DIY Wedding Invitations - Modern Wedding Invitations

Make Your Own Wedding Invitations

Beautiful DIY wedding invitations will save you money and look fabulous. Make your own invitations at home like engagement party invitations, wedding cards, and bridal shower invites!

Do you want to make your own wedding invitations? The wedding invitation wording is one of the most important parts of making your own card, aside from the look and feel of the paper and accessories. If you don't know exactly what you are looking for in your invite, there are many free wedding invitation templates online, as well as pictures below for you to draw ideas from.

Do it Yourself Wedding Invitations

DIY wedding invitations are increasingly easy to create at home as we have great software programs to choose from. You could simply order wedding invitations online, but you will pay so much more than you have to.

The paper choice is going to be important when you plan to make your own invitation.

The paper is really the base of your wedding invitation cards, so you want to think about color and texture when you are making the choice.

You need card stock paper that is thick enough to be sturdy without being so thick you cannot run it through a printer if you need to.
Consider using colors that compliment your wedding flowers, stationary, even your wedding website colors.

Modern wedding invitations may be created using themes such as bride and groom photos, sepia print, bright colors, stark white with black text, unique fonts and even a destination travel theme. Think how much fun it would be to create beach wedding invitations!

Textures are very appealing and set the tone for your diy wedding invitations. You will want to select textures that will go along with the rest of the layout of the invitation you have envisioned. Vellum gives a misty, romantic aura and many brides like to incorporate it with the card stock color choice.

Textures you may like to experiment with are fine paper, linen, silk, toile, fine netting, ribbon and other wedding fabrics. You can make diy wedding invitations different than any other brides by using a carefully cut scrap of wedding fabric inside your invitation.
An a edge tearing tool can be used on fine quality linen paper to create that romantic edge to your invitations.

Envelopes and Shapes

The next step is to think about the envelopes for the invitations and the actual shape of the invitations themselves.
Wedding invitation templates are a good place to find ideas for shape and form. Traditional invitations are rectangles, but for modern wedding invitations, other shapes are acceptable as well.

Square cards are very popular and you can even choose to go with invitations in the shape of a bridal cake, or perhaps going with a wedding bell, a wedding dress or for location weddings the shape of a palm tree, ocean scene or city landmark.

You can evoke a feeling in your guests by using images and shapes in creative ways. One caveat about shapes, make sure they will fit in one of the standard envelope sizes before you create your invitation, or you will have a problem sending them!

Wedding Card Wording

When writing, think about the people you love who are going to be part of this day. Speak from your heart and your guests will know you are sincerely honored by their presence.

You may decide to use poetry, musical lyrics or another special prose. Be sure you include the important information, such as the date, the time, and of course the names of the bride and groom.

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It's a good idea to include RSVP cards so guests can confirm that they plan to attend. Wedding invitation kits as well as wedding invitation templates can help guide you with sample wording and layout.

Don't forget to tie in your unique wedding invitations with the style of your wedding shower invitation and also with your RSVP cards.

Your wedding favor ideas, wedding invitation verses, wedding guest book and wedding party gifts can also have the same theme, color and textures for an ensemble you will be proud of, and your guests will never forget.

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