Things You'll Need:
- 8 1/2 “ x 11” parchment card stock in a color that complements your wedding. One piece for every two recipients, so 15 pieces for 30. Office supply, specialty paper, and copy stores often sell it.
- Parchment copy paper in a color that complements your wedding, but contrasts nicely with the parchment card stock. One piece for every three to four recipients. (See article to determine exact number.
- Ornamental stickers (floral, metallic), somewhat roundish, sized at about between a quarter and a fifty cent piece. One for each recipient. Sold bulk in strips at craft stores.
- Rubber cement.
- Your own or access to a computer printer, or copy machine if hand lettering.
- Scissors
- Access to a paper cutter. Paper and office supply stores sometimes let you use theirs for free.
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Step 1
Type or hand letter the wedding invitations' wording in a pretty BUT READABLE font to fit easily within about 41/2” wide by 3” tall. If typing on your computer, you may want to run a few out on plain paper to measure and check.
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Step 2
Copy and paste (or hand letter) as many of these text blocks as you can on a single page. You should probably get three. If your text is short, you might get four.
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Step 3
Print or copy the text out on the parchment paper (not the parchment card stock), as many as you need. (If you’re having 30 guests and 3 text blocks fit on the page, you’ll need 10 copies, so that’s how much you’ll have to initially buy).
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Step 4
When very dry, cut the text blocks with the paper cutter to approximately 5” wide by 3 1/2” tall.
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Step 5
Cut the card stock in half with the paper cutter, so you have 8 ½” x 5 1/2” pieces. Then fold each card stock piece in half so you now have blank 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” cards.
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Step 6
Position the folded card stock pieces so the fold is on the top and it opens by lifting it from the bottom.
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Step 7
Open each one and rubber cement the text blocks to the bottom halves of the inside of the cards, centering the text blocks in the bottom half. Make sure no rubber cement oozes out around the edges -- apply it to the back of the text boxes without getting too close to the edges.
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Step 8
Close cards once dried, and further flatten them under heavy books overnight.
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Step 9
Seal them shut at the bottom by folding your stickers over the open edges, with one half of the sticker in the front and one half in the back.
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Step 10
Take one into the post office to make sure it only takes a single first class stamp. Post offices make changes all the time, and sometimes charge different prices for certain shapes. Once you know the price for sure, purchase the right amount of postage for each invitation. Naturally, if any will be sent out of the country, now’s the time to get the correct postage for them as well. So take along those addresses to check while you’re there.
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Step 11
Address to recipients (include your return address in the upper left hand corner), affix correct postage, and mail your pretty but inexpensive wedding invitations.
Comments
boatst said
on 3/18/2009 Neat idea for wedding invitations. Thanks for sharing.