DIY Wedding Invitations

It is fun and a whole lot cheaper to make DIY wedding invitations. Here are some instructions for making a simple, yet elegant invitation.

1/2" sheer ribbon, 5" per invitation

Fine, translucent typing paper, 1/2 sheet per invitation. This paper should allow the photo to be seen, but not clearly, through the paper.

Colored card stock, 1/2 sheet per invitation

A 5x7 photo of the engaged couple

Good quality glue sticks

A 2-hole punch

Colored ink

Stickers with a wedding or love motif

Cut the colored card stock sheets in half. Cut the typing paper in half.

Punch 2 holes, 1" apart up at the top of the card stock and typing paper so they align. It is best to put the two papers together and then punch the holes to make sure the alignment is correct.

Decide what your invitation will say. Arrange the words, line by line so they fit on the half sheet of paper. Now, you can either print the actual invitation on the translucent typing paper in colored ink or take them to a print shop and have them printed. In the long run, this may be the best option as it will save you time and money if you have trouble with your printer. I would take them to be printed.

Once they are printed, place matching wedding stickers on either side of the diy wedding invitations at the bottom.

Glue the photo onto the card stock. After the glue is dry, place the two sheets of paper together, with the typing paper on top of the card stock that has the glued-on photo.

Fold a 5" length of ribbon in half length-wise.

From the front of the invitation with the printed words facing you, insert both ends of the folded ribbon evenly through both holes. In the back, cross the ribbon and put the ends back through the opposite holes to the front of the invitation. Allow 1/2" of ribbon on each side of the hole as in the photo below.

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