How to Create Art Invitations

Send handmade, artistic exhbition invitations to your invited guests.

Stylish invitations are important for good attendance at an art event or exhibit, but many people do not know how to create them. Art invitations can be flyers or traditional invitation cards in envelopes. Whether creating invitations for a child's first art show or advertising the opening of an art collection, making your own invitations will be a good tool for spreading the word. Learn more about the proper wording and card design so that you can design, print and send your invitations with confidence.

Things You'll Need

• Cream-colored cardstock
• Ruler
• Colored cardstock
• Pinking shears
• White glue
• Gold-colored embellishments
• Printing paper
• Pen
• Computer
• Printer

Instructions

1. Cut an 8 1/2-by-11-inch sheet of textured cream-colored cardstock in half along the width. This will give you two 5 1/2-by-8 1/2-inch cards which, when folded, will fit inside standard A-2 envelopes.

2. Cut a rectangle, three inches by four inches, from the colored cardstock. Use a pair of pinking shears for a decorative edging.

3. Position and glue the rectangle over the front of the card.

4. Select golden embellishments such as butterflies or flowers, whatever goes with your theme. Center them over the rectangle on the front of the card. Choose embellishments that are thin. If you choose to use thicker embellishments ask your local postal worker to hand-cancel the card rather than machine process it.

5. Dab white glue on the front of the card where you want to place the embellishments. Position the decorations on the glue.

6. Allow the glue to dry before finishing the invitation.

7. Write or type the event information for the inside the card. Specifics such as date, time, location and name of the event should go on one piece of paper. Use an easy to read font or print the information neatly.

8. Print and trim the information using the pinking shears so that it fits on the left inside of the invitation.

9. Write or type information about the art or artist on another piece of paper. Make this side descriptive and inviting so that guests will want to come. An example might be, "Come see the Contemporary Works of Mr. Jeremy Smith. Completely made from marble, Mr. Smith's exhibit contains 36 new pieces."

10. Print and trim the information using the pinking shears so that it fits on the right side of the page.

11. Position the pages appropriately and then dab glue on the page. Press the paper down onto the cardstock. Allow the glue to dry before placing the invitations in the envelopes.

References

• Creative Invitations: Wedding Invitation Wording