You can get plenty of ideas from blogs, websites, Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube videos. Here are a few inspirational, we’ve put together to get you started.
Wedding Magazines
While most wedding magazines feature invitations designed by their advertisers, which may or may not be affordable to you, these designs can be great sources for inspiration. Consider color combinations, fonts, accents, embellishments and invite styles to narrow in on your personal preferences.
Choosing the Right Invitation Style for You
Making your own invitations can be highly complex or surprisingly simple.
Since we are all about taking the stress out of getting gorgeous wedding invites, we’ll lay out the simplest path to stunning invites for you!
Yes, if you’re looking for more of a challenge or intense project, you can definitely source every single material needed for your invites, from the paper to the overlays, embellishments and accents. That’s certainly an option, but it’s more for the purists since it takes much more time and is generally the harder way to go about it.
If you want to save time, keep control, make your invites affordable and still be intimately involved in the entire creative process, then starting with a kit is often a much better option.
Read on and you’ll quickly get a sense of how this works and whether it’s the right fit for you.
How Printable Invitation Kits Work
It’s fairly simple really.
- Choose the style of invitation kit you want (see the options below)
- Select your colors and how you want to dress it up (embellishments, ribbon etc.)
- Order the kits and accents (you can start with a sample first)
- Customize and print the invitation and related inserts (directions, response card) onto the card stock supplies provided in your kit
- Assemble your printed invitations onto the card backing, adding any layers and embellishments, and insert any additional cards into pockets where applicable
- Stamp and mail your invites
You Want to Save Time & Make It Easy
Want to create your own invitations without it feeling like a second job? If wedding planning has taken on a life of its own and you’re finding yourself chasing deadlines, maybe a quicker do it yourself invitation is in order.
Some invites need far less time to make, such as the single card style.
Simpler DIY needs only the announcement, so the information is placed on one card. If you need to communicate more details to your guests, consider adding your wedding website address to the single card invite. This way, they can visit your official site for more information.
If you really want to keep it simple and save time, steer away from extra elements, such as ribbon or layers. While these added features are gorgeous, they can add time to the overall production of the final invitation.
You Want to Keep It Formal
Formal or traditional wedding invitations are sophisticated and classic. They may need a little extra time to make due to the additional pieces that go along with the invitation itself but in general are well worth the extra time and effort. At minimum, a formal wedding invite often includes the wedding invitation, reception invitation and response card.
