| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | is the right size for this. You will need beige or |
| There are plenty of professional beach wedding | | | | ivory cardstock, folded in half and cut so that two |
| invitations that you can purchase, but if you are | | | | arms of the starfish fall on the fold. Essentially |
| trying to come in under budget and would like to | | | | you will have two starfish that are attached by |
| add a special touch, then DIY wedding invitations | | | | the folded arms. |
| are the way to go. | | | | It really is useful to get a stamp made up with all |
| This article will cover a few ideas to get you | | | | your wedding information. While this may seem a |
| started making your own invites, but you will | | | | little costly, it will save you hours of work. |
| probably come up with even more ideas as you | | | | Alternatively, you could carefully print everything |
| read. The idea here is to keep things very simple, | | | | on the computer and then cut out your starfish. |
| yet beautifully done. Be sure to enlist the help of | | | | Add a little glue and some sparkling sand around |
| your bridesmaids when making the invitations. | | | | the outline on the front of the starfish invitation |
| Sandy Memories | | | | and you're done. |
| This is one DIY wedding invitation that can be | | | | Message in a Bottle |
| done very quickly and easily. You will need light | | | | To really take the beach wedding theme to |
| blue cardstock, a custom stamp with your | | | | extremes, these DIY wedding invitations are |
| wedding information on it, embossing ink and | | | | particularly fun. You will need a small bottle for |
| brown or sand colored embossing powder, as well | | | | each invitation, about 3" long and 1" wide, more or |
| as a heat source, such as a blow dryer. | | | | less, as well as corks for each one and a piece of |
| This works best done assembly line style, one | | | | parchment paper. |
| person should do the stamping, the next sprinkles | | | | Write, print or stamp your invitation information |
| powder and shakes it off and the third person | | | | on a rectangle of paper, roll it up and push it into |
| can heat it to set the embossing powder. To | | | | the bottle, then cork it. If you want to add a little |
| really set things off, you may wish to add | | | | extra oomph, try sprinkling some sand in the |
| embossed blue waves at the bottom of the card, | | | | bottle or even drop in a couple of starfish or shell |
| starfish or even seaweed along the edge. Or you | | | | charms or beads before corking. You can also |
| could punch holes in the upper left corner of each | | | | decorate the outside of the bottle with ribbons |
| card and use a string or ribbon to tie a small | | | | and charms, if desired. |
| seashell charm to the card. | | | | These are just a few DIY wedding invitations to |
| Starfish Invites | | | | give you an idea of what is possible. It's amazing |
| These DIY wedding invitations are a little more | | | | what you can do with some pretty paper, a little |
| time consuming because you will need to cut out | | | | embossing powder and several friends in an |
| the shapes, unless you can find a die cutter that | | | | evening! |