who made their own invitations?

Question

if so what type of template did you use and did it take too much time?

Answer 1

I made my own and they turned out really great. You're welcome to email me and I'll show you a picture. They were not that difficult and it saved me a LOT of money. If you dont want to use all of the detail that I did you can certainly leave off a few of the details and it would still look nice. Mine are on white cardstock with vellum over the top. Our engagement pictures are attached to the cardstock under the vellum and the invitation wording is on the vellum. I embossed wedding bells on the vellum in silver and attached the vellum to the cardstock with a ribbon. I did use the double envelopes but I went more contemporary and used a white envelope inside of a clear envelope. The names are printed on the white but you can see it through the outside envelope. Let me know if I can help. It was all very cheap to do and I can give you some tips. [e-mail]

Answer 2

I made my own with a kit from Target, I made out real well since they were on the clearance rack. All in all, I was happy with my invites, they were pretty and different. Just a couple of things to think about before you decide if you want to use a kit or not:

First I didn't read the directions fully and the invites were not centered (luckily I used the test sheet and made so more), I couldn't just write up the invite in Word and print it, I had to do it through a certain website.

On some the ink smeared so they didn't look as nice, I sent those to my immediate family since I knew they would not care.

Lastly and what I had not thought about before was when I received invites in the past, they included the info about when and where the ceremony is, another smaller card with the info about the reception, and then the response card w/ envelope. The kit I had only had big invite and the response card w/ envelope so I squeezed the reception info on the big invite.

Good luck

Answer 3

I did make my own invitations. I didn't use a template, however, it seems they tend to be more trouble than they're worth. I simply fooled around with margins in Word and printed it first on regular paper... if you put that paper over the top of the invitation you'll be printing on, you can see what adjustments you need to make.

It didn't take me long at all, but I do everything on the computer, so it depends on what you feel comfortable with. I did, however, print out only about 10 at a time, because the thicker paper doesn't go through the printer quite as easily... make sure you have more than you actually need, because there will be a few that don't print out right.

In the end, I had an invitation that I loved and was proud to send out. It's well worth doing it yourself.

Answer 4

I made my own invitations when I renewed my wedding vows. I bought red cards and sheer vellum envelopes at Michaels. I printed the cards with black ink. I didn't use a template, just changed the paper size to 4x6 and printed the cards. It took me about 1/2 hour but I print invitations all the time. You'll have to do a few tests but it's not hard. good luck

Answer 5

I made my own wedding invitations. Just go to OfficeMax, Target, or Wal-Mart and they have packages ready for you to buy. All you need is an inkjet printer. As far as the verse goes, I just looked on web-sites that actually sold wedding invitations and looked at the choices of versus they had. I cut and pasted a few together that I really liked and had my OWN verse that I bet no one will EVER have. It's SO much cheaper too. Even if you buy 100 invitations your looking around $50, depends on how fancy you want your paper to be. As far as the addresses go I bought labels and just typed up all my labels and saved them. Don't forget, you'll probably be using them again for thank you cards!

Answer 6

I purchased a kit at Michael's by Anna Griffin. The only problem I had was resizing the invites and envelopes for printing since they are not standard sizes. I found that using Windows XP didn't work well for custom printing. I ended up using an older version of Windows and an older laser printer as well.

Answer 7

Few people are aware of this, but mass produced wedding invitations are a substitute for the correct hand-written notes. Those of us who are old fashioned or strict consider them to be an inferior and tacky substitute, too!

Handwritten invitations need not be in your own handwriting; a young person with good penmanship is often willing to write them out for a very reasonable price.

Answer 8

usually the kind of invitations you buy blank to print at home have a template available w/ instructions.
it is time consuming. especially if you also want to have your printer address the outer envelope for you (as opposed to hand writing them as etiquette dicates).
We did ours on the printer and it took about 5hours to complete everything (respond cards/ envelopes etc). We had 155 invitations.
Good luck!

Answer 9

My father in law made our wedding invites on his computer. We used a line drawing of doves in ivy and I addressed the cards myself in calligraphy. We worded the invitation ourselves and did not use a template so I cannot suggest one.

Answer 10

We made our invitation, we went to walmart and picked out a design then we went home and typed it up. But we ended up getting blank ones and even creating a picture on word, it came with some trial papers to try before you print all of them. They looked even better then the made ones!!! Congratulations.