make the rest
of the invite. A lot of the time, what you plan to do doesn't
quite work out, or it takes too much time and materials. Just
try a bunch of things, and when you find something that looks
great, write down everything that you used to make it.
This will be your list for when you go back to the store.
Making the actual wedding invitations doesn't need to be any
more complicated than using a scissors and some glue. Try
different colored ribbons and shells even. Use thick card stock
paper for a background color and place a white sheet of paper
where the wording will go.
And don't worry so much about being perfect. Although you want
to make your invitations looks great, you also want them to
still seem like you made them. Don't get too worried if
something is slightly askew.