| After setting the wedding date and deciding on | | | | offset printing or flat printing. As its name |
| the place where you want to get married, | | | | suggests, the letters are not raised at all, and if |
| another wedding detail to deal with is the wedding | | | | you are going to print your wedding invitations at |
| invitation. Surely, you must want something that is | | | | home, this is the type of printing that you will be |
| unique and personal. You can find many sources | | | | using. |
| online or you can try going to a printing company | | | | Creating professionally looking wedding invitations |
| that does this sort of thing. You can also order | | | | yourself is possible. With an aid of a computer, a |
| wedding invitation catalogues, or you may find | | | | good quality printer, a word processor, and |
| inspiration in your local bookstore. If you are on a | | | | elegant paper, you can print your own invitations. |
| tight budget, though, do-it-yourself wedding | | | | Besides being able to save a lot, you also can put |
| invitations may work for you perfectly. | | | | your creativity at work. |
| Before you proceed with any of the above, you | | | | When deciding on a particular design to use for |
| need to get acquainted first with some basic | | | | your wedding invites, as much as possible, choose |
| printing terms. Engraving is, perhaps, one of the | | | | something that is appropriate to the theme or |
| most commonly used word that you can | | | | setting of your wedding. If you are planning a |
| encounter while searching for wedding invitations. | | | | beach wedding, for instance, an engraved |
| It is a printing style which utilizes metal plates to | | | | invitation on white or ecru paper will not be |
| stamp the paper with so that the letters rise up, | | | | suitable. At the same time, it may lead your |
| giving an embossed, elegant, look. Thermography | | | | invited guests to think that it's going to be a long |
| is another popular term. Thermography is like | | | | gown or coat-and-tie affair, when actually it is not. |
| engraving, too, in that it results to raised letters | | | | Before printing multiple copies, proofread your |
| as well. However, instead of using metal plates, | | | | work first so you can be sure you have all the |
| heat is used to come up with the desired effect. | | | | details correctly spelled. |
| Letterpress, on the other hand employs the use | | | | Do it yourself wedding invitations may be a lot |
| of a stamping die that gives the paper an | | | | cheaper than ready-made invitations, but they still |
| old-fashioned look when pressed against the | | | | get the same message across --- especially if you |
| paper. The most common type of printing is | | | | send them out ahead of time. |