| Pocketfold invitations are becoming a very popular | | | | guide when cutting out later. It is a good idea to |
| option for couples who want to send additional | | | | add your wording in a plain font to start with to |
| information to their wedding guests along with the | | | | make proof reading easy. Once you're happy with |
| invitation itself. Such information may include a | | | | the text, change it to a 'fancy' wedding font. |
| reply card, map/directions to the venue, local | | | | (Dafont is an excellent source for free |
| accommodation listings and local hairdresser | | | | downloadable fonts.) |
| beautician listings. | | | | If you have a reasonable quality home printer, |
| There are many ways to make the outer card | | | | you should be able to print the inserts at home |
| for pocketfold wedding invitations and most | | | | without having to go to a printer. Cut out the |
| involve rulers, scoring, folding, cutting, gluing and | | | | inserts with a paper trimmer/guillotine and back |
| basically a lot of time! The quickest and most | | | | with double sided tape, (3 strips of 12mm double |
| professional-looking method is to start with | | | | sided tape works well). |
| prefolded blank pocketfolds which usually come | | | | For a more layered effect, use coloured card as |
| with a matching envelope. 130mm x 130mm or | | | | a border under the paper insert. If you are doing |
| 145mm x 145mm pocketfolds are popular sizes; | | | | this, you should make the paper insert slightly |
| The inserts for them can be printed 2 per A4 | | | | smaller so that there is a decent sized border |
| page and they are a neat size for posting. | | | | around the insert. 25mm double sided tape is |
| To create the inserts for your pocketfold | | | | great for attaching card. Peel off the liner from |
| invitations, create 2 textboxes in Microsoft Word. | | | | the double sided tape and attach the backing card |
| Make the textboxes a few millimeters smaller | | | | (if using) to the pocketfold, followed by the insert. |
| than the size of the outer card; For example, for | | | | Assemble the 'pocket' with 2 strips of 12mm |
| a 130mm x 130mm pocketfold, make the text | | | | double sided tape and decorate with ribbon and |
| boxes 125mm x 125mm. Add colour to the outer | | | | embellishments of your choice. |
| line of the box so that you can use this as a | | | | |