Source for Unique DIY Wedding Invitations
Wednesday October 6, 2004
When someone says that you should make your own invitations, my mind runs immediately to sloppy, very homemade-looking projects that advertise how small your budget is. But, thanks to this website a reader just sent me to, paper-source.com, you can create invitations worthy of a million-dollar wedding, for not too much money. Choices include dramatic petal fold envelopes, fancy papers, pretty ribbons to tie them with, and best of all, these details are included in a do-it-yourself (DIY) package, complete with instructions.
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I don’t know about anyone else, but to me, this may be cheaper than professional invites, but it’s just too expensive for me—it’s a piece of paper, after all!
I talked to my sister in law, she showed me some great invites she made on the computer using cardstock for postcards, they’re even perforated and easy to get apart! finish the edges with a pair of scrap-booking scissors and you’re set! anyone with Windows OS and a printer can do it and it looks great!
There are a number of great DIY wedding invitation kits out there & not all of them are insanely expensive. Some are only $4.95/10.Printable Wedding Invitations Also, if you’re having a small wedding, diy invitations can really help you save money as most printers charge close to the same whether you purchase 25 or 100 invitations.
Belle & Ivy Designs(www.belleandivy.com) sells great DIY kits.
also sells great DIY kits.
Petals & Papers () has really unique diy wedding invitation kits. The pocketfold invitations they carry come in fab handmade papers or trendy colors, like chocolate brown, fuschia, turquoise, orange, etc…
I am the founder of Paper Source and you can imagine the delight I felt with this wonderful and unsolicited support. To Kat…some of this “just paper” that we use is beautiful hand
silkscreen in Japan by talanted tradition artists using the finest of
materials. The Japanese honor some of these artists with title “national treasures” and to have just a small bit of their work on ones wedding invitation is, as Nina points out, worthy of a million-dollar wedding.
By the way the need for good computer skills is still very important.
Thanks again Nina for your support in this! Sue
I purchased my wedding invites through paper-source and I was extremely impressed! They were better than I had imagined, and easy to complete on my own. I recommend the products to every one of my engaged friends, they really are great!
Homemade= advertising just how small your wedding budget is? What a fantastic attitude for a wedding site writer to have.
If you are looking for components to build your own invitation, you might want to check out http://www.styleonabudget.com We assembled invitations for my roommates wedding that were a printed for us. They turned out beautiful and we didn’t have to fuss with the typesetting or printing.
If you’re looking for beautiful but inexpensive invitations I used Red Bumble Bee (http:///www.redbumblebee.com)
They’re great and really attentive to your needs.
i recently had a bad experience with invitesbyyou.com. the ivory cardstock was a different color from the ivory pocketfolds. wouldn’t you think that ivory would match throughout the product line from the same company? i can assure you that was not their line of thinking. in the end, i found matching cardstock at a local printer and ‘invites’ refunded the cost of the cardstock but my advice would be to proceed with extreme caution when placing your order with this company.
Check out Revelry Invitation Studio’s line of Silk Invitation Supplies http:www.revelryinvitations.com/buildyourownsupplies.html
You can purchase handmade silk invitation panels and silk invitation holders at a fraction of the price found elsewhere, and we make everything to order, right here in our Indiana studio. We are planning on expanding the line over the next few weeks, so be sure to check back for new arrivals!
Invitesite.com has specialized in DIY wedding invitations since 1999 — we have about 100 designs and supply tools, templates. Also, eco invitations have been a specialty since 1995. We have really simple designs and really complex styles — about 200 designs to choose from.
I offer exclusive diy kits featuring earth-friendly papers and unique 3d embellishments for less than $1 each…check us out at http://www.formal-invitations.com
I also used Red Bumble Bee. The price was great and I could have as much or as little as my budget allowed. I know they just got a bunch of new styles in too!
http://www.redbumblebee.com
Thanks! Awesome ideas here
Hi. Great ideas here! Thanks so much. For my sister’s wedding, she used these really cute
diy wedding
invitations. They worked out nicely even though the colors didn’t exactly match. She was happy with them.
We used DIYWeddingInvitations.com Printable Wedding Invitations for our wedding invitations. You can print them out right away if you have a decent printer. Since we don’t, we just changed our wording/font, etc & saved our file to disk & brought it into our local printer. We still saved a ton of money & they turned out fabulous! I used another design for our save-the-date cards & backed them with that stick-on magnetic paper.
Be the envy of all your gal-pals with uber-chic DIY Silk Invitations. We supply the silk foundations, you print and assemble. Easy-peasy! We’ll even help with finding the perfect papers and envelopes. Check us out at http://www.revelryinvitations.com We’d love to help make your wedding invitations the talk of the town!
Here is a site to design your own DIY destination wedding invitations
http://www.diyweddingkits.blogspot.com/