Wedding DIY: invitations
February 10, 2013
I'm going to be doing a few of these DIY posts in the run up to, and after, the wedding but the invitations seemed like a pretty obvious place to start.
We'd sent out email save the dates a few months ago which set the tone (in so much as we weren't taking things too seriously) and also gave me a chance to use the 'wedding font' - Hawaii lover.
When it came around to the actual invites I knew I wanted to make them and had done a pretty rubbish doodle in paint which my friend Tilly then transformed into a lovely illustration.
I didn't have an exact idea of what the invitations themselves would be like until the night before making them. I'd ordered card and envelopes and bought lots of pretty paper, a corner punch and a heart punch.
We'd set a day aside for invitation making with the mums but as always these things never quite go to plan. My mum had to babysit my young cousin due to an emergency situation and naturally she wanted to join in - luckily I had the bright idea of employing her to make heart shaped table confetti with the heart punch!
Also, typically, I couldn't get my dad's printer to work properly. I reached meltdown when I'd been trying for two hours and had James, his mum, my parents, my cousins, my uncle and his girlfriend all standing over me making suggestions. Eventually, after I'd lost it a bit, I got it going and a production line was formed. The mums came into their own cutting and sticking everything together.
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The final design was very simple but I think really effective and I think they really set the tone for the W day!
It also ties in with the wedsite I designed which has all of our additional information on it. In fact my wonderful bridesmaid Bex even made an RSVP card by printing images from the site - it's AMAZING!
I was also really keen that we jazzed up our envelopes so we made envelope liners out of some Poundland wrapping paper.
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We've had some lovely comments on them which I'm really pleased about.
The next DIY projects are cake toppers, favours, reception decor, place names and the dreaded table plan!
We'd sent out email save the dates a few months ago which set the tone (in so much as we weren't taking things too seriously) and also gave me a chance to use the 'wedding font' - Hawaii lover.
When it came around to the actual invites I knew I wanted to make them and had done a pretty rubbish doodle in paint which my friend Tilly then transformed into a lovely illustration.
I didn't have an exact idea of what the invitations themselves would be like until the night before making them. I'd ordered card and envelopes and bought lots of pretty paper, a corner punch and a heart punch.
We'd set a day aside for invitation making with the mums but as always these things never quite go to plan. My mum had to babysit my young cousin due to an emergency situation and naturally she wanted to join in - luckily I had the bright idea of employing her to make heart shaped table confetti with the heart punch!
Also, typically, I couldn't get my dad's printer to work properly. I reached meltdown when I'd been trying for two hours and had James, his mum, my parents, my cousins, my uncle and his girlfriend all standing over me making suggestions. Eventually, after I'd lost it a bit, I got it going and a production line was formed. The mums came into their own cutting and sticking everything together.
The final design was very simple but I think really effective and I think they really set the tone for the W day!
It also ties in with the wedsite I designed which has all of our additional information on it. In fact my wonderful bridesmaid Bex even made an RSVP card by printing images from the site - it's AMAZING!
I was also really keen that we jazzed up our envelopes so we made envelope liners out of some Poundland wrapping paper.
We've had some lovely comments on them which I'm really pleased about.
The next DIY projects are cake toppers, favours, reception decor, place names and the dreaded table plan!
Posted by Amy.
