| Do it yourself wedding invitations are a great way | | | | you to personalize your invitations to match your |
| to put a personal stamp on your wedding and | | | | wedding theme by threading a bit of ribbon |
| save money at the same time. | | | | through the top, bottom, or side of each invitation |
| With the rising cost of weddings rising every year, | | | | and tying in a simple knot or an intricate bow. |
| do it yourself wedding invitations can save you a | | | | Grosgrain ribbon or raffia are casual, while silks |
| significant amount that you can use for the actual | | | | and satins are more luxurious. Are your |
| ceremony or reception, where it will be much | | | | bridesmaids wearing silver gowns with the |
| more memorable. Of course, you want your | | | | groomsmen in basic black? If so, then consider |
| wedding invitations to be lovely and professional | | | | trimming your invitations in black ribbon edged in |
| looking and with today's many on-line sources of | | | | silver. |
| paper, accessories, and trimmings, you can make | | | | Rubber stamps and seals make it easy to add |
| your own invites that look wonderful. | | | | decorative touches to your do it yourself wedding |
| The most important element to professional | | | | invitations. Shop on-line or visit a scrap booking |
| looking results when you are making your own | | | | store, where you will find elaborate stamps |
| invitations is not skimping on the materials. In fact, | | | | featuring scroll work, flowers, bells, and other |
| you can find wonderful suppliers on the Internet | | | | motifs appropriate for weddings. You might want |
| that have the card stock, trims, and inks that you | | | | to choose the initials for you and your fiance and |
| will need to create gorgeous invitations at home | | | | stamp and interlocking monogram at the top of |
| that will be uniquely yours. | | | | your invitations in colored ink or an unusual |
| Card stock is the foundation for the entire | | | | pattern to use as a border around the edges of |
| wedding invitation. Be sure you purchase a high | | | | your invitations. You can repeat the same pattern |
| quality card stock that is not flimsy. You can find | | | | on your reply cards and envelopes for a truly |
| wonderful card stocks that are pre-creased in a | | | | customized look. |
| variety of folds, including gate folds, traditional | | | | Embossers and paper punches can also be bought |
| folds and tri folds, so that you can create a style | | | | at scrap booking and craft supply stores. These |
| that reflects the level of formality of your | | | | small, hand held devices either punch decorative |
| wedding. | | | | patterns through paper or create a raised, |
| Colors will range from the more traditional whites | | | | embossed pattern in the paper. Both are a lovely |
| and creams to rich jewel tones and glimmering | | | | way to give your invitations a lovely hand made |
| metallics. You can either print your invitations | | | | look and feel. Try punching a decorative heart in |
| directly on the card stock or use these as the | | | | one corner of a sheer vellum sheet to allow the |
| base and overlay them with vellum or parchment | | | | darker card stock underneath show through for a |
| paper that is printed with your words, using the | | | | nice accent. You can even emboss your |
| colored card stock as the background. | | | | envelopes. |
| Vellum or parchment is thinner than card stock, | | | | Printer ink will need to be ordered in plentiful |
| but should still be substantial enough that it will not | | | | amounts, because today's computer printers can |
| tear easily and will stand up to a run through your | | | | print in almost any color imaginable, but it will |
| printer. There are endless varieties of these | | | | make short work of your ink cartridges, |
| papers. Some are hand made papers, and feature | | | | particularly if you are making quite a few. You can |
| tiny bits of flower petals or leaves or confetti for | | | | either order several spare cartridges in the colors |
| a romantic look and feel, while others feature pale | | | | you will need or you can take your invitations to |
| pastel tints and sheer look so that they can be | | | | a copier store and ask them to do the printing for |
| used as an overlay. | | | | you, although you will be paying more there and |
| Ribbon trim is one of the most popular | | | | may be limited on the colors and fonts you can |
| embellishments used on do it yourself wedding | | | | use. |
| invitations. The endless varieties available will allow | | | | |